Congo - Expense

Expense (current LCU)

The value for Expense (current LCU) in Congo was 1,397,210,000,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,397,210,000,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 397,117,000,000 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.

Year	Value
2001	440,600,000,000
2002	564,100,000,000
2003	397,117,000,000
2004	704,116,000,000
2005	752,173,000,000
2006	749,073,000,000
2007	776,565,000,000
2008	795,157,000,000
2009	634,681,000,000
2010	699,956,000,000
2011	750,790,000,000
2012	1,052,790,000,000
2013	964,765,000,000
2014	1,129,400,000,000
2015	1,095,080,000,000
2016	1,070,080,000,000
2017	1,102,210,000,000
2018	1,397,210,000,000

Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in Congo was 18.40 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 28.67 in 2004, while its lowest value was 10.18 in 2011.

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	21.51
2002	26.80
2003	19.55
2004	28.67
2005	21.45
2006	17.76
2007	18.47
2008	15.30
2009	13.88
2010	10.76
2011	10.18
2012	11.65
2013	10.88
2014	12.77
2015	15.58
2016	17.67
2017	17.11
2018	18.40

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance