Bangladesh - Expense

Expense (current LCU)

The value for Expense (current LCU) in Bangladesh was 1,632,170,000,000 as of 2016. As the graph below shows, over the past 15 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,632,170,000,000 in 2016 and a minimum value of 228,781,000,000 in 2001.

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
2001	228,781,000,000
2002	247,877,000,000
2003	272,945,000,000
2004	291,494,000,000
2005	347,751,000,000
2006	402,025,000,000
2007	476,280,000,000
2008	592,771,000,000
2009	696,018,000,000
2010	739,019,000,000
2011	901,531,000,000
2012	1,017,060,000,000
2013	1,139,830,000,000
2014	1,277,090,000,000
2015	1,365,110,000,000
2016	1,632,170,000,000

Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in Bangladesh was 9.42 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 15 years was 9.87 in 2009, while its lowest value was 7.60 in 2004.

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
2001	7.85
2002	7.89
2003	7.84
2004	7.60
2005	8.14
2006	8.33
2007	8.66
2008	9.43
2009	9.87
2010	9.27
2011	9.84
2012	9.64
2013	9.51
2014	9.50
2015	9.01
2016	9.42

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance