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TABLE 10.6 Govemment Spending as a Percentage of GDP, 1870-2003

Socłety	1870	1920	1960	2003
Sweden	5.7	8.1	31.0	58.3
France	12.6	27.6	34.6	54.6
Belgium	*	*	30.3	51.4
Austria	*	14.7	35.7	51.2
Italy	11.9	22.5	30.1	49.0
Germany	10.0	25.0	32.4	48.9
Norway	3.7	13.7	29.9	48.7
Netherlancłs	9.1	135	33.7	47.9
United Kingdom	9.4	26.2	32.2	43.6
Canada	*	13.3	28.6	39.9
Japan	8.8	14.8	17.5	38.2
Australia	*	*	21.2	36.0
Switzerland	*	4.6	17.2	35.7
United States	3.9	7.0	27.0	35.7
Average	8.3	15.9	28.7	45.7

‘Missing data.

Sources: The Economist, Sept. 20, 1997; OECD General Gouernment Accounts—Data from 1992 Onwards, Table 1 (http://www.oecd.Org/topicstatsportal/0,2647,en_2825_ 495698_l_l_l_l_l,OO.html).