Africa Rankings
Government Spending (% of GDP)
percent of GDP
| Rank | Country | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
Current | Previous | ||
1 | 1 |  Libya | 56.85% |
2 | 2 |  Lesotho | 40.23% |
3 | 3 |  Namibia | 36.50% |
4 | 51 |  Liberia | 34.38% |
5 | 4 |  South Africa | 33.42% |
6 | 13 |  Cape Verde | 30.88% |
7 | 7 |  Mauritius | 29.14% |
8 | 11 |  Kenya | 27.84% |
9 | 6 |  Seychelles | 27.20% |
10 | 5 |  Eritrea | 26.62% |
11 | 8 |  Morocco | 26.61% |
12 | 12 |  Botswana | 26.37% |
13 | 14 |  Mozambique | 26.00% |
14 | 16 |  Sudan | 25.27% |
15 | 10 |  Zambia | 25.14% |
16 | 9 |  Swaziland | 24.62% |
17 | 15 |  Senegal | 23.56% |
18 | 19 |  Ghana | 22.68% |
19 | 25 |  Malawi | 20.17% |
20 | 20 |  Djibouti | 19.61% |
21 | 17 |  Burkina Faso | 19.57% |
22 | 18 |  Tunisia | 19.53% |
23 | 21 |  Rwanda | 18.57% |
24 | 22 |  Ivory Coast | 17.88% |
25 | 24 |  Algeria | 17.85% |
26 | 27 |  Uganda | 16.58% |
27 | 26 |  Tanzania | 16.42% |
28 | 23 |  Republic of the Congo | 16.13% |
29 | 30 |  Togo | 15.88% |
30 | 29 |  Niger | 15.60% |
31 | 32 |  Guinea-Bissau | 15.17% |
32 | 28 |  Gabon | 14.05% |
33 | 33 |  Guinea | 13.91% |
34 | 36 |  Mauritania | 12.80% |
35 | 47 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | 12.45% |
36 | 35 |  Cameroon | 12.42% |
37 | 38 |  Mali | 12.24% |
38 | 31 |  Burundi | 12.22% |
39 | 34 |  Central African Republic | 11.66% |
40 | 41 |  Benin | 11.40% |
41 | 43 |  Madagascar | 11.15% |
42 | 42 |  Equatorial Guinea | 11.05% |
43 | 39 |  Comoros | 10.24% |
44 | 45 |  Gambia | 8.46% |
45 | 44 |  Sierra Leone | 8.09% |
46 | 48 |  Egypt | 7.94% |
47 | 37 |  Zimbabwe | 6.64% |
48 | 49 |  Ethiopia | 6.12% |
49 | 46 |  Nigeria | 5.11% |
50 | 50 |  Chad | 4.68% |
51 | 40 |  Somalia | 0.00% |