Malta vs Peru: Goods and services expense
Malta
19.4%
in 2023
Peru
19.6%
in 2021
Malta rank
49th
Peru rank
46th
Goods and services expense over time
- Malta
- Peru
How they compare
Peru currently reports 19.6% against 19.4% in Malta, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 38 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Peru ahead.
Malta ranks 49th and Peru ranks 46th of 154 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Malta averaged higher in 1 and Peru in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malta | Peru | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 22.0% | 25.7% | 3.7% | Peru |
| 1990s | 12.4% | 18.7% | 6.2% | Peru |
| 2000s | 11.6% | 20.8% | 9.2% | Peru |
| 2010s | 15.4% | 20.8% | 5.4% | Peru |
| 2020s | 19.4% | 18.1% | 1.2% | Malta |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher goods and services expense, Malta or Peru?
- Peru, at 19.6% against 19.4% in Malta as of 2021.
- What is the difference in goods and services expense between Malta and Peru?
- 0.2%, with Peru ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Peru?
- 38 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2021.
- How do Malta and Peru rank globally for goods and services expense?
- Malta ranks 49th and Peru ranks 46th 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.