Government consumption in US dollars — all countries

Government consumption in US dollars — World

Government consumption in US dollars in the world in 2024 — 18,653,969,855,879 US$. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 3,820.3%.

2024 18.65T US$ +4.45% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 18.65T US$2024
Period minimum 476B US$1970

Trend over time

1970–2024 · US$

Government consumption in US dollars — World, 1970–202405T10T15T20T19701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 475,825,633,461 US$1971: 539,535,477,527 US$1972: 621,411,312,153 US$1973: 739,801,555,505 US$1974: 871,676,603,759 US$1975: 1,033,977,186,785 US$1976: 1,104,452,471,060 US$1977: 1,236,399,061,731 US$1978: 1,463,305,223,618 US$1979: 1,679,513,850,159 US$1980: 1,918,915,468,719 US$1981: 1,977,452,738,465 US$1982: 2,010,998,687,414 US$1983: 2,049,919,013,369 US$1984: 2,070,784,976,815 US$1985: 2,175,428,242,386 US$1986: 2,608,267,689,872 US$1987: 2,979,610,177,123 US$1988: 3,259,653,844,175 US$1989: 3,393,681,613,536 US$1990: 3,866,711,007,757 US$1991: 4,067,783,786,667 US$1992: 4,369,103,683,920 US$1993: 4,420,529,434,245 US$1994: 4,668,578,404,591 US$1995: 5,180,318,819,230 US$1996: 5,239,440,818,020 US$1997: 5,139,285,528,914 US$1998: 5,126,990,226,984 US$1999: 5,330,773,355,925 US$2000: 5,438,742,208,640 US$2001: 5,530,268,047,210 US$2002: 5,891,322,738,045 US$2003: 6,709,494,393,366 US$2004: 7,491,985,193,816 US$2005: 8,043,348,534,659 US$2006: 8,634,078,927,799 US$2007: 9,685,015,081,917 US$2008: 10,875,376,394,414 US$2009: 11,002,729,960,898 US$2010: 11,708,468,671,230 US$2011: 12,898,195,800,393 US$2012: 13,038,157,283,642 US$2013: 13,347,137,249,229 US$2014: 13,567,785,409,013 US$2015: 12,682,394,314,892 US$2016: 12,882,790,322,312 US$2017: 13,588,081,411,029 US$2018: 14,469,467,195,744 US$2019: 14,821,902,178,128 US$2020: 15,427,122,943,923 US$2021: 16,847,116,002,827 US$2022: 16,981,445,741,595 US$2023: 17,860,065,486,052 US$2024: 18,653,969,855,879 US$
Change over the period: +18.18T (+3,820.34%) Average annual rate: 7.03 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: World

World 18.65T US$
World 18.65T US$
Government consumption in US dollars — World, by year World All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 18.65T +794B +4.45%
2023 17.86T +879B +5.17%
2022 16.98T +134B +0.8%
2021 16.85T +1.42T +9.2%
2020 15.43T +605B +4.08%
2019 14.82T +352B +2.44%
2018 14.47T +881B +6.49%
2017 13.59T +705B +5.47%
2016 12.88T +200B +1.58%
2015 12.68T −885B −6.53%
2014 13.57T +221B +1.65%
2013 13.35T +309B +2.37%
2012 13.04T +140B +1.09%
2011 12.9T +1.19T +10.16%
2010 11.71T +706B +6.41%
2009 11T +127B +1.17%
2008 10.88T +1.19T +12.29%
2007 9.69T +1.05T +12.17%
2006 8.63T +591B +7.34%
2005 8.04T +551B +7.36%
2004 7.49T +782B +11.66%
2003 6.71T +818B +13.89%
2002 5.89T +361B +6.53%
2001 5.53T +91.53B +1.68%
2000 5.44T +108B +2.03%
1999 5.33T +204B +3.97%
1998 5.13T −12.3B −0.24%
1997 5.14T −100B −1.91%
1996 5.24T +59.12B +1.14%
1995 5.18T +512B +10.96%
1994 4.67T +248B +5.61%
1993 4.42T +51.43B +1.18%
1992 4.37T +301B +7.41%
1991 4.07T +201B +5.2%
1990 3.87T +473B +13.94%
1989 3.39T +134B +4.11%
1988 3.26T +280B +9.4%
1987 2.98T +371B +14.24%
1986 2.61T +433B +19.9%
1985 2.18T +105B +5.05%
1984 2.07T +20.87B +1.02%
1983 2.05T +38.92B +1.94%
1982 2.01T +33.55B +1.7%
1981 1.98T +58.54B +3.05%
1980 1.92T +239B +14.25%
1979 1.68T +216B +14.78%
1978 1.46T +227B +18.35%
1977 1.24T +132B +11.95%
1976 1.1T +70.48B +6.82%
1975 1.03T +162B +18.62%
1974 872B +132B +17.83%
1973 740B +118B +19.05%
1972 621B +81.88B +15.18%
1971 540B +63.71B +13.39%
1970 476B

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.