Bulgaria - Expense

Expense (current LCU)

The value for Expense (current LCU) in Bulgaria was 40,344,410,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 29 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 40,344,410,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 24,291,000 in 1990.

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
1990 24,291,000
1991 53,429,000
1992 79,414,000
1993 130,570,000
1994 229,767,000
2005 14,797,600,000
2006 15,892,780,000
2007 20,842,030,000
2008 23,214,950,000
2009 24,779,270,000
2010 23,706,510,000
2011 24,232,380,000
2012 25,570,170,000
2013 27,259,440,000
2014 31,976,230,000
2015 31,015,240,000
2016 30,711,860,000
2017 32,943,980,000
2018 35,875,390,000
2019 40,344,410,000

Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in Bulgaria was 33.51 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 53.52 in 1990, while its lowest value was 29.65 in 2006.

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.

See also:

Year Value
1990 53.52
1991 39.37
1992 39.55
1993 43.68
1994 43.72
2005 31.47
2006 29.65
2007 32.85
2008 31.89
2009 33.86
2010 31.66
2011 29.87
2012 30.94
2013 33.15
2014 38.00
2015 34.62
2016 32.20
2017 32.07
2018 32.62
2019 33.51

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance