Singapore vs East Timor: Goods and services expense (% of expense)
Singapore
27.9%
in 2023
East Timor
28.3%
in 2022
Singapore rank
21st
East Timor rank
19th
Goods and services expense (% of expense) over time
- Singapore
- East Timor
How they compare
East Timor currently reports 28.3% against 27.9% in Singapore, a difference of 0.4%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 13 shared years of data; in 2010 it was East Timor ahead.
Singapore ranks 21st and East Timor ranks 19th of 154 countries.
East Timor has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Singapore | East Timor | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 33.0% | 45.1% | 12.2% | East Timor |
| 2020s | 28.9% | 37.6% | 8.6% | East Timor |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher goods and services expense, Singapore or East Timor?
- East Timor, at 28.3% against 27.9% in Singapore as of 2022.
- What is the difference in goods and services expense between Singapore and East Timor?
- 0.4%, with East Timor ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Singapore and East Timor?
- 13 years are reported by both, from 2010 to 2022.
- How do Singapore and East Timor rank globally for goods and services expense?
- Singapore ranks 21st and East Timor ranks 19th 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.