East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) vs Solomon Islands: Goods and services expense
Goods and services expense over time
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
- Solomon Islands
How they compare
Solomon Islands currently reports 38.5% against 21.5% in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), a difference of 17.0%.
That makes Solomon Islands's figure about 1.8 times East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)'s.
Across all 12 years both countries report, Solomon Islands has been ahead every year.
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 5th and Solomon Islands ranks 6th of 41 groups.
Solomon Islands has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) | Solomon Islands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 23.2% | 51.4% | 28.1% | Solomon Islands |
| 2020s | 19.3% | 47.3% | 27.9% | Solomon Islands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher goods and services expense, East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) or Solomon Islands?
- Solomon Islands, at 38.5% against 21.5% in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) as of 2022.
- What is the difference in goods and services expense between East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Solomon Islands?
- 17.0%, with Solomon Islands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Solomon Islands?
- 12 years are reported by both, from 2011 to 2022.
- How do East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Solomon Islands rank globally for goods and services expense?
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 5th and Solomon Islands ranks 6th of 41 groups.
- 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.