Barbados vs Maldives: Expense
Barbados
28.8%
in 2016
Maldives
29.5%
in 2021
Barbados rank
63rd
Maldives rank
60th
Expense over time
- Barbados
- Maldives
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 29.5% against 28.8% in Barbados, a difference of 0.7%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 12 shared years of data; in 2003 it was Barbados ahead.
Barbados ranks 63rd and Maldives ranks 60th of 157 countries.
Barbados has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 28.8% | 25.2% | 3.6% | Barbados |
| 2010s | 28.3% | 24.6% | 3.6% | Barbados |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher expense, Barbados or Maldives?
- Maldives, at 29.5% against 28.8% in Barbados as of 2021.
- What is the difference in expense between Barbados and Maldives?
- 0.7%, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Maldives?
- 12 years are reported by both, from 2003 to 2016.
- How do Barbados and Maldives rank globally for expense?
- Barbados ranks 63rd and Maldives ranks 60th of 157 countries.
- 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.
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About this data
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.