Other expense in Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands: Other expense was 21.3% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Other expense in Marshall Islands, 2008–2020
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of expense.
Analysis
The most recent figure for other expense in Marshall Islands is 21.3%, measured in 2020. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 33.3% on the previous year and up 80.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other expense in Marshall Islands peaked at 21.3% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 9.7%, in 2009.
That places Marshall Islands 10th out of 147 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 11.4% | 9.7% | 13.1% | 2 |
| 2010s | 13.8% | 11.8% | 16.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 21.3% | 21.3% | 21.3% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Marshall Islands
- 7 Democratic Republic of Congo 23.7% compare
- 8 Bhutan 22.9% compare
- 9 Uzbekistan 21.7% compare
- 11 Costa Rica 20.8% compare
- 12 Palau 20.7% compare
- 13 Kuwait 20.5% compare
More public sector data for Marshall Islands
- Tax revenue 17.2% (2020)
- Taxes on income, profits and capital gains 9.7% (2020)
- Taxes on goods and services 8.4% (2020)
- Net investment in nonfinancial assets 8.8% (2020)
- Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) 5.0% (2020)
- Interest payments 0.4% (2020)
- Grants and other revenue 75.8% (2020)
- Interest payments 0.5% (2020)
- Other taxes 0.8% (2020)
- Compensation of employees 35.3% (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is other expense in Marshall Islands?
- Other expense in Marshall Islands was 21.3% in 2020, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest other expense recorded in Marshall Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 21.3% in 2020.
- What is the lowest other expense recorded in Marshall Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.7% in 2009.
- How does Marshall Islands rank for other expense?
- Marshall Islands ranks 10th out of 147 countries with data for 2020.
- Is other expense rising or falling in Marshall Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 80.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Marshall Islands data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Other expense (% of expense). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Other expense is spending on dividends, rent, and other miscellaneous expenses, including provision for consumption of fixed capital. This indicator is expressed as percentage of total expenses which is any decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction.