Malta vs Thailand: Goods and services expense
Malta
19.4%
in 2023
Thailand
19.4%
in 2023
Malta rank
49th
Thailand rank
50th
Goods and services expense over time
- Malta
- Thailand
How they compare
Malta currently reports 19.4% against 19.4% in Thailand, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 51 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Thailand ahead.
Malta ranks 49th and Thailand ranks 50th of 154 countries.
Thailand has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malta | Thailand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 21.1% | 36.5% | 15.4% | Thailand |
| 1980s | 9.8% | 35.8% | 26.0% | Thailand |
| 1990s | 12.4% | 31.4% | 18.9% | Thailand |
| 2000s | 11.6% | 25.0% | 13.3% | Thailand |
| 2010s | 15.4% | 25.3% | 9.8% | Thailand |
| 2020s | 19.2% | 20.7% | 1.5% | Thailand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher goods and services expense, Malta or Thailand?
- Malta, at 19.4% against 19.4% in Thailand as of 2023.
- What is the difference in goods and services expense between Malta and Thailand?
- 0.0%, with Malta ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Thailand?
- 51 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2023.
- How do Malta and Thailand rank globally for goods and services expense?
- Malta ranks 49th and Thailand ranks 50th 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.