Metrics matching “Public finance”

7 metrics. Each one has a world map, a chart over time and a free download.

Government spending on education

Which governments spend the most on education?

Kiribati 14.8%
Tuvalu 13.8%

2022 166 countries

Government debt

Which governments owe the most?

Japan 204.8%
Sudan 204.4%

World 94.0% · 2025 192 countries

Interest on government debt

Where does debt cost governments the most?

Sri Lanka 77.8%
Ghana 47.3%

World 5.4% · 2022 115 countries

Government budget balance

Which governments spend more than they collect?

Tuvalu 25.8%
Kuwait 24.5%

World -5.0% · 2025 195 countries

Primary balance

Which governments live within their means, before interest?

Tuvalu 26.1%
Aruba 7.7%

2025 186 countries

Government spending

Which governments spend the most?

Kiribati 98.1%
Marshall Islands 71.6%

2024 151 countries

Tax revenue

Which governments collect the most in taxes?

Nauru 35.2%
Denmark 30.7%

World 14.5% · 2022 118 countries

About the author

Hello there, I’m Klaus Jürgen Folz. I studied Mechanical Engineering at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) in Brazil, and I work in Austria as a lead Python and Power BI developer. I built Data Mechanics because good decisions start with facts. Public data is often scattered, hard to find or locked behind paywalls, and too much of what we read about the world is biased. Here, every number is shown as it was published, next to its source, so anyone can check it, compare countries and leaders, and draw their own conclusions.

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