Belgium vs Italy: Goods and services expense
Belgium
2.8%
in 2022
Italy
2.9%
in 2023
Belgium rank
153rd
Italy rank
152nd
Goods and services expense over time
- Belgium
- Italy
How they compare
Italy currently reports 2.9% against 2.8% in Belgium, a difference of 0.1%.
Across all 28 years both countries report, Italy has been ahead every year.
Belgium ranks 153rd and Italy ranks 152nd of 154 countries.
Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.1% | 3.3% | 1.2% | Italy |
| 2000s | 2.4% | 3.7% | 1.3% | Italy |
| 2010s | 2.5% | 3.1% | 0.6% | Italy |
| 2020s | 2.6% | 2.8% | 0.2% | Italy |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher goods and services expense, Belgium or Italy?
- Italy, at 2.9% against 2.8% in Belgium as of 2023.
- What is the difference in goods and services expense between Belgium and Italy?
- 0.1%, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Italy?
- 28 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2022.
- How do Belgium and Italy rank globally for goods and services expense?
- Belgium ranks 153rd 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.