IMF Government Finance Statistics · updated 2026-10-03 · 78 economies tracked
136.96 (2025)
#n/a of 78 economies
38.3%
3.05×
1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher
Real annual global ranks, 1990 - 2025. United States climbed from #28 to #1 (overtook Portugal). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.
Key events for United States ↓Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones
Lehman Brothers collapse sets off the worst recession since the 1930s.
Sharpest quarterly GDP contraction on record as the pandemic hits.
Government Social Protection Expenditure (% of GDP), Government Economic Affairs Expenditure (% of GDP), Government Financial Assets (% of GDP), Government Net Wealth Change from Other Economic Flows (% of GDP)
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