Bahrain vs Malaysia: Goods and services expense
Bahrain
11.5%
in 2020
Malaysia
11.6%
in 2023
Bahrain rank
95th
Malaysia rank
94th
Goods and services expense over time
- Bahrain
- Malaysia
How they compare
Malaysia currently reports 11.6% against 11.5% in Bahrain, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 25 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Malaysia ahead.
Bahrain ranks 95th and Malaysia ranks 94th of 154 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Bahrain averaged higher in 2 and Malaysia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bahrain | Malaysia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12.7% | 14.2% | 1.5% | Malaysia |
| 2000s | 19.2% | 17.9% | 1.3% | Bahrain |
| 2010s | 14.7% | 15.4% | 0.7% | Malaysia |
| 2020s | 11.5% | 11.2% | 0.3% | Bahrain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher goods and services expense, Bahrain or Malaysia?
- Malaysia, at 11.6% against 11.5% in Bahrain as of 2023.
- What is the difference in goods and services expense between Bahrain and Malaysia?
- 0.1%, with Malaysia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and Malaysia?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2020.
- How do Bahrain and Malaysia rank globally for goods and services expense?
- Bahrain ranks 95th and Malaysia ranks 94th 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.