Mongolia: General government final consumption expenditure (current US$)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Mongolia's general government final consumption expenditure (current US$) rose 0.7% on 2024 (from US$3.68 billion to US$3.71 billion).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +11.4% and a typical year strayed about 19.6% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 56.4% in 1994 and the biggest yearly fall was 58.3% in 1992. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about US$233.37 million a year. A straight line explains 84% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2025, Mongolia had the 99th highest value of the 131 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Mongolia in the 2025 ranking

• Albania — 95th of 131: US$3.92 billion
• Nepal — 96th of 131: US$3.81 billion
• Moldova — 97th of 131: US$3.76 billion
• Brunei Darussalam — 99th of 131: US$3.58 billion
• Namibia — 100th of 131: US$3.36 billion
• North Macedonia — 101st of 131: US$3.13 billion

What this measures

Final consumption expenditure is expenditure on goods and services by resident institutional units for the direct satisfaction of human needs or wants, whether individual or collective. General government FCE includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees), and most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.

Limitations: Because policymakers have tended to focus on fostering the growth of output, and because data on production are easier to collect than data on spending, many countries generate their primary estimate of GDP using the production approach. Moreover, many countries do not estimate all the components of national expenditures but instead derive some of the main aggregates indirectly using GDP (based on the production approach) as the control total.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a gap-filled total.

All 45 values

General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) in nearby economies

• Australia — US$416.34 billion (2025)
• Brunei Darussalam — US$3.58 billion (2025)
• Cambodia — US$2.9 billion (2025)
• China — US$3.13 trillion (2024)
• Fiji — US$1.13 billion (2024)
• French Polynesia — US$2.02 billion (2024)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — US$53.72 billion (2025)
• Indonesia — US$108.89 billion (2025)
• Japan

More economic policy & debt data for Mongolia

• Adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI) — 4.58% (2021)
• Adjusted savings, net forest depletion (current US$) — US$0 (2021)
• Adjusted savings, mineral depletion (current US$) — US$1.5 billion (2021)
• Net official development assistance and official aid received (current US$) — US$260.17 million (2023)
• Net official development assistance and official aid received (constant 2023 US$) — US$260.17 million (2023)
• Net official development assistance received (current US$) — US$260.17 million (2023)
• Net official development assistance received (constant 2023 US$) — US$260.17 million (2023)
• Net ODA received per capita (current US$) — US$74.74 (2023)

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Questions people ask

What is Mongolia's general government final consumption expenditure (current US$)?

US$3.71 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1981?

It is up 545.44% from US$574.6 million in 1981 (4.33% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$3.71 billion in 2025 and the lowest US$144.25 million in 1997.

How does Mongolia rank?

99th highest of 131 economies with data for 2025.

Is the latest change in general government final consumption expenditure (current US$) unusual for Mongolia?

In 2025, Mongolia's general government final consumption expenditure (current US$) rose 0.7% on 2024 (from US$3.68 billion to US$3.71 billion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +11.4% and a typical year strayed about 19.6% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.CON.GOVT.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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