Which has higher goods and services expense, Equatorial Guinea or Zambia?

Equatorial Guinea, at 25.4% against 25.4% in Zambia as of 2022.

What is the difference in goods and services expense between Equatorial Guinea and Zambia?

0.0%, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Zambia?

16 years are reported by both, from 2006 to 2021.

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.

Equatorial Guinea vs Zambia: Goods and services expense

Equatorial Guinea

25.4%

in 2022

Zambia

25.4%

in 2021

Equatorial Guinea rank

28th

Zambia rank

29th

Goods and services expense over time

Equatorial Guinea
Zambia

How they compare

Equatorial Guinea currently reports 25.4% against 25.4% in Zambia, a difference of 0.0%.

Across all 16 years both countries report, Equatorial Guinea has been ahead every year.

Equatorial Guinea ranks 28th and Zambia ranks 29th of 154 countries.

Equatorial Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Equatorial Guinea	Zambia	Difference	Ahead
2000s	42.2%	25.8%	16.4%	Equatorial Guinea
2010s	43.4%	24.3%	19.0%	Equatorial Guinea
2020s	34.0%	21.3%	12.7%	Equatorial Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher goods and services expense, Equatorial Guinea or Zambia?: Equatorial Guinea, at 25.4% against 25.4% in Zambia as of 2022.
What is the difference in goods and services expense between Equatorial Guinea and Zambia?: 0.0%, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Zambia?: 16 years are reported by both, from 2006 to 2021.
How do Equatorial Guinea and Zambia rank globally for goods and services expense?: Equatorial Guinea ranks 28th and Zambia ranks 29th 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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Indicator: Goods and services expense (% of expense)
Unit: % of expense
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 195 places, 5,247 data points, 1972–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

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.