General government expenditure in year 2007 for selected OECD countries as the % of GDP.
Country / 2007
South Korea — 31.7
Australia — 34.0
Switzerland — 34.0
Ireland — 34.7
Japan — 36.5
United States — 37.4
Luxembourg — 37.8
Canada — 38.6
Spain — 38.8
Norway — 41.0
New Zealand — 42.3
Iceland — 43.1
Greece — 43.2
Germany — 44.3
United Kingdom — 44.6
Portugal — 45.9
Finland — 48.1
Belgium — 48.3
Italy — 48.4
Denmark — 50.7
France — 53.0
Sweden — 53.8
Source:
Finland, World Statistic
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max said,
February 23, 2010 at 11:32 am
sweet, it was awsm
Econs Fanatic said,
October 22, 2010 at 7:31 am
Nice info. I wonder how they sustain such high expenditure considering that revenue collection as % of GDP is much lower