Latvia - Expense

Expense (current LCU)

The value for Expense (current LCU) in Latvia was 13,352,240,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 25 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 13,352,240,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 773,273,900 in 1994.

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
1994 773,273,900
1995 1,867,637,000
1996 2,075,139,000
1997 2,476,810,000
1998 2,879,642,000
1999 3,162,101,000
2000 3,155,708,000
2001 3,139,336,000
2002 3,488,445,000
2003 3,798,894,000
2004 4,383,206,000
2005 5,396,904,000
2006 6,634,622,000
2007 8,179,754,000
2008 10,333,140,000
2009 9,959,793,000
2010 9,999,477,000
2011 9,653,323,000
2012 9,730,570,000
2013 9,986,838,000
2014 10,553,800,000
2015 10,718,940,000
2016 10,773,100,000
2017 11,567,400,000
2018 12,412,330,000
2019 13,352,240,000

Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in Latvia was 43.57 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 24 years was 55.28 in 2010, while its lowest value was 36.03 in 2007.

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
1995 46.01
1996 44.32
1997 45.90
1998 47.88
1999 50.41
2000 45.94
2001 42.02
2002 41.50
2003 39.69
2004 39.50
2005 39.50
2006 38.57
2007 36.03
2008 42.13
2009 52.42
2010 55.28
2011 48.84
2012 44.38
2013 43.90
2014 44.67
2015 43.62
2016 42.46
2017 42.87
2018 42.58
2019 43.57

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance