El Salvador vs Kuwait: Goods and services expense
Goods and services expense over time
- El Salvador
- Kuwait
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 2.32 billion current LCU against 1.58 billion current LCU in Kuwait, a difference of 739.30 million current LCU.
That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.5 times Kuwait's.
Across all 7 years both countries report, Kuwait has been ahead every year.
El Salvador ranks 125th and Kuwait ranks 128th of 155 countries.
Kuwait has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Kuwait | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 296.90 million current LCU | 959.00 million current LCU | 662.10 million current LCU | Kuwait |
| 2000s | 451.57 million current LCU | 1.36 billion current LCU | 904.10 million current LCU | Kuwait |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher goods and services expense, El Salvador or Kuwait?
- El Salvador, at 2.32 billion current LCU against 1.58 billion current LCU in Kuwait as of 2024.
- What is the difference in goods and services expense between El Salvador and Kuwait?
- 739.30 million current LCU, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Kuwait?
- 7 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2006.
- How do El Salvador and Kuwait rank globally for goods and services expense?
- El Salvador ranks 125th and Kuwait ranks 128th 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.