Norway vs South Africa: Total Expenditure (general government) — Value Standard Local Currency

Norway
2.52 million million SLC
in 2024
South Africa
2.37 million million SLC
in 2024
Norway rank
31st
South Africa rank
32nd

Total Expenditure (general government) — Value Standard Local Currency over time

  • Norway
  • South Africa
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How they compare

Norway currently reports 2.52 million million SLC against 2.37 million million SLC in South Africa, a difference of 155,620 million SLC.

That makes Norway's figure about 1.1 times South Africa's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Norway ahead.

Norway ranks 31st and South Africa ranks 32nd of 114 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Norway South Africa Difference Ahead
2000s 861,826 million SLC 557,869 million SLC 303,956 million SLC Norway
2010s 1.45 million million SLC 1.35 million million SLC 105,344 million SLC Norway
2020s 2.20 million million SLC 2.18 million million SLC 14,942 million SLC Norway

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher total expenditure (general government) — value standard local currency, Norway or South Africa?
Norway, at 2.52 million million SLC against 2.37 million million SLC in South Africa as of 2024.
What is the difference in total expenditure (general government) — value standard local currency between Norway and South Africa?
155,620 million SLC, with Norway ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Norway and South Africa?
24 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2024.
How do Norway and South Africa rank globally for total expenditure (general government) — value standard local currency?
Norway ranks 31st and South Africa ranks 32nd of 114 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Total Expenditure (general government) — Value Standard Local Currency. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Total Expenditure (general government) — Value Standard Local Currency
Unit
million SLC
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
123 places, 2,235 data points, 2001–2024
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The Statistics Division of FAO collects annually data on Government Expenditure on Agriculture through a questionnaire, which was developed in partnership with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The IMF is the responsible institution for the Government Finance Statistics (GFS) methodology and annually collects GFS data, including Expenditure by Functions of Government (COFOG). The Classification of the Functions of Government (COFOG) is an international classification developed by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and published by the United Nations Statistical Division (UNSD), with the aim of categorise governments' functions according to their purposes. The FAO questionnaire aligns with Table 7 of the IMF GFS questionnaire, replicates the relevant aggregates and drills down to request additional detail related to Agriculture. The FAO dataset consists of a time series, from 2001 onwards, of Total Government Expenditure and expenditure in: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, along with its three disaggregated subsectors of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing; and Environmental Protection. In addition, expenditure in each detailed function are further disaggregated into Recurrent and Capital expenditure. Additional indicators include the Agriculture Share of Government Expenditure, and the Agriculture Orientation Index (ratio between the Agriculture Share of Government Expenditure and the Agriculture Value Added as Share of GDP). Data are reported for the highest level of government available (Consolidated general government, consolidated central government or budgetary central government) and are available for about 100 countries on a regular basis.