Nauru vs Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries): Goods and services expense (% of expense)
Goods and services expense (% of expense) over time
- Nauru
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
How they compare
Nauru currently reports 35.6% against 19.7% in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries), a difference of 15.9%.
That makes Nauru's figure about 1.8 times Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)'s.
Across all 7 years both countries report, Nauru has been ahead every year.
Nauru ranks 8th and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 9th of 154 countries.
Nauru has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nauru | Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 53.2% | 21.6% | 31.5% | Nauru |
| 2020s | 35.6% | 17.3% | 18.3% | Nauru |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher goods and services expense, Nauru or Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Nauru, at 35.6% against 19.7% in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) as of 2020.
- What is the difference in goods and services expense between Nauru and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- 15.9%, with Nauru ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nauru and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- 7 years are reported by both, from 2014 to 2020.
- How do Nauru and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) rank globally for goods and services expense?
- Nauru ranks 8th and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 9th 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.