Argentina vs Italy: Goods and services expense
Goods and services expense over time
- Argentina
- Italy
How they compare
Argentina currently reports 3.7% against 2.9% in Italy, a difference of 0.8%.
That makes Argentina's figure about 1.3 times Italy's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 25 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Argentina ahead.
Argentina ranks 150th and Italy ranks 152nd of 154 countries.
Argentina has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Argentina | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.8% | 3.6% | 2.3% | Argentina |
| 2000s | 4.1% | 3.9% | 0.2% | Argentina |
| 2010s | 4.0% | 3.1% | 0.9% | Argentina |
| 2020s | 3.7% | 2.8% | 0.9% | Argentina |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher goods and services expense, Argentina or Italy?
- Argentina, at 3.7% against 2.9% in Italy as of 2023.
- What is the difference in goods and services expense between Argentina and Italy?
- 0.8%, with Argentina ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and Italy?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Argentina and Italy rank globally for goods and services expense?
- Argentina ranks 150th and Italy ranks 152nd 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.