Botswana vs IDA only: Goods and services expense
Goods and services expense over time
- Botswana
- IDA only
How they compare
Botswana currently reports 28.4% against 16.9% in IDA only, a difference of 11.5%.
That makes Botswana's figure about 1.7 times IDA only's.
Across all 10 years both countries report, Botswana has been ahead every year.
Botswana ranks 17th and IDA only ranks 15th of 154 countries.
Botswana has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | IDA only | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 27.7% | 20.3% | 7.4% | Botswana |
| 2020s | 22.3% | 16.5% | 5.9% | Botswana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher goods and services expense, Botswana or IDA only?
- Botswana, at 28.4% against 16.9% in IDA only as of 2023.
- What is the difference in goods and services expense between Botswana and IDA only?
- 11.5%, with Botswana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and IDA only?
- 10 years are reported by both, from 2010 to 2021.
- How do Botswana and IDA only rank globally for goods and services expense?
- Botswana ranks 17th and IDA only ranks 15th 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.