Egypt vs Tunisia: Goods and services expense
Egypt
4.3%
in 2015
Tunisia
4.4%
in 2012
Egypt rank
148th
Tunisia rank
146th
Goods and services expense over time
- Egypt
- Tunisia
How they compare
Tunisia currently reports 4.4% against 4.3% in Egypt, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Egypt ahead.
Egypt ranks 148th and Tunisia ranks 146th of 154 countries.
Egypt has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Tunisia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 17.6% | 12.7% | 4.8% | Egypt |
| 1980s | 25.3% | 10.3% | 14.9% | Egypt |
| 1990s | 20.7% | 7.5% | 13.2% | Egypt |
| 2000s | 7.7% | 7.0% | 0.8% | Egypt |
| 2010s | 6.8% | 5.2% | 1.6% | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher goods and services expense, Egypt or Tunisia?
- Tunisia, at 4.4% against 4.3% in Egypt as of 2012.
- What is the difference in goods and services expense between Egypt and Tunisia?
- 0.1%, with Tunisia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Tunisia?
- 33 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2012.
- How do Egypt and Tunisia rank globally for goods and services expense?
- Egypt ranks 148th and Tunisia ranks 146th 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.