Ghana vs Namibia: Government consumption

Ghana
9.21 billion current LCU
in 2010
Namibia
15.59 billion current LCU
in 2011
Ghana rank
40th
Namibia rank
37th

Government consumption over time

  • Ghana
  • Namibia
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How they compare

Namibia currently reports 15.59 billion current LCU against 9.21 billion current LCU in Ghana, a difference of 6.38 billion current LCU.

That makes Namibia's figure about 1.7 times Ghana's.

Across all 29 years both countries report, Namibia has been ahead every year.

Ghana ranks 40th 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.