Kiribati vs Vanuatu: Goods and services expense
Kiribati
29.4%
in 2023
Vanuatu
29.8%
in 2023
Kiribati rank
14th
Vanuatu rank
13th
Goods and services expense over time
- Kiribati
- Vanuatu
How they compare
Vanuatu currently reports 29.8% against 29.4% in Kiribati, a difference of 0.4%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 13 shared years of data; in 2011 it was Kiribati ahead.
Kiribati ranks 14th and Vanuatu ranks 13th of 154 countries.
Kiribati has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kiribati | Vanuatu | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 37.2% | 29.1% | 8.1% | Kiribati |
| 2020s | 29.3% | 28.7% | 0.6% | Kiribati |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher goods and services expense, Kiribati or Vanuatu?
- Vanuatu, at 29.8% against 29.4% in Kiribati as of 2023.
- What is the difference in goods and services expense between Kiribati and Vanuatu?
- 0.4%, with Vanuatu ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and Vanuatu?
- 13 years are reported by both, from 2011 to 2023.
- How do Kiribati and Vanuatu rank globally for goods and services expense?
- Kiribati ranks 14th and Vanuatu ranks 13th 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.