Africa Eastern and Southern vs United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Expense

Africa Eastern and Southern
26.0%
in 2022
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
41.2%
in 2023
Africa Eastern and Southern rank
18th
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank
15th

Expense over time

  • Africa Eastern and Southern
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
20406080197219972023

How they compare

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland currently reports 41.2% against 26.0% in Africa Eastern and Southern, a difference of 15.2%.

That makes United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland's figure about 1.6 times Africa Eastern and Southern's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 23 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Africa Eastern and Southern ahead.

Africa Eastern and Southern ranks 18th and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 15th of 26 groups.

Across the 4 decades both report, Africa Eastern and Southern averaged higher in 1 and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Africa Eastern and Southern United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Difference Ahead
1990s 87.4% 33.6% 53.8% Africa Eastern and Southern
2000s 21.8% 38.0% 16.3% United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2010s 23.3% 39.4% 16.1% United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2020s 26.5% 43.7% 17.2% United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher expense, Africa Eastern and Southern or United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, at 41.2% against 26.0% in Africa Eastern and Southern as of 2023.
What is the difference in expense between Africa Eastern and Southern and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
15.2%, with United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Africa Eastern and Southern and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
23 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2022.
How do Africa Eastern and Southern and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank globally for expense?
Africa Eastern and Southern ranks 18th and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 15th of 26 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Expense (% of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Africa Eastern and Southern vs United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Expense. Statizoid, drawing on Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Retrieved 16 September 2026, from https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/expense-percent-of-gdp/africa-eastern-and-southern/united-kingdom/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/expense-percent-of-gdp/africa-eastern-and-southern/united-kingdom/">Africa Eastern and Southern vs United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Expense</a> — Statizoid

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

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.