El Salvador vs Lesotho: Goods and services expense (current LCU)
Goods and services expense (current LCU) over time
- El Salvador
- Lesotho
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 2.38 billion current LCU against 2.32 billion current LCU in El Salvador, a difference of 64.10 million current LCU.
Across all 27 years both countries report, Lesotho has been ahead every year.
El Salvador ranks 125th and Lesotho ranks 124th of 155 countries.
Lesotho has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Lesotho | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 320.84 million current LCU | 591.40 million current LCU | 270.56 million current LCU | Lesotho |
| 2000s | 499.57 million current LCU | 1.23 billion current LCU | 729.49 million current LCU | Lesotho |
| 2010s | 876.93 million current LCU | 2.55 billion current LCU | 1.67 billion current LCU | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 1.47 billion current LCU | 2.36 billion current LCU | 885.80 million current LCU | Lesotho |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher goods and services expense, El Salvador or Lesotho?
- Lesotho, at 2.38 billion current LCU against 2.32 billion current LCU in El Salvador as of 2024.
- What is the difference in goods and services expense between El Salvador and Lesotho?
- 64.10 million current LCU, with Lesotho ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Lesotho?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2024.
- How do El Salvador and Lesotho rank globally for goods and services expense?
- El Salvador ranks 125th and Lesotho ranks 124th 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.