Government consumption in US dollars — all countries

Government consumption in US dollars — South Asia

Government consumption in US dollars in South Asia in 2025 — 465,686,651,101 US$. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 18,472.3%.

2025 466B US$ +5.78% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 466B US$2025
Period minimum 2.51B US$1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · US$

Government consumption in US dollars — South Asia, 1960–20250200B400B600B19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 2,507,426,485 US$1962: 3,295,700,320 US$1964: 4,488,884,226 US$1966: 4,298,486,914 US$1968: 4,850,632,319 US$1970: 6,125,581,882 US$1972: 7,307,809,987 US$1974: 9,623,136,707 US$1976: 10,832,860,555 US$1978: 13,869,919,998 US$1980: 19,408,645,746 US$1982: 21,651,237,024 US$1984: 23,306,755,150 US$1986: 30,324,978,963 US$1988: 36,196,441,208 US$1990: 38,267,719,498 US$1992: 33,766,643,561 US$1994: 36,931,785,879 US$1996: 44,290,451,042 US$1998: 54,269,966,286 US$2000: 60,357,858,480 US$2002: 63,114,156,496 US$2004: 79,759,961,940 US$2006: 100,412,622,629 US$2008: 137,809,644,826 US$2010: 199,122,510,326 US$2012: 211,381,907,129 US$2014: 232,337,779,014 US$2016: 262,455,916,872 US$2018: 323,755,547,026 US$2020: 346,148,999,940 US$2022: 396,450,217,967 US$2024: 440,226,578,995 US$2025: 465,686,651,101 US$
Change over the period: +463B (+18,472.3%) Average annual rate: 8.37 %
Government consumption in US dollars — South Asia, by year South Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 466B +25.46B +5.78%
2024 440B +34.02B +8.38%
2023 406B +9.75B +2.46%
2022 396B +27.12B +7.34%
2021 369B +23.18B +6.7%
2020 346B +13.36M +0%
2019 346B +22.38B +6.91%
2018 324B +9.53B +3.03%
2017 314B +51.77B +19.73%
2016 262B +21.65B +8.99%
2015 241B +8.47B +3.65%
2014 232B +24.31B +11.69%
2013 208B −3.36B −1.59%
2012 211B −6.96B −3.19%
2011 218B +19.22B +9.65%
2010 199B +32.69B +19.64%
2009 166B +28.62B +20.77%
2008 138B +8.69B +6.73%
2007 129B +28.71B +28.59%
2006 100B +8.57B +9.33%
2005 91.84B +12.08B +15.15%
2004 79.76B +8.31B +11.63%
2003 71.45B +8.34B +13.21%
2002 63.11B +1.8B +2.93%
2001 61.32B +958M +1.59%
2000 60.36B +567M +0.95%
1999 59.79B +5.52B +10.17%
1998 54.27B +4.46B +8.95%
1997 49.81B +5.52B +12.47%
1996 44.29B +3.02B +7.31%
1995 41.27B +4.34B +11.76%
1994 36.93B +3.6B +10.79%
1993 33.34B −432M −1.28%
1992 33.77B +1.61B +5.02%
1991 32.15B −6.12B −15.98%
1990 38.27B +2.06B +5.69%
1989 36.21B +9.41M +0.03%
1988 36.2B +1.29B +3.69%
1987 34.91B +4.58B +15.12%
1986 30.32B +3.39B +12.57%
1985 26.94B +3.63B +15.59%
1984 23.31B +54.52M +0.23%
1983 23.25B +1.6B +7.39%
1982 21.65B +1.82B +9.17%
1981 19.83B +423M +2.18%
1980 19.41B +2.97B +18.03%
1979 16.44B +2.57B +18.55%
1978 13.87B +1.84B +15.29%
1977 12.03B +1.2B +11.06%
1976 10.83B +489M +4.72%
1975 10.34B +721M +7.49%
1974 9.62B +1.78B +22.62%
1973 7.85B +540M +7.39%
1972 7.31B +184M +2.58%
1971 7.12B +999M +16.3%
1970 6.13B +602M +10.9%
1969 5.52B +673M +13.88%
1968 4.85B +392M +8.79%
1967 4.46B +160M +3.73%
1966 4.3B −917M −17.58%
1965 5.22B +727M +16.18%
1964 4.49B +364M +8.84%
1963 4.12B +829M +25.15%
1962 3.3B +516M +18.56%
1961 2.78B +272M +10.86%
1960 2.51B

About the indicator

Government final consumption expenditure in current US dollars: compensation of employees in the public sector, purchases of goods and services for the current work of the state, and spending on defense and security. This is not the whole budget: pensions, benefits and other transfers are left out because they are recorded as household income, while public investment is recorded as capital formation. The quantity therefore comes to roughly two thirds of total budget expense, not all of it.

Important: Not to be confused with budget expense: transfers and capital outlays are not counted here. This same indicator serves as the weight when aggregating military spending as a share of government spending.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.