Maldives vs Saint Lucia: Goods and services expense
Maldives
19.4%
in 2021
Saint Lucia
19.5%
in 2017
Maldives rank
48th
Saint Lucia rank
47th
Goods and services expense over time
- Maldives
- Saint Lucia
How they compare
Saint Lucia currently reports 19.5% against 19.4% in Maldives, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 16 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Maldives ahead.
Maldives ranks 48th and Saint Lucia ranks 47th of 154 countries.
Maldives has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Maldives | Saint Lucia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 66.8% | 19.7% | 47.1% | Maldives |
| 2010s | 24.9% | 19.2% | 5.7% | Maldives |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher goods and services expense, Maldives or Saint Lucia?
- Saint Lucia, at 19.5% against 19.4% in Maldives as of 2017.
- What is the difference in goods and services expense between Maldives and Saint Lucia?
- 0.1%, with Saint Lucia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Saint Lucia?
- 16 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2017.
- How do Maldives and Saint Lucia rank globally for goods and services expense?
- Maldives ranks 48th and Saint Lucia ranks 47th 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.