Congo vs Equatorial Guinea: Goods and services expense
Goods and services expense over time
- Congo
- Equatorial Guinea
How they compare
Congo currently reports 27.1% against 25.4% in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 1.7%.
That makes Congo's figure about 1.1 times Equatorial Guinea's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 16 shared years of data; in 2006 it was Equatorial Guinea ahead.
Congo ranks 25th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 28th of 154 countries.
Equatorial Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Congo | Equatorial Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 29.3% | 42.2% | 12.9% | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2010s | 33.7% | 43.4% | 9.7% | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2020s | 22.7% | 34.0% | 11.3% | Equatorial Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher goods and services expense, Congo or Equatorial Guinea?
- Congo, at 27.1% against 25.4% in Equatorial Guinea as of 2021.
- What is the difference in goods and services expense between Congo and Equatorial Guinea?
- 1.7%, with Congo ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Congo and Equatorial Guinea?
- 16 years are reported by both, from 2006 to 2021.
- How do Congo and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for goods and services expense?
- Congo ranks 25th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 28th 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.