Papua New Guinea vs Small states: Goods and services expense
Goods and services expense over time
- Papua New Guinea
- Small states
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 23.1% against 10.1% in Small states, a difference of 13.0%.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 2.3 times Small states's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 18 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Papua New Guinea ranks 32nd and Small states ranks 29th of 154 countries.
Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Papua New Guinea | Small states | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 27.0% | 14.1% | 12.8% | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 36.3% | 14.4% | 21.9% | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 24.4% | 15.9% | 8.6% | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 26.3% | 10.7% | 15.6% | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher goods and services expense, Papua New Guinea or Small states?
- Papua New Guinea, at 23.1% against 10.1% in Small states as of 2023.
- What is the difference in goods and services expense between Papua New Guinea and Small states?
- 13.0%, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Small states?
- 18 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2022.
- How do Papua New Guinea and Small states rank globally for goods and services expense?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 32nd and Small states ranks 29th 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.