Lower middle income vs East Timor: Goods and services expense (% of expense)

Lower middle income
16.0%
in 2021
East Timor
28.3%
in 2022
Lower middle income rank
18th
East Timor rank
19th

Goods and services expense (% of expense) over time

  • Lower middle income
  • East Timor
1020304050200420132022

How they compare

East Timor currently reports 28.3% against 16.0% in Lower middle income, a difference of 12.3%.

That makes East Timor's figure about 1.8 times Lower middle income's.

Across all 12 years both countries report, East Timor has been ahead every year.

Lower middle income ranks 18th and East Timor ranks 19th of 41 groups.

East Timor has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Lower middle income East Timor Difference Ahead
2010s 17.8% 45.1% 27.3% East Timor
2020s 15.9% 42.2% 26.3% East Timor

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher goods and services expense, Lower middle income or East Timor?
East Timor, at 28.3% against 16.0% in Lower middle income as of 2022.
What is the difference in goods and services expense between Lower middle income and East Timor?
12.3%, with East Timor ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and East Timor?
12 years are reported by both, from 2010 to 2021.
How do Lower middle income and East Timor rank globally for goods and services expense?
Lower middle income ranks 18th and East Timor ranks 19th of 41 groups.
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

Indicator
Goods and services expense (% of expense)
Unit
% of expense
Source
Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
195 places, 5,247 data points, 1972–2024
Last refreshed

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.