Bhutan vs Maldives: Goods and services expense
Goods and services expense over time
- Bhutan
- Maldives
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
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.