Barbados vs Namibia: Goods and services expense
Barbados
13.3%
in 2016
Namibia
12.6%
in 2023
Barbados rank
88th
Namibia rank
90th
Goods and services expense over time
- Barbados
- Namibia
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 13.3% against 12.6% in Namibia, a difference of 0.7%.
That makes Barbados's figure about 1.1 times Namibia's.
Across all 14 years both countries report, Namibia has been ahead every year.
Barbados ranks 88th and Namibia ranks 90th of 154 countries.
Namibia has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Namibia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 13.4% | 19.2% | 5.9% | Namibia |
| 2010s | 13.6% | 16.6% | 2.9% | Namibia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher goods and services expense, Barbados or Namibia?
- Barbados, at 13.3% against 12.6% in Namibia as of 2016.
- What is the difference in goods and services expense between Barbados and Namibia?
- 0.7%, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Namibia?
- 14 years are reported by both, from 2003 to 2016.
- How do Barbados and Namibia rank globally for goods and services expense?
- Barbados ranks 88th and Namibia ranks 90th 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.