Greece vs Portugal: Goods and services expense
Goods and services expense over time
- Greece
- Portugal
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 8.9% against 8.2% in Greece, a difference of 0.7%.
That makes Portugal's figure about 1.1 times Greece's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 40 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Greece ahead.
Greece ranks 120th and Portugal ranks 117th of 154 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Greece averaged higher in 3 and Portugal in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greece | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 16.6% | 10.1% | 6.5% | Greece |
| 1990s | 18.9% | 8.5% | 10.4% | Greece |
| 2000s | 11.3% | 8.3% | 3.0% | Greece |
| 2010s | 7.5% | 8.4% | 0.9% | Portugal |
| 2020s | 7.6% | 8.7% | 1.2% | Portugal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher goods and services expense, Greece or Portugal?
- Portugal, at 8.9% against 8.2% in Greece as of 2023.
- What is the difference in goods and services expense between Greece and Portugal?
- 0.7%, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Portugal?
- 40 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2023.
- How do Greece and Portugal rank globally for goods and services expense?
- Greece ranks 120th and Portugal ranks 117th 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.