Economic Freedom vs. Government Spending

http://www.heritage.org/index/ranking

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_spending#Per_capita

Per capita

Comparison of National Spending Per Citizen for the 20 Largest Economies.

In 2010, the Federal government of the USA spent an average of $11,041 per citizen (per capita). This compares to the 2010 World average spending of $2376 per citizen and an average of $16,110 per citizen for the World's 20 largest economies (in terms of GDP). Of the 20 largest economies, only six spent less per citizen: South Korea ($4557), Brazil ($2813),Russia ($2458), China ($1010), and India ($226). Of the 13 that spent more, Norway andSweden top the list with per citizen spending of $40908 and $26760 respectively.^[8]