Iceland - Expense

Expense (current LCU)

The value for Expense (current LCU) in Iceland was 940,230,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 940,230,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 169,500,000 in 1972.

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
1972 169,500,000
1973 246,600,000
1974 406,500,000
1975 570,400,000
1976 684,700,000
1977 988,400,000
1978 1,605,900,000
1979 2,479,300,000
1980 3,707,900,000
1981 5,895,400,000
1982 9,636,200,000
1983 17,750,100,000
1984 21,061,300,000
1985 31,156,600,000
1986 45,738,200,000
1987 57,066,700,000
1988 78,293,700,000
1989 101,432,000,000
1990 110,928,000,000
1991 124,995,000,000
1992 126,710,000,000
1993 127,471,000,000
1994 134,336,000,000
1995 139,360,000,000
1996 147,733,000,000
1997 146,027,000,000
1998 176,837,000,000
1999 194,144,000,000
2000 208,218,000,000
2001 237,254,000,000
2002 260,023,000,000
2003 280,028,000,000
2004 296,095,000,000
2005 353,545,000,000
2006 400,091,000,000
2007 448,952,000,000
2008 807,772,000,000
2009 677,477,000,000
2010 638,131,000,000
2011 678,725,000,000
2012 683,984,000,000
2013 682,849,000,000
2014 716,336,000,000
2015 744,339,000,000
2016 891,497,000,000
2017 830,903,000,000
2018 877,810,000,000
2019 940,230,000,000

Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in Iceland was 30.85 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 50.82 in 2008, while its lowest value was 22.50 in 1977.

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
1972 22.87
1973 23.70
1974 26.84
1975 26.38
1976 22.51
1977 22.50
1978 23.58
1979 24.64
1980 22.86
1981 23.36
1982 24.33
1983 25.83
1984 23.20
1985 25.15
1986 27.89
1987 26.73
1988 29.81
1989 31.35
1990 29.42
1991 30.66
1992 31.10
1993 30.32
1994 30.06
1995 30.24
1996 29.92
1997 27.21
1998 29.31
1999 29.88
2000 29.34
2001 29.57
2002 30.44
2003 31.94
2004 30.51
2005 33.31
2006 32.64
2007 32.37
2008 50.82
2009 41.66
2010 37.96
2011 38.45
2012 37.07
2013 34.66
2014 34.33
2015 32.21
2016 35.49
2017 31.45
2018 30.86
2019 30.85

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance