Fiji vs Laos: Goods and services expense
Fiji
17.4%
in 2023
Laos
17.0%
in 2022
Fiji rank
57th
Laos rank
58th
Goods and services expense over time
- Fiji
- Laos
How they compare
Fiji currently reports 17.4% against 17.0% in Laos, a difference of 0.4%.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 15 shared years of data; in 2008 it was Laos ahead.
Fiji ranks 57th and Laos ranks 58th of 154 countries.
Laos has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Fiji | Laos | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 15.6% | 27.1% | 11.5% | Laos |
| 2010s | 14.4% | 24.1% | 9.7% | Laos |
| 2020s | 15.7% | 16.6% | 0.8% | Laos |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher goods and services expense, Fiji or Laos?
- Fiji, at 17.4% against 17.0% in Laos as of 2023.
- What is the difference in goods and services expense between Fiji and Laos?
- 0.4%, with Fiji ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Fiji and Laos?
- 15 years are reported by both, from 2008 to 2022.
- How do Fiji and Laos rank globally for goods and services expense?
- Fiji ranks 57th and Laos ranks 58th 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.