Botswana vs Namibia: Government consumption

Botswana
23.57 billion current LCU
in 2011
Namibia
15.59 billion current LCU
in 2011
Botswana rank
36th
Namibia rank
37th

Government consumption over time

  • Botswana
  • Namibia
05.0B10.0B15.0B20.0B25.0B198219962011

How they compare

Botswana currently reports 23.57 billion current LCU against 15.59 billion current LCU in Namibia, a difference of 7.98 billion current LCU.

That makes Botswana's figure about 1.5 times Namibia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 22 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Namibia ahead.

Botswana ranks 36th and Namibia ranks 37th of 51 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Government consumption (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
World Bank country economists
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
51 places, 1,368 data points, 1966–2011
Last refreshed

Current expenditure on goods and services comprises payments of wages and salaries in cash to employees (including the armed forces) before deduction of withholding taxes and employees' contributions to social security and pension funds, as well as employers' contributions to superannuation schemes outside government, and other purchases of goods and services (wages and salaries in kind, office supplies and maintenance charges etc.). Data are in current local currency.