Egypt vs Equatorial Guinea: Current expenditure, total

Egypt
326.75 billion current LCU
in 2011
Equatorial Guinea
434.30 billion current LCU
in 2010
Egypt rank
25th
Equatorial Guinea rank
23rd

Current expenditure, total over time

  • Egypt
  • Equatorial Guinea
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How they compare

Equatorial Guinea currently reports 434.30 billion current LCU against 326.75 billion current LCU in Egypt, a difference of 107.55 billion current LCU.

That makes Equatorial Guinea's figure about 1.3 times Egypt's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 17 shared years of data; in 1994 it was Egypt ahead.

Egypt ranks 25th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 23rd of 51 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 1 and Equatorial Guinea in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Egypt Equatorial Guinea Difference Ahead
1990s 52.67 billion current LCU 26.00 billion current LCU 26.67 billion current LCU Egypt
2000s 155.61 billion current LCU 175.88 billion current LCU 20.27 billion current LCU Equatorial Guinea
2010s 317.64 billion current LCU 434.30 billion current LCU 116.66 billion current LCU Equatorial Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher current expenditure, total, Egypt or Equatorial Guinea?
Equatorial Guinea, at 434.30 billion current LCU against 326.75 billion current LCU in Egypt as of 2010.
What is the difference in current expenditure, total between Egypt and Equatorial Guinea?
107.55 billion current LCU, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Equatorial Guinea?
17 years are reported by both, from 1994 to 2010.
How do Egypt and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for current expenditure, total?
Egypt ranks 25th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 23rd of 51 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank country economists, published as Current expenditure, total (current LCU). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Current expenditure, total (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
World Bank country economists
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
51 places, 1,441 data points, 1965–2011
Last refreshed

Total current expenditure includes requited payments other than for capital assets or for goods or services to be used in the production of capital assets, and unrequited payments for purposes other than permitting the recipients to acquire capital assets, compensating the recipients for damage or destruction of capital assets, or increasing the financial capital of the recipients. Data are shown for central government only. Data are in current local currency.