Belize - Goods and services expense (current LCU)

The value for Goods and services expense (current LCU) in Belize was 214,776,100 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 27 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 215,509,500 in 2016 and a minimum value of 26,495,000 in 1990.

Definition: Goods and services include all government payments in exchange for goods and services used for the production of market and nonmarket goods and services. Own-account capital formation is excluded.

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

Year Value
1990 26,495,000
1991 29,700,000
1992 55,481,000
1993 64,571,000
1994 67,182,000
1995 57,716,000
1996 63,822,000
1997 51,671,000
1998 52,982,000
1999 62,374,000
2000 60,756,000
2001 66,851,000
2002 63,350,000
2003 73,437,000
2004 78,526,000
2005 95,048,000
2006 138,699,000
2007 134,186,000
2008 148,721,000
2009 158,027,000
2010 164,844,000
2011 174,117,000
2012 176,073,400
2013 190,516,200
2014 187,534,400
2015 197,237,600
2016 215,509,500
2017 214,776,100

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