Government consumption in US dollars — all countries

Government consumption in US dollars — Western Europe

Government consumption in US dollars in Western Europe in 2025 — 2,748,588,295,512 US$. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 3,482.2%.

2025 2.75T US$ +9.28% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 2.75T US$2025
Period minimum 76.73B US$1970

Trend over time

1970–2025 · US$

Government consumption in US dollars — Western Europe, 1970–202501T2T3T19701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 76,729,743,232 US$1971: 91,933,443,104 US$1972: 113,344,631,569 US$1973: 152,820,075,746 US$1974: 179,898,206,342 US$1975: 224,089,395,390 US$1976: 235,324,747,094 US$1977: 270,083,076,523 US$1978: 338,231,722,581 US$1979: 401,902,295,979 US$1980: 450,556,026,769 US$1981: 396,058,522,975 US$1982: 381,191,206,975 US$1983: 370,807,395,279 US$1984: 347,424,659,117 US$1985: 355,235,165,378 US$1986: 498,091,563,911 US$1987: 615,712,631,729 US$1988: 654,783,665,798 US$1989: 632,617,432,064 US$1990: 784,933,022,014 US$1991: 810,844,418,975 US$1992: 932,033,868,761 US$1993: 918,252,931,227 US$1994: 972,889,008,803 US$1995: 1,139,523,341,832 US$1996: 1,126,589,633,094 US$1997: 998,362,295,635 US$1998: 1,002,950,107,361 US$1999: 1,003,207,972,587 US$2000: 898,771,494,878 US$2001: 900,611,819,825 US$2002: 996,703,033,569 US$2003: 1,229,409,282,790 US$2004: 1,376,519,737,322 US$2005: 1,413,975,910,743 US$2006: 1,475,875,771,082 US$2007: 1,661,140,618,293 US$2008: 1,860,272,098,703 US$2009: 1,854,651,748,698 US$2010: 1,815,514,240,588 US$2011: 1,957,243,438,559 US$2012: 1,854,285,606,235 US$2013: 1,967,244,494,165 US$2014: 2,018,418,702,844 US$2015: 1,730,753,298,547 US$2016: 1,773,659,685,590 US$2017: 1,866,364,623,205 US$2018: 2,003,418,804,508 US$2019: 1,977,954,964,019 US$2020: 2,117,003,082,915 US$2021: 2,336,797,639,210 US$2022: 2,205,406,654,718 US$2023: 2,385,342,747,054 US$2024: 2,515,113,885,494 US$2025: 2,748,588,295,512 US$
Change over the period: +2.67T (+3,482.17%) Average annual rate: 6.72 %
Government consumption in US dollars — Western Europe, by year Western Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 2.75T +233B +9.28%
2024 2.52T +130B +5.44%
2023 2.39T +180B +8.16%
2022 2.21T −131B −5.62%
2021 2.34T +220B +10.38%
2020 2.12T +139B +7.03%
2019 1.98T −25.46B −1.27%
2018 2T +137B +7.34%
2017 1.87T +92.7B +5.23%
2016 1.77T +42.91B +2.48%
2015 1.73T −288B −14.25%
2014 2.02T +51.17B +2.6%
2013 1.97T +113B +6.09%
2012 1.85T −103B −5.26%
2011 1.96T +142B +7.81%
2010 1.82T −39.14B −2.11%
2009 1.85T −5.62B −0.3%
2008 1.86T +199B +11.99%
2007 1.66T +185B +12.55%
2006 1.48T +61.9B +4.38%
2005 1.41T +37.46B +2.72%
2004 1.38T +147B +11.97%
2003 1.23T +233B +23.35%
2002 997B +96.09B +10.67%
2001 901B +1.84B +0.2%
2000 899B −104B −10.41%
1999 1T +258M +0.03%
1998 1T +4.59B +0.46%
1997 998B −128B −11.38%
1996 1.13T −12.93B −1.14%
1995 1.14T +167B +17.13%
1994 973B +54.64B +5.95%
1993 918B −13.78B −1.48%
1992 932B +121B +14.95%
1991 811B +25.91B +3.3%
1990 785B +152B +24.08%
1989 633B −22.17B −3.39%
1988 655B +39.07B +6.35%
1987 616B +118B +23.61%
1986 498B +143B +40.21%
1985 355B +7.81B +2.25%
1984 347B −23.38B −6.31%
1983 371B −10.38B −2.72%
1982 381B −14.87B −3.75%
1981 396B −54.5B −12.1%
1980 451B +48.65B +12.11%
1979 402B +63.67B +18.82%
1978 338B +68.15B +25.23%
1977 270B +34.76B +14.77%
1976 235B +11.24B +5.01%
1975 224B +44.19B +24.56%
1974 180B +27.08B +17.72%
1973 153B +39.48B +34.83%
1972 113B +21.41B +23.29%
1971 91.93B +15.2B +19.81%
1970 76.73B

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.