Egypt - Expense

Expense (current LCU)

The value for Expense (current LCU) in Egypt was 738,800,000,000 as of 2015. As the graph below shows, over the past 40 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 738,800,000,000 in 2015 and a minimum value of 2,694,000,000 in 1975.

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
1975 2,694,000,000
1976 2,933,000,000
1977 3,484,000,000
1978 3,658,000,000
1979 4,913,000,000
1981 7,015,000,000
1982 10,412,000,000
1983 10,056,000,000
1984 11,993,000,000
1985 13,358,000,000
1986 15,524,000,000
1987 15,527,000,000
1988 19,805,000,000
1989 20,966,000,000
1990 23,101,000,000
1991 30,727,000,000
1992 48,607,000,000
1993 48,864,000,000
1994 54,250,000,000
1995 57,375,000,000
1996 61,819,000,000
1997 64,433,000,000
2002 103,244,000,000
2003 114,113,000,000
2004 130,499,000,000
2005 147,489,000,000
2006 202,381,000,000
2007 218,489,000,000
2008 271,500,000,000
2009 313,464,000,000
2010 348,228,000,000
2011 400,223,000,000
2012 480,463,000,000
2013 599,081,000,000
2014 701,209,000,000
2015 738,800,000,000

Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in Egypt was 30.23 as of 2015. Its highest value over the past 40 years was 50.77 in 1975, while its lowest value was 24.11 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, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1975 50.77
1976 43.75
1977 42.44
1978 37.44
1979 38.95
1981 42.82
1982 46.37
1983 37.80
1984 37.95
1985 35.81
1986 35.20
1987 30.15
1988 32.15
1989 27.23
1990 24.11
1991 27.31
1992 34.94
1993 31.48
1994 31.00
1995 28.13
1996 26.95
1997 24.23
2002 27.25
2003 27.33
2004 26.89
2005 27.39
2006 32.76
2007 29.34
2008 30.32
2009 30.08
2010 28.86
2011 29.19
2012 28.69
2013 32.20
2014 32.92
2015 30.23

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance