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United States - Government Social Protection Expenditure (% of GDP) 7.8

IMF Government Finance Statistics · updated 2026-10-03 · 77 economies tracked

Latest value

7.8 (2024)

Global rank

#n/a of 77 economies

Share of global total

1.5%

Growth since 2017

1.03×

Ranking Race — Government Social Protection Expenditure (% of GDP)

1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher

#1#10#19#28#37#46#55201720222025#47#312021 overtook Bulgaria2024 overtook Belarus
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Real annual global ranks, 2017 - 2025. United States climbed from #47 to #31 (overtook Bulgaria). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

Key events for United States ↓

Key Events — United States

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

2020
COVID-19 recession curated

Sharpest quarterly GDP contraction on record as the pandemic hits.

2021
Overtook Bulgaria in global rank auto
2024
Overtook Belarus in global rank auto
2024
Climbed 17 places in global rank auto

Government Social Protection Expenditure (% of GDP), 2017-2024

IMF Government Finance Statistics · % of GDP · linear scale · ranking in the race above
2017202220247.478.9710.4711.97
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