Cape Verde vs Saint Lucia: Goods and services expense
Cape Verde
20.5%
in 2020
Saint Lucia
19.5%
in 2017
Cape Verde rank
44th
Saint Lucia rank
47th
Goods and services expense over time
- Cape Verde
- Saint Lucia
How they compare
Cape Verde currently reports 20.5% against 19.5% in Saint Lucia, a difference of 1.0%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 13 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Cape Verde ahead.
Cape Verde ranks 44th and Saint Lucia ranks 47th of 154 countries.
Saint Lucia has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cape Verde | Saint Lucia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 18.0% | 20.7% | 2.7% | Saint Lucia |
| 2010s | 15.3% | 19.3% | 4.0% | Saint Lucia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher goods and services expense, Cape Verde or Saint Lucia?
- Cape Verde, at 20.5% against 19.5% in Saint Lucia as of 2020.
- What is the difference in goods and services expense between Cape Verde and Saint Lucia?
- 1.0%, with Cape Verde ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Saint Lucia?
- 13 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2017.
- How do Cape Verde and Saint Lucia rank globally for goods and services expense?
- Cape Verde ranks 44th and Saint Lucia ranks 47th 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.