Laos vs Malawi: Goods and services expense (% of expense)
Laos
17.0%
in 2022
Malawi
17.9%
in 2022
Laos rank
58th
Malawi rank
55th
Goods and services expense (% of expense) over time
- Laos
- Malawi
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 17.9% against 17.0% in Laos, a difference of 0.9%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 14 shared years of data; in 2009 it was Malawi ahead.
Laos ranks 58th and Malawi ranks 55th of 154 countries.
Malawi has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Laos | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 26.8% | 29.3% | 2.5% | Malawi |
| 2010s | 24.1% | 28.0% | 3.9% | Malawi |
| 2020s | 16.6% | 21.3% | 4.7% | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher goods and services expense, Laos or Malawi?
- Malawi, at 17.9% against 17.0% in Laos as of 2022.
- What is the difference in goods and services expense between Laos and Malawi?
- 0.9%, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Laos and Malawi?
- 14 years are reported by both, from 2009 to 2022.
- How do Laos and Malawi rank globally for goods and services expense?
- Laos ranks 58th and Malawi ranks 55th 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.