Arab world - ratio of government expenditure to gross domestic product in 2021, by country

The statistic shows the ratio of government expenditure to gross domestic product (GDP) in countries of the Arab world (Arab League) in 2021. In 2021, government expenditure in Algeria amounted to about 37.13 percent of the region's gross domestic product.

Arab world: Ratio of government expenditure to gross domestic product (GDP) in 2021, by country

Characteristic	Ratio of government expenditure to GDP
Kuwait*	52.4%
Libya	48.71%
Algeria	37.13%
Oman	37.13%
Iraq*	36.05%
Jordan	33.35%
Saudi Arabia	33.24%
Tunisia*	33.18%
Bahrain	32.18%
Morocco*	30.12%
Qatar*	29.38%
United Arab Emirates*	28.9%
Egypt	25.97%
Djibouti	23.47%
Comoros	19.77%
Mauritania*	19.17%
Sudan	9.65%
Yemen*	9.29%
Somalia*	4.62%

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Release date

October 2022

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2021

Supplementary notes

* Estimates.

Values have been rounded to provide a better understanding of the statistic.

The source does not provide data for Lebanon, Syria and Palestine.

According to the source, the Arab world (Arab League) comprise the following countries:
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, West Bank and Gaza (Palestine), Yemen.

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