El Salvador vs Malta: Goods and services expense
Goods and services expense over time
- El Salvador
- Malta
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 2.32 billion current LCU against 1.59 billion current LCU in Malta, a difference of 728.91 million current LCU.
That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.5 times Malta's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1998 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 125th and Malta ranks 127th of 155 countries.
El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Malta | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 320.84 million current LCU | 149.20 million current LCU | 171.64 million current LCU | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 499.57 million current LCU | 244.16 million current LCU | 255.41 million current LCU | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 876.93 million current LCU | 560.74 million current LCU | 316.20 million current LCU | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 1.47 billion current LCU | 1.30 billion current LCU | 174.53 million current LCU | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher goods and services expense, El Salvador or Malta?
- El Salvador, at 2.32 billion current LCU against 1.59 billion current LCU in Malta as of 2024.
- What is the difference in goods and services expense between El Salvador and Malta?
- 728.91 million current LCU, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Malta?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2024.
- How do El Salvador and Malta rank globally for goods and services expense?
- El Salvador ranks 125th and Malta ranks 127th 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.