North America - Goods and services expense

Goods and services expense (% of expense)

Goods and services expense (% of expense) in North America was 5.76 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 23.02 in 1972, while its lowest value was 5.76 in 2020.

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.

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Year Value
1972 23.02
1973 21.58
1974 20.08
1975 19.52
1976 16.65
1977 17.41
1978 17.89
1979 17.56
1980 18.39
1981 18.67
1982 19.16
1983 20.29
1984 20.54
1985 20.65
1986 20.98
1987 20.56
1988 20.35
1989 20.15
1990 12.68
1991 12.36
1992 12.10
1993 11.65
1994 11.37
1995 10.49
1996 10.08
1997 10.01
1998 10.05
1999 9.97
2000 10.09
2001 7.58
2002 8.20
2003 8.51
2004 8.90
2005 8.54
2006 8.84
2007 8.44
2008 8.66
2009 8.31
2010 8.57
2011 8.60
2012 8.40
2013 7.60
2014 7.44
2015 7.29
2016 7.26
2017 7.41
2018 7.57
2019 7.54
2020 5.76

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance