Botswana vs Sudan: Government consumption

Botswana
23.57 billion current LCU
in 2011
Sudan
10.31 billion current LCU
in 2009
Botswana rank
36th
Sudan rank
38th

Government consumption over time

  • Botswana
  • Sudan
05.0B10.0B15.0B20.0B25.0B199020002011

How they compare

Botswana currently reports 23.57 billion current LCU against 10.31 billion current LCU in Sudan, a difference of 13.26 billion current LCU.

That makes Botswana's figure about 2.3 times Sudan's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 17 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Botswana ahead.

Botswana ranks 36th and Sudan ranks 38th 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.