Goods and services expense (% of expense) in Luxembourg
Luxembourg: Goods and services expense (% of expense) was 7.4% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Goods and services expense in Luxembourg, 1972–2023
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of expense.
Analysis
The most recent figure for goods and services expense in Luxembourg is 7.4%, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.3% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, goods and services expense in Luxembourg peaked at 8.3% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 3.7%, in 1993.
Luxembourg ranks 126th of 154 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 52 years of available data.
Goods and services expense (% of expense) in Luxembourg, year by year
| Year | % of expense | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 4.9% | — |
| 1973 | 4.8% | -3.0% |
| 1974 | 4.8% | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 5.0% | +3.9% |
| 1976 | 4.4% | -10.5% |
| 1977 | 3.8% | -13.6% |
| 1978 | 4.2% | +8.5% |
| 1979 | 4.3% | +2.5% |
| 1980 | 4.4% | +4.1% |
| 1981 | 4.3% | -2.0% |
| 1982 | 5.1% | +18.3% |
| 1983 | 4.2% | -19.0% |
| 1984 | 4.3% | +4.1% |
| 1985 | 4.5% | +4.7% |
| 1986 | 4.5% | +0.2% |
| 1987 | 4.5% | -0.5% |
| 1988 | 4.4% | -1.8% |
| 1989 | 4.7% | +6.1% |
| 1990 | 4.7% | -0.9% |
| 1991 | 4.6% | -1.5% |
| 1992 | 4.5% | -2.0% |
| 1993 | 3.7% | -18.9% |
| 1994 | 4.1% | +13.0% |
| 1995 | 6.9% | +66.8% |
| 1996 | 7.8% | +13.3% |
| 1997 | 7.6% | -2.0% |
| 1998 | 7.3% | -4.8% |
| 1999 | 7.1% | -3.1% |
| 2000 | 7.9% | +11.3% |
| 2001 | 7.8% | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 8.2% | +5.5% |
| 2003 | 8.3% | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 7.9% | -4.1% |
| 2005 | 8.1% | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 7.8% | -3.6% |
| 2007 | 7.4% | -4.3% |
| 2008 | 7.7% | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 7.9% | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 7.8% | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 7.5% | -3.2% |
| 2012 | 7.6% | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 7.2% | -5.4% |
| 2014 | 7.1% | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 7.6% | +7.4% |
| 2016 | 7.9% | +3.7% |
| 2017 | 7.6% | -3.2% |
| 2018 | 7.5% | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 7.7% | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 7.4% | -3.6% |
| 2021 | 7.7% | +4.6% |
| 2022 | 7.9% | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 7.4% | -6.3% |
Luxembourg compared with similar countries
- Luxembourg's 7.4% is below the median for high income countries, which is 9.6%, 77% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Luxembourg's 7.4% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 9.0%, 82% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Goods and services expense (% of expense) in Luxembourg changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +66.8% | 4.1% | 6.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 4.5% | 3.8% | 5.0% | 8 |
| 1980s | 4.5% | 4.2% | 5.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.8% | 3.7% | 7.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.9% | 7.4% | 8.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.5% | 7.1% | 7.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.6% | 7.4% | 7.9% | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is goods and services expense in Luxembourg?
- Goods and services expense in Luxembourg was 7.4% in 2023, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest goods and services expense recorded in Luxembourg?
- The highest recorded value was 8.3% in 2003.
- What is the lowest goods and services expense recorded in Luxembourg?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.7% in 1993.
- How does Luxembourg rank for goods and services expense?
- Luxembourg ranks 126th out of 154 countries with data for 2023.
- Is goods and services expense rising or falling in Luxembourg?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Luxembourg data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Goods and services expense (% of expense). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.