social2024

Goods and services expense (% of expense) — series 2

Name: Goods and services expense (% of expense) — series 2
Creator: World Bank World Development Indicators
Keywords: social, %, goods, and, services, expense, series

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2024. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators•156 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

16.5%

Median: 14.7%

Countries Covered

156

with available data

Highest

Afghanistan

54.8%

Lowest

Brazil

2.4%

Top 5 Countries

1Afghanistan54.8%

2Tonga46.5%

3Myanmar45.7%

4Samoa44.8%

5Azerbaijan42.5%

By Region

Other20.1%(85 countries)

Asia17.0%(19 countries)

Africa14.6%(7 countries)

Oceania13.4%(2 countries)

South America10.8%(7 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (2.4%)High (54.8%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 16.5%)

Other (85)

Asia (19)

Africa (7)

Oceania (2)

South America (7)

Europe (32)

North America (4)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Afghanistan	54.8%
2	Tonga	46.5%
3	Myanmar	45.7%
4	Samoa	44.8%
5	Azerbaijan	42.5%
6	Solomon Islands	38.5%
7	Ukraine	35.7%
8	Nauru	35.6%
9	Cameroon	33.6%
10	Micronesia, Federated States of	32.9%
11	Guinea-Bissau	32.4%
12	Central African Republic	31.7%
13	Guinea	30.8%
14	Vanuatu	29.8%
15	Kiribati	29.4%
16	Angola	29.4%
17	United Arab Emirates	28.9%
18	Botswana	28.4%
19	Saint Kitts and Nevis	28.3%
20	Republic of The Gambia	28.3%
21	Timor-Leste	28.3%
22	Seychelles	27.9%
23	Singapore	27.9%
24	Rwanda	27.8%
25	Democratic Republic of the Congo	27.5%
26	Saudi Arabia	27.4%
27	Republic of the Congo	27.1%
28	Marshall Islands	25.9%
29	Uganda	25.6%
30	Equatorial Guinea	25.4%
31	Zambia	25.4%
32	Ecuador	24.6%
33	Niger	24.1%
34	Papua New Guinea	23.1%
35	San Marino	22.9%
36	Philippines	22.3%
37	Trinidad and Tobago	22.1%
38	Senegal	21.9%
39	Tajikistan	21.7%
40	Bahamas	21.6%
41	Iceland	21.5%
42	Kenya	21.3%
43	Belize	21.2%
44	Ethiopia	20.9%
45	Costa Rica	20.8%
46	Cape Verde	20.5%
47	Somalia	19.9%
48	Peru	19.6%
49	Saint Lucia	19.5%
50	Maldives	19.4%
51	Malta	19.4%
52	Thailand	19.4%
53	Bhutan	19.0%
54	Dominican Republic	18.9%
55	Palau	18.4%
56	Macao	18.0%
57	Malawi	17.9%
58	Burundi	17.8%
59	Fiji	17.4%
60	Lao People's Democratic Republic	17.0%
61	Bosnia and Herzegovina	17.0%
62	Nicaragua	17.0%
63	Togo	16.7%
64	Lesotho	16.4%
65	Cote d'Ivoire	16.2%
66	Eswatini	16.1%
67	Kazakhstan	16.1%
68	Honduras	16.1%
69	New Zealand	16.0%
70	Moldova, Republic of	15.9%
71	United Republic of Tanzania	15.8%
72	El Salvador	15.6%
73	Kuwait	15.5%
74	Hungary	15.4%
75	Gabon	15.3%
76	Cambodia	15.0%
77	Paraguay	15.0%
78	Bangladesh	14.8%
79	Mozambique	14.7%
80	Ireland	14.4%
81	Bolivia	14.2%
82	Sudan	14.0%
83	Guatemala	14.0%
84	Georgia	14.0%
85	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	13.9%
86	Belarus	13.9%
87	Mali	13.8%
88	Israel	13.6%
89	United Kingdom	13.4%
90	Barbados	13.3%
91	Serbia	12.7%
92	Namibia	12.6%
93	South Korea	12.5%
94	Iraq	12.4%
95	Mongolia	11.8%
96	Malaysia	11.6%
97	Bahrain	11.5%
98	Kyrgyzstan	11.5%
99	South Africa	11.5%
100	Latvia	11.0%
101	Australia	10.8%
102	Islamic Republic of Iran	10.7%
103	Slovenia	10.7%
104	Croatia	10.6%
105	Armenia	10.0%
106	Jordan	9.8%
107	Burkina Faso	9.7%
108	Slovakia	9.7%
109	Mauritius	9.6%
110	Uruguay	9.5%
111	Zimbabwe	9.5%
112	Indonesia	9.4%
113	Norway	9.3%
114	Estonia	9.2%
115	Cyprus	9.2%
116	Romania	9.0%
117	Morocco	9.0%
118	Türkiye	8.9%
119	Portugal	8.9%
120	Panama	8.8%
121	Albania	8.7%
122	Greece	8.2%
123	Bulgaria	8.1%
124	Colombia	8.0%
125	Denmark	8.0%
126	Chile	7.9%
127	Finland	7.7%
128	Poland	7.4%
129	Luxembourg	7.4%
130	Canada	7.4%
131	Czech Republic	7.2%
132	Switzerland	7.0%
133	France	6.9%
134	Russian Federation	6.6%
135	Austria	6.6%
136	Netherlands	6.6%
137	Madagascar	6.6%
138	India	6.5%
139	United States of America	6.5%
140	Lithuania	6.4%
141	Germany	6.2%
142	Sri Lanka	6.0%
143	Mexico	5.9%
144	The Republic of North Macedonia	5.8%
145	Ghana	5.7%
146	Sweden	5.4%
147	Uzbekistan	4.9%
148	Tunisia	4.4%
149	Nepal	4.4%
150	Egypt	4.3%
151	Lebanon	4.0%
152	Argentina	3.7%
153	Spain	2.9%
154	Italy	2.9%
155	Belgium	2.8%
156	Brazil	2.4%

Showing 156 of 156 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2024).

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