Costa Rica - Expense

Expense (current LCU)

The value for Expense (current LCU) in Costa Rica was 11,212,800,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 46 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 11,212,800,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 1,580,000,000 in 1973.

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
1973 1,580,000,000
1974 1,990,000,000
1975 2,740,000,000
1976 3,380,000,000
1977 4,250,000,000
1978 6,200,000,000
1979 7,360,000,000
1980 8,940,000,000
1981 10,330,000,000
1982 16,210,000,000
1983 27,120,000,000
1984 32,640,000,000
1985 38,610,000,000
1986 59,810,000,000
1987 72,730,000,000
1988 81,190,000,000
1989 103,750,000,000
1990 126,790,000,000
1991 162,270,000,000
1992 204,830,000,000
1993 263,810,000,000
1994 378,870,000,000
1995 448,030,000,000
1996 545,580,000,000
1997 627,750,000,000
1998 741,260,000,000
1999 900,950,000,000
2000 1,019,530,000,000
2001 1,195,760,000,000
2002 1,467,180,000,000
2003 1,626,500,000,000
2004 1,835,850,000,000
2005 2,168,850,000,000
2006 2,508,620,000,000
2007 2,939,040,000,000
2008 3,512,310,000,000
2009 4,361,590,000,000
2010 5,072,010,000,000
2011 5,487,730,000,000
2012 6,162,610,000,000
2013 6,752,200,000,000
2014 7,486,400,000,000
2015 8,615,560,000,000
2016 8,702,240,000,000
2017 8,722,160,000,000
2018 10,415,200,000,000
2019 11,212,800,000,000

Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in Costa Rica was 29.80 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 29.80 in 2019, while its lowest value was 15.06 in 1974.

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
1973 15.55
1974 15.06
1975 16.31
1976 16.35
1977 16.14
1978 20.53
1979 21.28
1980 21.59
1981 18.09
1982 16.62
1983 20.97
1984 20.02
1985 19.51
1986 24.26
1987 25.56
1988 23.21
1989 24.36
1990 24.25
1991 18.42
1992 17.78
1993 19.36
1994 23.00
1995 21.54
1996 22.49
1997 21.39
1998 21.06
1999 22.12
2000 22.03
2001 22.76
2002 24.59
2003 23.62
2004 22.53
2005 22.65
2006 21.60
2007 21.16
2008 21.67
2009 24.74
2010 25.61
2011 25.38
2012 25.94
2013 26.52
2014 26.74
2015 28.55
2016 27.15
2017 25.40
2018 28.92
2019 29.80

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance