Italy vs OECD members: Expense
Italy
47.3%
in 2023
OECD members
30.4%
in 2023
Italy rank
8th
OECD members rank
11th
Expense over time
- Italy
- OECD members
How they compare
Italy currently reports 47.3% against 30.4% in OECD members, a difference of 16.9%.
That makes Italy's figure about 1.6 times OECD members's.
Across all 46 years both countries report, Italy has been ahead every year.
Italy ranks 8th and OECD members ranks 11th of 157 countries.
Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | OECD members | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 30.5% | 21.9% | 8.6% | Italy |
| 1980s | 43.4% | 25.2% | 18.2% | Italy |
| 1990s | 45.0% | 26.3% | 18.7% | Italy |
| 2000s | 39.9% | 26.3% | 13.6% | Italy |
| 2010s | 43.0% | 28.0% | 15.0% | Italy |
| 2020s | 48.9% | 31.9% | 17.0% | Italy |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher expense, Italy or OECD members?
- Italy, at 47.3% against 30.4% in OECD members as of 2023.
- What is the difference in expense between Italy and OECD members?
- 16.9%, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and OECD members?
- 46 years are reported by both, from 1973 to 2023.
- How do Italy and OECD members rank globally for expense?
- Italy ranks 8th and OECD members ranks 11th 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.