Norway vs Tonga: Expense

Norway

34.5%

in 2023

Tonga

34.7%

in 2023

Norway rank

37th

Tonga rank

35th

Expense over time

Norway
Tonga

How they compare

Tonga currently reports 34.7% against 34.5% in Norway, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 11 shared years of data; in 2013 it was Norway ahead.

Globally, Norway ranks 37th and Tonga ranks 35th of 157 countries.

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Expense in Norway
Expense in Tonga
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Expense (% of GDP)
Unit: % of GDP
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 183 places, 5,211 data points, 1972–2024
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Expense is a decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.