Egypt vs Maldives: Expense

Egypt
30.2%
in 2015
Maldives
29.5%
in 2021
Egypt rank
58th
Maldives rank
60th

Expense over time

  • Egypt
  • Maldives
20304050197519982021

How they compare

Egypt currently reports 30.2% against 29.5% in Maldives, a difference of 0.7%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 20 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Egypt ahead.

Egypt ranks 58th and Maldives ranks 60th of 157 countries.

Egypt has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Egypt Maldives Difference Ahead
1990s 28.5% 17.8% 10.7% Egypt
2000s 28.9% 24.4% 4.6% Egypt
2010s 30.3% 24.8% 5.5% Egypt

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher expense, Egypt or Maldives?
Egypt, at 30.2% against 29.5% in Maldives as of 2015.
What is the difference in expense between Egypt and Maldives?
0.7%, with Egypt ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Maldives?
20 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2015.
How do Egypt and Maldives rank globally for expense?
Egypt ranks 58th 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

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.