Small states vs Zambia: Goods and services expense
Goods and services expense over time
- Small states
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 25.4% against 10.1% in Small states, a difference of 15.3%.
That makes Zambia's figure about 2.5 times Small states's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 23 shared years of data; in 1998 it was Zambia ahead.
Small states ranks 29th and Zambia ranks 29th of 41 groups.
Zambia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Small states | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 14.0% | 30.2% | 16.2% | Zambia |
| 2000s | 12.8% | 24.4% | 11.6% | Zambia |
| 2010s | 15.0% | 24.3% | 9.3% | Zambia |
| 2020s | 11.0% | 21.3% | 10.2% | Zambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher goods and services expense, Small states or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 25.4% against 10.1% in Small states as of 2021.
- What is the difference in goods and services expense between Small states and Zambia?
- 15.3%, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Small states and Zambia?
- 23 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2021.
- How do Small states and Zambia rank globally for goods and services expense?
- Small states ranks 29th and Zambia ranks 29th of 41 groups.
- 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.