Bahrain - Expense (current LCU)

The value for Expense (current LCU) in Bahrain was 997,600,000 as of 2004. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 997,600,000 in 2004 and a minimum value of 49,700,000 in 1974.

Definition: Expense is cash payments for operating activities of the government in providing goods and services. It includes compensation of employees (such as wages and salaries), interest and subsidies, grants, social benefits, and other expenses such as rent and dividends.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

Year Value
1974 49,700,000
1975 79,100,000
1976 108,100,000
1977 150,900,000
1978 205,600,000
1979 202,700,000
1980 247,700,000
1981 286,800,000
1982 361,900,000
1983 416,500,000
1984 426,200,000
1985 420,600,000
1986 419,000,000
1987 350,800,000
1988 380,800,000
1989 403,100,000
1990 431,300,000
1991 439,800,000
1992 477,200,000
1993 521,900,000
1994 545,200,000
1995 534,200,000
1996 527,100,000
1997 560,900,000
1998 578,100,000
1999 622,100,000
2000 706,900,000
2001 733,700,000
2002 870,500,000
2003 907,800,000
2004 997,600,000

Limitations and Exceptions: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Despite IMF efforts to standardize data collection, statistics are often incomplete, untimely, and not comparable across countries.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The IMF's Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014, harmonized with the 2008 SNA, recommends an accrual accounting method, focusing on all economic events affecting assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, not just those represented by cash transactions. It accounts for all changes in stocks, so stock data at the end of an accounting period equal stock data at the beginning of the period plus flows over the period. The 1986 manual considered only debt stocks. Government finance statistics are reported in local currency. Many countries report government finance data by fiscal year; see country metadata for information on fiscal year end by country.

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance