Government consumption in US dollars — all countries

Government consumption in US dollars — Upper-middle-income countries

Government consumption in US dollars in upper-middle-income countries in 2025 — 1,690,500,219,985 US$. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 489.3%.

2025 1.69T US$ −64.81% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 4.8T US$2024
Period minimum 268B US$1991

Trend over time

1990–2025 · US$

Government consumption in US dollars — Upper-middle-income countries, 1990–202502T4T6T19901994199820022006201020142018202220251990: 286,850,303,692 US$1991: 268,373,199,151 US$1992: 293,268,664,373 US$1993: 348,778,950,064 US$1994: 397,181,274,877 US$1995: 485,549,244,141 US$1996: 522,272,993,292 US$1997: 562,629,591,834 US$1998: 576,616,554,386 US$1999: 566,844,223,741 US$2000: 610,017,996,723 US$2001: 616,026,791,699 US$2002: 618,962,204,944 US$2003: 679,661,551,669 US$2004: 784,393,037,807 US$2005: 932,982,050,205 US$2006: 1,103,722,473,265 US$2007: 1,369,789,631,792 US$2008: 1,670,214,966,283 US$2009: 1,778,099,402,131 US$2010: 2,121,651,838,140 US$2011: 2,588,942,159,330 US$2012: 2,796,950,267,196 US$2013: 3,027,066,919,180 US$2014: 3,180,696,201,351 US$2015: 3,135,786,094,947 US$2016: 3,165,171,053,117 US$2017: 3,461,505,855,065 US$2018: 3,741,534,789,206 US$2019: 3,880,068,798,355 US$2020: 3,920,912,530,448 US$2021: 4,280,057,013,557 US$2022: 4,440,237,314,126 US$2023: 4,716,899,505,559 US$2024: 4,803,880,749,767 US$2025: 1,690,500,219,985 US$
Change over the period: +1.4T (+489.33%) Average annual rate: 5.2 %
Government consumption in US dollars — Upper-middle-income countries, by year Upper-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 1.69T −3.11T −64.81%
2024 4.8T +86.98B +1.84%
2023 4.72T +277B +6.23%
2022 4.44T +160B +3.74%
2021 4.28T +359B +9.16%
2020 3.92T +40.84B +1.05%
2019 3.88T +139B +3.7%
2018 3.74T +280B +8.09%
2017 3.46T +296B +9.36%
2016 3.17T +29.38B +0.94%
2015 3.14T −44.91B −1.41%
2014 3.18T +154B +5.08%
2013 3.03T +230B +8.23%
2012 2.8T +208B +8.03%
2011 2.59T +467B +22.02%
2010 2.12T +344B +19.32%
2009 1.78T +108B +6.46%
2008 1.67T +300B +21.93%
2007 1.37T +266B +24.11%
2006 1.1T +171B +18.3%
2005 933B +149B +18.94%
2004 784B +105B +15.41%
2003 680B +60.7B +9.81%
2002 619B +2.94B +0.48%
2001 616B +6.01B +0.99%
2000 610B +43.17B +7.62%
1999 567B −9.77B −1.69%
1998 577B +13.99B +2.49%
1997 563B +40.36B +7.73%
1996 522B +36.72B +7.56%
1995 486B +88.37B +22.25%
1994 397B +48.4B +13.88%
1993 349B +55.51B +18.93%
1992 293B +24.9B +9.28%
1991 268B −18.48B −6.44%
1990 287B

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.