<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001349556-12-000029.txt : 20120403
<SEC-HEADER>0001349556-12-000029.hdr.sgml : 20120403
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20120403144232
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001349556-12-000029
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20111003
FILED AS OF DATE:		20120403
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20120403

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BEAULIEU MARTIN
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001244363

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-05078
		FILM NUMBER:		12736979

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		MFS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
		STREET 2:		500 BOYLSTON STREET
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02116

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MFS GOVERNMENT MARKETS INCOME TRUST
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000811922
		IRS NUMBER:				046565627
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1130

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		500 BOYLSTON ST
		STREET 2:		15TH FLOOR
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02116
		BUSINESS PHONE:		18006372929

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		500 BOYLSTON STREET
		STREET 2:		15TH FLOOR
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02116
</SEC-HEADER>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>4
<SEQUENCE>1
<FILENAME>primary_doc.xml
<DESCRIPTION>PRIMARY DOCUMENT
<TEXT>
<XML>
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0305</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2011-10-03</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>1</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000811922</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>MFS GOVERNMENT MARKETS INCOME TRUST</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>MGF</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001244363</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>BEAULIEU MARTIN</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>MFS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>500 BOYLSTON STREET</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>BOSTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>02116</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>1</isOther>
            <otherText>MFS Director</otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Susan S. Newton, By Power of Attorney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2012-04-03</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
</XML>
</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-99
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>poabeaulieu.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY
<TEXT>
<PAGE>

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned on his or her own behalf and on behalf of his or her estate,
heirs and assigns hereby constitutes and appoints Susan S. Newton, Christopher
R. Bohane, Timothy M. Fagan, Susan A. Pereira and Brian E. Langenfeld and each
of them singly as true and lawful attorneys with full power to them and each of
them, to execute, on behalf of the undersigned, in the capacity listed below,
any and all statements or reports under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, with respect to the beneficial ownership of reportable
securities issued by MFS California Insured Municipal Trust, MFS Charter Income
Trust, MFS Government Markets Income Trust, MFS High Income Municipal Trust,
MFS High Yield Municipal Trust, MFS InterMarket Income Trust I, MFS
Intermediate High Income Fund, MFS Intermediate Income Trust, MFS Investment
Grade Municipal Trust, MFS Multimarket Income Trust, MFS Municipal Income Trust
and MFS Special Value Trust including, without limitation, all initial
statements of beneficial ownership on Form 3, all statements of changes of
beneficial ownership on Form 4 and all annual statements of beneficial
ownership on Form 5, and any and all other documents that may be required, from
time to time, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, to
execute any and all amendments or supplements to any such statements or forms,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to
said attorney, full power and authority to do so and perform each and every act
and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as
fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned (or his or her estate,
heirs and assigns) might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

   IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has set his or her hand on this ______
day of ____ June, 2010.


--------------------------
MARTIN E. BEAULIEU
</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
</SEC-DOCUMENT>
