Namibia vs Samoa: Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 16 - Public finances

Namibia
34.58 Percentage of GDP
in 2029
Samoa
35.8 Percentage of GDP
in 2029
Namibia rank
53rd
Samoa rank
51st

Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 16 - Public finances over time

  • Namibia
  • Samoa
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How they compare

Samoa currently reports 35.8 Percentage of GDP against 34.58 Percentage of GDP in Namibia, a difference of 1.22 Percentage of GDP.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 30 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Samoa ahead.

Namibia ranks 53rd and Samoa ranks 51st of 166 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Namibia averaged higher in 2 and Samoa in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Namibia Samoa Difference Ahead
2000s 29.17 Percentage of GDP 29.55 Percentage of GDP 0.3782 Percentage of GDP Samoa
2010s 38.44 Percentage of GDP 31.32 Percentage of GDP 7.11 Percentage of GDP Namibia
2020s 36.5 Percentage of GDP 34.2 Percentage of GDP 2.3 Percentage of GDP Namibia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher africa's development dynamics (afdd) table 16 - public finances, Namibia or Samoa?
Samoa, at 35.8 Percentage of GDP against 34.58 Percentage of GDP in Namibia as of 2029.
What is the difference in africa's development dynamics (afdd) table 16 - public finances between Namibia and Samoa?
1.22 Percentage of GDP, with Samoa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and Samoa?
30 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2029.
How do Namibia and Samoa rank globally for africa's development dynamics (afdd) table 16 - public finances?
Namibia ranks 53rd and Samoa ranks 51st of 166 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 16 - Public finances — General government expenditure. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 16 - Public finances — General government expenditure
Unit
Percentage of GDP
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
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Coverage
240 places, 7,002 data points, 2000–2029
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The Statistical Annex to the annual Africa's Development Dynamics (AFDD) report is a collection of development indicators that were gathered and analysed while conducting the research that went into the report. These data are also available online for free viewing or download at https://oe.cd/AFDD-2024, a bilingual website which links to the electronic version of the Africa's Development Dynamics book in both English and French. Table 16 shows data on public finance, including taxes, revenues, expenditure, and debt. Some of these figures are not available at the national level, but only for aggregations of groups of countries.