Afghanistan vs Caribbean Small States: Goods and services expense
Goods and services expense over time
- Afghanistan
- Caribbean Small States
How they compare
Afghanistan currently reports 54.8% against 22.1% in Caribbean Small States, a difference of 32.7%.
That makes Afghanistan's figure about 2.5 times Caribbean Small States's.
Across all 11 years both countries report, Afghanistan has been ahead every year.
Afghanistan ranks 1st and Caribbean Small States ranks 4th of 154 countries.
Afghanistan has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Caribbean Small States | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 67.0% | 16.3% | 50.7% | Afghanistan |
| 2010s | 64.4% | 21.5% | 43.0% | Afghanistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher goods and services expense, Afghanistan or Caribbean Small States?
- Afghanistan, at 54.8% against 22.1% in Caribbean Small States as of 2017.
- What is the difference in goods and services expense between Afghanistan and Caribbean Small States?
- 32.7%, with Afghanistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Caribbean Small States?
- 11 years are reported by both, from 2006 to 2017.
- How do Afghanistan and Caribbean Small States rank globally for goods and services expense?
- Afghanistan ranks 1st and Caribbean Small States ranks 4th of 154 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Goods and services expense (% of expense). 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 own account capital formation is excluded. This indicator is expressed as percentage of total expenses which is any decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction.