Barbados vs Serbia: Goods and services expense
Goods and services expense over time
- Barbados
- Serbia
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 13.3% against 12.7% in Serbia, a difference of 0.6%.
That makes Barbados's figure about 1.1 times Serbia's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 10 shared years of data; in 2007 it was Serbia ahead.
Barbados ranks 88th and Serbia ranks 89th of 154 countries.
Barbados has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Serbia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 14.3% | 14.0% | 0.2% | Barbados |
| 2010s | 13.6% | 10.6% | 3.0% | Barbados |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher goods and services expense, Barbados or Serbia?
- Barbados, at 13.3% against 12.7% in Serbia as of 2016.
- What is the difference in goods and services expense between Barbados and Serbia?
- 0.6%, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Serbia?
- 10 years are reported by both, from 2007 to 2016.
- How do Barbados and Serbia rank globally for goods and services expense?
- Barbados ranks 88th and Serbia ranks 89th 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.