Albania - Expense

Expense (current LCU)

The value for Expense (current LCU) in Albania was 391,687,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 24 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 391,687,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 57,427,000,000 in 1995.

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
1995	57,427,000,000
1996	70,476,870,000
1997	84,761,690,000
1998	115,583,000,000
2002	151,597,000,000
2003	155,211,000,000
2004	168,141,000,000
2011	299,288,000,000
2012	306,648,000,000
2013	326,183,000,000
2014	340,213,000,000
2015	350,633,000,000
2016	352,758,000,000
2017	370,102,000,000
2018	380,815,000,000
2019	391,687,000,000

Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in Albania was 23.15 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 24 years was 30.03 in 1998, while its lowest value was 21.08 in 1996.

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, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

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Year	Value
1995	25.89
1996	21.08
1997	25.58
1998	30.03
2002	24.83
2003	22.90
2004	22.79
2011	23.01
2012	23.01
2013	24.16
2014	24.38
2015	24.45
2016	23.96
2017	23.87
2018	23.27
2019	23.15

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance