Government expenditure (% of GDP) - Sweden

Value & RankThe Government expenditure (% of GDP) of Sweden is 27.5 (% of GDP) with a global rank of 9.
Sweden compared to other CountriesThe Government expenditure (% of GDP) of Sweden is similar to that of Cuba, Kiribati, West Bank and Gaza, Netherlands, Denmark, Namibia, South Sudan, Finland, Aruba, Iceland with a respective Government expenditure (% of GDP) of 37.9, 37.0, 30.3, 28.3, 28.2, 27.5, 26.4, 25.7, 25.6, 25.5 (% of GDP) and a global rank of 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14.Last 10 years averageSweden had an average Government expenditure (% of GDP) of 26.6 (% of GDP) in the last 10 years from (2003 to 2013).
Sweden during the Great RecessionSweden's Government expenditure (% of GDP) had a positive growth of 6.51% during the Great RecessionSweden since the end of the Great RecessionSweden's Government expenditure (% of GDP) had a negative growth (decline) of 0.76% since the end of the Great Recession

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Datasource: Workbank - World Development Indicators