Namibia vs Serbia: Goods and services expense
Namibia
12.6%
in 2023
Serbia
12.7%
in 2022
Namibia rank
90th
Serbia rank
89th
Goods and services expense over time
- Namibia
- Serbia
How they compare
Serbia currently reports 12.7% against 12.6% in Namibia, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 16 shared years of data; in 2007 it was Namibia ahead.
Namibia ranks 90th and Serbia ranks 89th of 154 countries.
Namibia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Namibia | Serbia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 20.5% | 14.0% | 6.5% | Namibia |
| 2010s | 15.1% | 10.7% | 4.3% | Namibia |
| 2020s | 12.4% | 12.2% | 0.3% | Namibia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher goods and services expense, Namibia or Serbia?
- Serbia, at 12.7% against 12.6% in Namibia as of 2022.
- What is the difference in goods and services expense between Namibia and Serbia?
- 0.1%, with Serbia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and Serbia?
- 16 years are reported by both, from 2007 to 2022.
- How do Namibia and Serbia rank globally for goods and services expense?
- Namibia ranks 90th and Serbia ranks 89th 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.