Discrepancy in expenditure estimate of GDP (current US$) by country
This is the discrepancy included in the ‘total consumption etc.' This discrepancy is included to ensures that GDP from the expenditure side equals GDP measured by the income or output approach. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
What the numbers show
Discrepancy in expenditure estimate of GDP (current US$) is currently reported for 50 countries. The highest value is 8.30 billion current US$ in Egypt; the lowest is -3.32 billion current US$ in Congo.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 current US$, and the mean is 251.60 million current US$.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Equatorial Guinea (up 2,614,420,000,000,000.0%), and the largest decrease in Chad (down 1,212,110,000,000,000,000.0%).
Discrepancy in expenditure estimate of GDP: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egypt | 8.30 billion current US$ | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 2 | Algeria | 5.52 billion current US$ | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 3 | South Africa | 3.25 billion current US$ | 2011 | up 934.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Libya | 1.85 billion current US$ | 2008 | — | volatile |
| 5 | Botswana | 1.33 billion current US$ | 2011 | up 47.7% | volatile |
| 6 | Mali | 1.15 billion current US$ | 2011 | up 9,116,160.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Equatorial Guinea | 201.36 million current US$ | 2011 | up 2,614,420,000,000,000.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Ghana | 128.40 million current US$ | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 9 | Cape Verde | 35.76 million current US$ | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 10 | Djibouti | 13.84 million current US$ | 2007 | — | volatile |
| 11 | Uganda | 7.01 million current US$ | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 12 | Mauritius | 34,836 current US$ | 2011 | up 6,650,240,000,000.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Burkina Faso | 1.13 current US$ | 2011 | up 170,281,000.0% | volatile |
| 14 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0 current US$ | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 15 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0 current US$ | 2011 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Togo | 0 current US$ | 2011 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 17 | Benin | 0 current US$ | 2010 | up 387.5% | volatile |
| 18 | Malawi | 0 current US$ | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 19 | Liberia | 0 current US$ | 2011 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Burundi | 0 current US$ | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 21 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 current US$ | 2002 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Zimbabwe | 0 current US$ | 2011 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Zambia | 0 current US$ | 2011 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Tunisia | 0 current US$ | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 21 | Eswatini | 0 current US$ | 2011 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Somalia | 0 current US$ | 1990 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Sierra Leone | 0 current US$ | 2011 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Rwanda | 0 current US$ | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 21 | Eritrea | 0 current US$ | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 21 | Morocco | 0 current US$ | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Gambia | -0 current US$ | 2011 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Central African Republic | -0 current US$ | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 33 | Gabon | -0 current US$ | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 34 | Guinea | -0 current US$ | 2011 | down 609.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Cameroon | -0.0001 current US$ | 2011 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Angola | -0.064 current US$ | 2011 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Comoros | -2,824 current US$ | 2009 | down 100.4% | volatile |
| 38 | Lesotho | -23.44 million current US$ | 2011 | down 360.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Namibia | -48.89 million current US$ | 2011 | up 58.5% | volatile |
| 40 | Mozambique | -92.86 million current US$ | 2011 | down 534,030,000.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Côte d'Ivoire | -103.63 million current US$ | 2011 | down 120.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Niger | -139.25 million current US$ | 2005 | — | volatile |
| 43 | Senegal | -156.93 million current US$ | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Madagascar | -236.02 million current US$ | 2009 | down 4,223,010.0% | volatile |
| 45 | Kenya | -342.65 million current US$ | 2011 | up 37.9% | volatile |
| 46 | Mauritania | -470.37 million current US$ | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 47 | Ethiopia | -519.67 million current US$ | 2011 | down 2,465.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Sudan | -1.68 billion current US$ | 2011 | down 93.7% | volatile |
| 49 | Chad | -2.08 billion current US$ | 2010 | down 1,212,110,000,000,000,000.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Congo | -3.32 billion current US$ | 2011 | down 7,150.1% | volatile |
About this data
This is the discrepancy included in the ‘total consumption etc.' This discrepancy is included to ensures that GDP from the expenditure side equals GDP measured by the income or output approach. Data are in current U.S. dollars.