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2. Table 2.25. General government expenditures by function as a percentage of GDP, 2019

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2.25 General government expenditures by function as a percentage of GDP, 2019

Housing and
General public Public order Economic Environmental
Defence community
services and safety affairs protection
amenities

Australia 4.0 2.3 2.0 4.9 0.9 0.6

Austria 5.7 0.6 1.3 5.8 0.4 0.3
Belgium 6.9 0.8 1.7 6.7 1.3 0.3
Chile 3.0 1.1 2.0 2.3 0.2 0.9
Colombia 4.9 1.2 2.1 3.1 0.5 0.5
Czech Republic 4.4 0.9 1.9 6.1 0.8 0.7
Denmark 6.0 1.1 1.0 3.1 0.4 0.2
Estonia 3.5 2.1 1.8 3.9 0.7 0.4
Finland 7.9 1.2 1.2 4.2 0.2 0.3
France 5.5 1.7 1.6 6.0 1.0 1.1
Germany 5.7 1.1 1.6 3.3 0.6 0.4
Greece 7.9 2.0 2.1 4.0 1.4 0.2
Hungary 8.2 1.0 2.1 8.0 0.5 0.8
Iceland 7.2 0.1 1.5 4.9 0.6 0.5
Ireland 2.7 0.2 0.9 2.3 0.4 0.7
Israel 4.2 5.3 1.6 2.9 0.5 0.2
Italy 7.5 1.3 1.8 4.0 0.9 0.5
Japan 3.8 0.9 1.2 3.7 1.1 0.7
Korea 4.0 2.4 1.2 4.4 0.8 1.0
Latvia 3.8 1.9 2.2 5.3 0.6 1.0
Lithuania 3.5 1.6 1.4 3.0 0.4 0.5
Luxembourg 5.0 0.4 1.2 5.2 0.9 0.6
Netherlands 4.1 1.3 1.8 3.8 1.4 0.4
Norway 4.8 1.9 1.2 6.0 0.9 0.8
Poland 4.2 1.6 2.1 4.8 0.5 0.5
Portugal 6.7 0.8 1.7 3.6 0.6 0.5
Slovak Republic 5.4 1.1 2.3 5.1 0.8 0.5
Slovenia 5.2 1.0 1.6 4.5 0.6 0.4
Spain 5.5 0.8 1.8 4.0 0.9 0.4
Sweden 6.9 1.2 1.3 4.4 0.5 0.7
Switzerland 4.2 0.8 1.6 3.9 0.6 0.2
United Kingdom 4.3 2.0 1.8 3.5 0.6 0.8
United States 5.8 3.4 1.9 3.4 0.0 0.5
OECD 5.4 2.2 1.7 3.9 0.5 0.6
OECD-EU 5.8 1.2 1.7 4.4 0.8 0.6
Costa Rica 3.7 0.0 2.5 3.2 0.4 0.8
Romania 4.2 1.7 2.2 4.7 0.7 1.1
Sources: OECD National Accounts Statistics (database); Eurostat Government finance statistics (database).
Data for Chile and Colombia are not included in the OECD average due to missing time-series.
Data for Canada, Mexico, New Zealand and Turkey are not available.
Data for Australia, Chile, Colombia, Japan, Korea refer to 2018 rather than 2019. Data for Costa Rica refer to 2017 rather than 2019.
Some differences between 2.25 and 2.22 for total government expenditures as percentage of GDP are due to the use of different data tables within the O
(database) as welll as for the non inlcusion of some OECD countries which are missing in this breakdown.
 Recreation,
Social
Health culture and Education
protection
religion

7.3 0.9 5.8 9.8

8.3 1.2 4.8 20.1
7.6 1.3 6.2 19.4
4.4 0.3 5.5 5.9
5.1 0.7 4.2 8.7
7.6 1.4 4.9 12.6
8.2 1.6 6.3 21.4
5.3 2.0 6.0 13.2
7.1 1.5 5.6 24.0
8.0 1.4 5.3 23.9
7.4 1.0 4.3 19.7
5.3 0.8 4.0 19.8
4.5 3.0 4.7 12.7
7.8 3.0 7.0 10.9
4.7 0.5 3.1 8.9
5.4 1.5 7.0 11.1
6.8 0.8 3.9 21.1
7.7 0.4 3.3 16.1
4.7 1.0 4.8 6.9
4.2 1.5 5.8 12.1
6.2 1.2 4.6 12.3
5.0 1.3 4.7 18.0
7.7 1.2 5.0 15.4
8.7 1.8 5.6 19.7
4.9 1.3 5.0 16.7
6.6 0.9 4.4 16.9
7.7 1.2 4.2 14.4
6.7 1.4 5.5 16.5
6.1 1.1 4.0 17.4
7.0 1.3 6.9 19.0
2.1 1.0 5.4 12.9
7.7 0.6 4.9 14.8
9.3 0.3 5.9 7.6
7.9 0.7 5.1 13.3
7.0 1.2 4.7 19.3
5.9 0.2 7.7 8.3
5.0 1.0 3.6 11.9

o 2017 rather than 2019.

o the use of different data tables within the OECD National Accounts Statistics