The latest Government procurement: The scale and nature of contracting in the UK document, published by the Institute for Government (IfG), outlines the biggest spenders globally around government procurement.
Global procurement spend
The document, which was published at the end of 2018, places Netherlands at the top of the list, with 45% of Dutch government expenditure sitting with procurement. The closest country to Netherlands is Japan, where government spends over 40% on procurement.
The current rankings, taken from IfG analysis of the OECDтАЩs Government at a Glance, are:
- Netherlands
- Japan
- Australia
- Canada
- UK
- Sweden
- OECD average
- France
- United States
- Portugal
Key themes
Public sector organisations across the world spend their procurement budgets on goods, works and services. Suppliers can bid for work in a vast range of areas, from the provision of goods such as office supplies and medicines through to the construction of schools, hospitals and roads, as well as services in areas as varied as management consultancy and frontline social care.
The report by the Institute for Government provides another detailed analysis of how much countries across the world spend on the major areas of government third-party expenditure.
The UK, France, Germany, Japan and Netherlands all spend the largest percentage of their general public procurement budget on healthcare, according to the IfG. Both Germany and Japan currently spend over 40% of their procurement budget on the sector.
Defence spend varies, with countries such as Germany and Japan having a noticeably low budget for this area, whereas the United States spends 20% on defence procurement.
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