Which has higher goods and services expense, East Timor or United Arab Emirates?

United Arab Emirates, at 28.9% against 28.3% in East Timor as of 2023.

What is the difference in goods and services expense between East Timor and United Arab Emirates?

0.6%, with United Arab Emirates ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for East Timor and United Arab Emirates?

12 years are reported by both, from 2011 to 2022.

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.

East Timor vs United Arab Emirates: Goods and services expense (% of expense)

East Timor

28.3%

in 2022

United Arab Emirates

28.9%

in 2023

East Timor rank

19th

United Arab Emirates rank

16th

Goods and services expense (% of expense) over time

East Timor
United Arab Emirates

How they compare

United Arab Emirates currently reports 28.9% against 28.3% in East Timor, a difference of 0.6%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 12 shared years of data; in 2011 it was East Timor ahead.

East Timor ranks 19th and United Arab Emirates ranks 16th of 154 countries.

East Timor has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	East Timor	United Arab Emirates	Difference	Ahead
2010s	44.7%	34.2%	10.4%	East Timor
2020s	37.6%	33.9%	3.7%	East Timor

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher goods and services expense, East Timor or United Arab Emirates?: United Arab Emirates, at 28.9% against 28.3% in East Timor as of 2023.
What is the difference in goods and services expense between East Timor and United Arab Emirates?: 0.6%, with United Arab Emirates ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for East Timor and United Arab Emirates?: 12 years are reported by both, from 2011 to 2022.
How do East Timor and United Arab Emirates rank globally for goods and services expense?: East Timor ranks 19th and United Arab Emirates ranks 16th 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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Indicator: Goods and services expense (% of expense)
Unit: % of expense
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 195 places, 5,247 data points, 1972–2024
Last refreshed: 29 October 2026

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.