Statizoid

Samoa vs Tonga: Goods and services expense

Samoa
44.8%
in 2023
Tonga
46.5%
in 2023
Samoa rank
4th
Tonga rank
2nd

Goods and services expense over time

  • Samoa
  • Tonga
01020304050201220172023

How they compare

Tonga currently reports 46.5% against 44.8% in Samoa, a difference of 1.8%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 11 shared years of data; in 2013 it was Samoa ahead.

Globally, Samoa ranks 4th and Tonga ranks 2nd of 154 countries.

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About this data

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

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.