Burkina Faso - Expense

Expense (current LCU)

The value for Expense (current LCU) in Burkina Faso was 1,711,310,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,711,310,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 249,878,000,000 in 2002.

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
2002 249,878,000,000
2003 255,847,000,000
2004 292,650,000,000
2005 330,694,000,000
2006 385,677,000,000
2007 449,415,000,000
2008 453,634,000,000
2009 499,075,000,000
2010 529,961,000,000
2011 628,254,000,000
2012 828,666,000,000
2013 818,972,000,000
2014 886,632,000,000
2015 923,206,000,000
2016 1,118,700,000,000
2017 1,514,550,000,000
2018 1,533,160,000,000
2019 1,711,310,000,000

Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in Burkina Faso was 18.05 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 18.49 in 2017, while its lowest value was 9.31 in 2003.

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
2002 9.94
2003 9.31
2004 10.18
2005 10.20
2006 11.28
2007 12.31
2008 10.76
2009 11.23
2010 10.59
2011 11.04
2012 12.92
2013 12.33
2014 12.88
2015 13.20
2016 14.71
2017 18.49
2018 17.37
2019 18.05

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance