Bhutan vs Maldives: Goods and services expense

Bhutan
8.32 billion current LCU
in 2020
Maldives
4.63 billion current LCU
in 2021
Bhutan rank
110th
Maldives rank
113th

Goods and services expense over time

  • Bhutan
  • Maldives
02.0B4.0B6.0B8.0B197920002021

How they compare

Bhutan currently reports 8.32 billion current LCU against 4.63 billion current LCU in Maldives, a difference of 3.69 billion current LCU.

That makes Bhutan's figure about 1.8 times Maldives's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1982 it was Bhutan ahead.

Bhutan ranks 110th and Maldives ranks 113th of 155 countries.

Bhutan has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bhutan Maldives Difference Ahead
1980s 215.90 million current LCU 52.90 million current LCU 163.00 million current LCU Bhutan
1990s 831.86 million current LCU 564.47 million current LCU 267.38 million current LCU Bhutan
2000s 3.01 billion current LCU 2.88 billion current LCU 127.95 million current LCU Bhutan
2010s 7.13 billion current LCU 3.19 billion current LCU 3.95 billion current LCU Bhutan
2020s 8.32 billion current LCU 3.30 billion current LCU 5.02 billion current LCU Bhutan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher goods and services expense, Bhutan or Maldives?
Bhutan, at 8.32 billion current LCU against 4.63 billion current LCU in Maldives as of 2020.
What is the difference in goods and services expense between Bhutan and Maldives?
3.69 billion current LCU, with Bhutan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Maldives?
33 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2020.
How do Bhutan and Maldives rank globally for goods and services expense?
Bhutan ranks 110th and Maldives ranks 113th of 155 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Goods and services expense (current LCU). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Goods and services expense (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
155 places, 4,479 data points, 1972–2024
Last refreshed

Goods and services include all government payments in exchange for goods and services used for the production of market and nonmarket goods and services. Use of goods and services for account capital formation is excluded. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.