Goods and services expense (% of expense) by country
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...
Countries reporting
154
Highest
54.8%
Afghanistan
Lowest
2.4%
Brazil
Median
14.5%
Years covered
53
1972–2024
Data points
5,247
What the numbers show
Goods and services expense (% of expense) is currently reported for 154 countries. The highest value is 54.8% in Afghanistan; the lowest is 2.4% in Brazil.
The median across all reporting countries is 14.5%, and the mean is 16.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 23.
Over the past decade 60 countries rose and 92 fell. The largest increase was in Azerbaijan (up 293.7%), and the largest decrease in Nepal (down 65.1%).
Goods and services expense: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afghanistan | 54.8% | 2017 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 2 | Tonga | 46.5% | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 3 | Myanmar | 45.7% | 2019 | up 15.8% | falling |
| 4 | Samoa | 44.8% | 2023 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 5 | Azerbaijan | 42.5% | 2022 | up 293.7% | volatile |
| 6 | Solomon Islands | 38.5% | 2022 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 7 | Ukraine | 35.7% | 2023 | up 235.8% | rising |
| 8 | Nauru | 35.6% | 2020 | down 47.1% | falling |
| 9 | Cameroon | 33.6% | 2021 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 10 | Micronesia (country) | 32.9% | 2020 | down 26.8% | flat |
| 11 | Guinea-Bissau | 32.4% | 2023 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 12 | Central African Republic | 31.7% | 2021 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 13 | Vanuatu | 29.8% | 2023 | up 12.8% | falling |
| 14 | Kiribati | 29.4% | 2023 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 15 | Angola | 29.4% | 2019 | up 16.5% | falling |
| 16 | United Arab Emirates | 28.9% | 2023 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 17 | Botswana | 28.4% | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 18 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 28.3% | 2020 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 19 | East Timor | 28.3% | 2022 | down 41.4% | falling |
| 20 | Seychelles | 27.9% | 2008 | up 13.7% | falling |
| 21 | Singapore | 27.9% | 2023 | down 15.6% | flat |
| 22 | Rwanda | 27.8% | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 23 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 27.5% | 2022 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 24 | Saudi Arabia | 27.4% | 2023 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 25 | Congo | 27.1% | 2021 | down 34.4% | flat |
| 26 | Marshall Islands | 25.9% | 2020 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 27 | Uganda | 25.6% | 2023 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 28 | Equatorial Guinea | 25.4% | 2022 | down 52.2% | falling |
| 29 | Zambia | 25.4% | 2021 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 30 | Ecuador | 24.6% | 2022 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 31 | Niger | 24.1% | 1980 | — | falling |
| 32 | Papua New Guinea | 23.1% | 2023 | up 16.2% | falling |
| 33 | San Marino | 22.9% | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 34 | Philippines | 22.3% | 2023 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 35 | Trinidad and Tobago | 22.1% | 2019 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 36 | Senegal | 21.9% | 2023 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 37 | Tajikistan | 21.7% | 2023 | — | falling |
| 38 | Bahamas | 21.6% | 2023 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 39 | Iceland | 21.5% | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 40 | Kenya | 21.3% | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 41 | Belize | 21.2% | 2017 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 42 | Ethiopia | 20.9% | 2023 | up 22.5% | falling |
| 43 | Costa Rica | 20.8% | 2023 | up 105.5% | rising |
| 44 | Cape Verde | 20.5% | 2020 | up 32.6% | flat |
| 45 | Somalia | 19.9% | 2023 | down 44.7% | falling |
| 46 | Peru | 19.6% | 2021 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 47 | Saint Lucia | 19.5% | 2017 | down 9.0% | flat |
| 48 | Maldives | 19.4% | 2021 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 49 | Malta | 19.4% | 2023 | up 41.5% | flat |
| 50 | Thailand | 19.4% | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 51 | Bhutan | 19.0% | 2020 | down 48.7% | falling |
| 52 | Dominican Republic | 18.9% | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 53 | Palau | 18.4% | 2020 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 54 | Macao | 18.0% | 2023 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 55 | Malawi | 17.9% | 2022 | down 44.8% | falling |
| 56 | Burundi | 17.8% | 2021 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 57 | Fiji | 17.4% | 2023 | up 12.2% | falling |
| 58 | Laos | 17.0% | 2022 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 59 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 17.0% | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 60 | Nicaragua | 17.0% | 2023 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 61 | Togo | 16.7% | 2023 | down 39.0% | falling |
| 62 | Lesotho | 16.4% | 2022 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 63 | Cote d'Ivoire | 16.2% | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 64 | Eswatini | 16.1% | 2021 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 65 | Kazakhstan | 16.1% | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 66 | Honduras | 16.1% | 2020 | up 14.7% | falling |
| 67 | New Zealand | 16.0% | 2022 | up 44.8% | volatile |
| 68 | Moldova | 15.9% | 2023 | down 30.9% | rising |
| 69 | Tanzania | 15.8% | 2024 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 70 | El Salvador | 15.6% | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 71 | Kuwait | 15.5% | 2006 | down 51.9% | falling |
| 72 | Hungary | 15.4% | 2022 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 73 | Gabon | 15.3% | 2021 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 74 | Cambodia | 15.0% | 2023 | down 44.3% | falling |
| 75 | Paraguay | 15.0% | 2023 | up 56.8% | rising |
| 76 | Bangladesh | 14.8% | 2021 | up 14.4% | flat |
| 77 | Mozambique | 14.7% | 2022 | down 49.2% | falling |
| 78 | Ireland | 14.4% | 2022 | up 48.1% | rising |
| 79 | Bolivia | 14.2% | 2007 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 80 | Sudan | 14.0% | 2016 | up 20.4% | volatile |
| 81 | Guatemala | 14.0% | 2023 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 82 | Georgia | 14.0% | 2023 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 83 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 13.9% | 2017 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 84 | Belarus | 13.9% | 2023 | up 19.9% | volatile |
| 85 | Mali | 13.8% | 2020 | down 56.2% | falling |
| 86 | Israel | 13.6% | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 87 | United Kingdom | 13.4% | 2023 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 88 | Barbados | 13.3% | 2016 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 89 | Serbia | 12.7% | 2022 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 90 | Namibia | 12.6% | 2023 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 91 | South Korea | 12.5% | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 92 | Iraq | 12.4% | 2019 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 93 | Mongolia | 11.8% | 2021 | down 38.0% | falling |
| 94 | Malaysia | 11.6% | 2023 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 95 | Bahrain | 11.5% | 2020 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 96 | Kyrgyzstan | 11.5% | 2023 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 97 | South Africa | 11.5% | 2022 | up 12.7% | falling |
| 98 | Latvia | 11.0% | 2023 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 99 | Australia | 10.8% | 2022 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 100 | Iran | 10.7% | 2009 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 101 | Slovenia | 10.7% | 2023 | up 24.2% | falling |
| 102 | Croatia | 10.6% | 2023 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 103 | Armenia | 10.0% | 2023 | down 36.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Jordan | 9.8% | 2023 | up 49.9% | rising |
| 105 | Burkina Faso | 9.7% | 2023 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 106 | Slovakia | 9.7% | 2022 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 107 | Mauritius | 9.6% | 2023 | down 16.2% | flat |
| 108 | Uruguay | 9.5% | 2023 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 109 | Zimbabwe | 9.5% | 2018 | down 46.5% | falling |
| 110 | Indonesia | 9.4% | 2009 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 111 | Norway | 9.3% | 2023 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 112 | Estonia | 9.2% | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 113 | Cyprus | 9.2% | 2023 | up 20.9% | falling |
| 114 | Romania | 9.0% | 2022 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 115 | Morocco | 9.0% | 2023 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 116 | Turkey | 8.9% | 2023 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 117 | Portugal | 8.9% | 2023 | up 13.0% | falling |
| 118 | Panama | 8.8% | 2021 | down 40.3% | falling |
| 119 | Albania | 8.7% | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 120 | Greece | 8.2% | 2023 | up 40.5% | volatile |
| 121 | Bulgaria | 8.1% | 2023 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 122 | Colombia | 8.0% | 2023 | down 47.2% | flat |
| 123 | Denmark | 8.0% | 2023 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 124 | Chile | 7.9% | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 125 | Finland | 7.7% | 2023 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 126 | Poland | 7.4% | 2023 | up 14.4% | falling |
| 127 | Luxembourg | 7.4% | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 128 | Canada | 7.4% | 2023 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 129 | Czechia | 7.2% | 2022 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 130 | Switzerland | 7.0% | 2023 | up 5.2% | volatile |
| 131 | France | 6.9% | 2023 | up 17.8% | falling |
| 132 | Russia | 6.6% | 2020 | down 47.5% | falling |
| 133 | Austria | 6.6% | 2023 | up 5.5% | volatile |
| 134 | Netherlands | 6.6% | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 135 | Madagascar | 6.6% | 2023 | up 17.3% | falling |
| 136 | India | 6.5% | 2022 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 137 | United States | 6.5% | 2023 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 138 | Lithuania | 6.4% | 2023 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 139 | Germany | 6.2% | 2022 | up 17.3% | volatile |
| 140 | Sri Lanka | 6.0% | 2023 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 141 | Mexico | 5.9% | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 142 | North Macedonia | 5.8% | 2023 | down 40.8% | volatile |
| 143 | Ghana | 5.7% | 2022 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 144 | Sweden | 5.4% | 2022 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 145 | Uzbekistan | 4.9% | 2023 | down 44.0% | falling |
| 146 | Tunisia | 4.4% | 2012 | down 45.1% | falling |
| 147 | Nepal | 4.4% | 2021 | down 65.1% | falling |
| 148 | Egypt | 4.3% | 2015 | down 50.4% | volatile |
| 149 | Lebanon | 4.0% | 2021 | up 10.1% | falling |
| 150 | Argentina | 3.7% | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 151 | Spain | 2.9% | 2023 | up 11.4% | volatile |
| 152 | Italy | 2.9% | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 153 | Belgium | 2.8% | 2022 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 154 | Brazil | 2.4% | 2023 | down 22.3% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Africa Western and Central 23.2%
- Pre-demographic dividend 23.2%
- IDA blend 22.8%
- Caribbean small states 22.1%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 21.5%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 21.5%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 20.7%
- Least developed countries: UN classification 20.0%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 19.7%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 19.7%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 19.7%
- IDA total 17.4%
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.