El Salvador vs Kuwait: Goods and services expense
El Salvador
15.6%
in 2023
Kuwait
15.5%
in 2006
El Salvador rank
70th
Kuwait rank
71st
Goods and services expense over time
- El Salvador
- Kuwait
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 15.6% against 15.5% in Kuwait, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 7 shared years of data; in 1998 it was Kuwait ahead.
El Salvador ranks 70th and Kuwait ranks 71st of 154 countries.
Kuwait has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Kuwait | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 22.6% | 26.1% | 3.4% | Kuwait |
| 2000s | 15.8% | 22.4% | 6.5% | Kuwait |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher goods and services expense, El Salvador or Kuwait?
- El Salvador, at 15.6% against 15.5% in Kuwait as of 2023.
- What is the difference in goods and services expense between El Salvador and Kuwait?
- 0.1%, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Kuwait?
- 7 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2006.
- How do El Salvador and Kuwait rank globally for goods and services expense?
- El Salvador ranks 70th and Kuwait ranks 71st 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.