Brazil vs Italy: Goods and services expense
Goods and services expense over time
- Brazil
- Italy
How they compare
Italy currently reports 2.9% against 2.4% in Brazil, a difference of 0.5%.
That makes Italy's figure about 1.2 times Brazil's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 14 shared years of data; in 2010 it was Brazil ahead.
Brazil ranks 154th and Italy ranks 152nd of 154 countries.
Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2.8% | 3.1% | 0.3% | Italy |
| 2020s | 2.3% | 2.8% | 0.5% | Italy |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher goods and services expense, Brazil or Italy?
- Italy, at 2.9% against 2.4% in Brazil as of 2023.
- What is the difference in goods and services expense between Brazil and Italy?
- 0.5%, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Italy?
- 14 years are reported by both, from 2010 to 2023.
- How do Brazil and Italy rank globally for goods and services expense?
- Brazil ranks 154th 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.