Iran - Expense

Expense (current LCU)

The value for Expense (current LCU) in Iran was 806,599,000,000,000 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 37 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 806,599,000,000,000 in 2009 and a minimum value of 269,800,000,000 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 269,800,000,000
1973 344,600,000,000
1974 1,033,500,000,000
1975 1,202,500,000,000
1976 1,412,300,000,000
1977 1,590,700,000,000
1978 1,609,300,000,000
1979 1,649,700,000,000
1980 1,847,600,000,000
1981 2,185,900,000,000
1982 2,446,400,000,000
1983 2,771,400,000,000
1984 2,765,900,000,000
1985 2,899,500,000,000
1986 2,791,900,000,000
1987 3,265,600,000,000
1988 4,018,600,000,000
1989 4,083,700,000,000
1990 5,571,600,000,000
1991 7,102,000,000,000
1992 9,983,000,000,000
1993 15,741,000,000,000
1994 21,712,000,000,000
1995 29,363,000,000,000
1996 42,215,000,000,000
1997 50,413,000,000,000
1998 64,232,000,000,000
1999 78,754,700,000,000
2000 97,920,100,000,000
2001 129,546,000,000,000
2002 178,988,000,000,000
2003 216,090,000,000,000
2004 272,614,000,000,000
2005 394,213,000,000,000
2006 505,975,000,000,000
2007 546,384,000,000,000
2008 709,549,000,000,000
2009 806,599,000,000,000

Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in Iran was 19.64 as of 2009. Its highest value over the past 37 years was 34.07 in 1975, while its lowest value was 13.20 in 1991.

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 20.76
1973 18.47
1974 33.07
1975 34.07
1976 29.42
1977 27.96
1978 29.28
1979 25.90
1980 27.36
1981 27.18
1982 23.00
1983 20.32
1984 18.55
1985 18.34
1986 17.44
1987 16.82
1988 18.35
1989 15.00
1990 14.67
1991 13.20
1992 13.89
1993 14.83
1994 15.54
1995 14.88
1996 15.61
1997 15.92
1998 18.17
1999 16.58
2000 15.59
2001 17.55
2002 17.49
2003 17.18
2004 16.65
2005 19.42
2006 20.72
2007 16.83
2008 18.25
2009 19.64

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance