Government Spending and Tax Revenue for Some High-Income Countries in 2007 We focus on 2007 because it was a “normal” year, not a year of deep economic slump. Government spending and tax revenue are represented as a percentage of GDP. Sweden has a particularly large government sector, representing more than half of its GDP. The U.S. government sector, although sizable, is smaller than those of Canada and most European countries.
Source: OECD.