Samoa vs Solomon Islands: Goods and services expense
Goods and services expense over time
- Samoa
- Solomon Islands
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 44.8% against 38.5% in Solomon Islands, a difference of 6.3%.
That makes Samoa's figure about 1.2 times Solomon Islands's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 11 shared years of data; in 2012 it was Solomon Islands ahead.
Samoa ranks 4th and Solomon Islands ranks 6th of 154 countries.
Solomon Islands has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Samoa | Solomon Islands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 42.9% | 51.3% | 8.3% | Solomon Islands |
| 2020s | 42.3% | 47.3% | 5.0% | Solomon Islands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher goods and services expense, Samoa or Solomon Islands?
- Samoa, at 44.8% against 38.5% in Solomon Islands as of 2023.
- What is the difference in goods and services expense between Samoa and Solomon Islands?
- 6.3%, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Solomon Islands?
- 11 years are reported by both, from 2012 to 2022.
- How do Samoa and Solomon Islands rank globally for goods and services expense?
- Samoa ranks 4th and Solomon Islands ranks 6th 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.