Kenya vs OECD members: Goods and services expense (% of expense)
Kenya
21.3%
in 2023
OECD members
7.9%
in 2023
Kenya rank
40th
OECD members rank
38th
Goods and services expense (% of expense) over time
- Kenya
- OECD members
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 21.3% against 7.9% in OECD members, a difference of 13.4%.
That makes Kenya's figure about 2.7 times OECD members's.
Across all 10 years both countries report, Kenya has been ahead every year.
Kenya ranks 40th and OECD members ranks 38th of 154 countries.
Kenya has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | OECD members | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 20.3% | 8.4% | 12.0% | Kenya |
| 2020s | 20.2% | 7.9% | 12.3% | Kenya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher goods and services expense, Kenya or OECD members?
- Kenya, at 21.3% against 7.9% in OECD members as of 2023.
- What is the difference in goods and services expense between Kenya and OECD members?
- 13.4%, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and OECD members?
- 10 years are reported by both, from 2014 to 2023.
- How do Kenya and OECD members rank globally for goods and services expense?
- Kenya ranks 40th and OECD members ranks 38th 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.