Eswatini vs Lesotho: Goods and services expense
Goods and services expense over time
- Eswatini
- Lesotho
How they compare
Eswatini currently reports 2.81 billion current LCU against 2.38 billion current LCU in Lesotho, a difference of 429.48 million current LCU.
That makes Eswatini's figure about 1.2 times Lesotho's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 22 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Lesotho ahead.
Eswatini ranks 122nd and Lesotho ranks 124th of 155 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Eswatini averaged higher in 1 and Lesotho in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eswatini | Lesotho | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 550.40 million current LCU | 575.40 million current LCU | 25.00 million current LCU | Lesotho |
| 2000s | 1.13 billion current LCU | 1.23 billion current LCU | 97.56 million current LCU | Lesotho |
| 2010s | 2.50 billion current LCU | 2.55 billion current LCU | 43.68 million current LCU | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 2.91 billion current LCU | 2.24 billion current LCU | 665.45 million current LCU | Eswatini |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher goods and services expense, Eswatini or Lesotho?
- Eswatini, at 2.81 billion current LCU against 2.38 billion current LCU in Lesotho as of 2021.
- What is the difference in goods and services expense between Eswatini and Lesotho?
- 429.48 million current LCU, with Eswatini ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eswatini and Lesotho?
- 22 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2021.
- How do Eswatini and Lesotho rank globally for goods and services expense?
- Eswatini ranks 122nd 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.