Norway vs Romania: Goods and services expense
Norway
9.3%
in 2023
Romania
9.0%
in 2022
Norway rank
111th
Romania rank
114th
Goods and services expense over time
- Norway
- Romania
How they compare
Norway currently reports 9.3% against 9.0% in Romania, a difference of 0.3%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Norway ahead.
Norway ranks 111th and Romania ranks 114th of 154 countries.
Romania has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Norway | Romania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 11.4% | 19.0% | 7.6% | Romania |
| 1990s | 9.8% | 16.2% | 6.4% | Romania |
| 2000s | 8.6% | 14.7% | 6.2% | Romania |
| 2010s | 8.5% | 9.8% | 1.3% | Romania |
| 2020s | 9.0% | 9.0% | 0.1% | Romania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher goods and services expense, Norway or Romania?
- Norway, at 9.3% against 9.0% in Romania as of 2023.
- What is the difference in goods and services expense between Norway and Romania?
- 0.3%, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Norway and Romania?
- 43 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2022.
- How do Norway and Romania rank globally for goods and services expense?
- Norway ranks 111th and Romania ranks 114th 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.