Lesotho - Expense

Expense (current LCU)

The value for Expense (current LCU) in Lesotho was 13,556,430,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 32 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 13,556,430,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 319,685,000 in 1987.

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
1987 319,685,000
1988 396,008,000
1989 448,884,000
1991 571,430,800
1992 710,791,100
1993 774,144,400
1994 1,024,091,000
1995 1,179,935,000
1996 1,218,275,000
1997 1,508,094,000
1998 2,028,696,000
1999 1,928,891,000
2000 2,081,787,000
2001 2,386,391,000
2002 2,823,037,000
2003 2,971,900,000
2004 3,144,500,000
2005 3,576,900,000
2006 4,440,484,000
2007 4,913,500,000
2008 6,786,020,000
2009 7,697,424,000
2010 6,958,865,000
2011 7,639,594,000
2012 8,149,862,000
2013 9,754,926,000
2014 10,152,250,000
2015 11,514,160,000
2016 12,622,740,000
2017 12,206,340,000
2018 13,277,850,000
2019 13,556,430,000

Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in Lesotho was 39.65 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 32 years was 52.18 in 2009, while its lowest value was 28.35 in 1993.

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
1987 38.98
1988 37.03
1989 34.55
1991 29.38
1992 29.99
1993 28.35
1994 32.84
1995 32.47
1996 29.95
1997 32.79
1998 39.52
1999 34.59
2000 33.81
2001 33.57
2002 34.52
2003 33.93
2004 32.21
2005 33.43
2006 36.43
2007 41.46
2008 46.49
2009 52.18
2010 42.54
2011 40.80
2012 40.05
2013 42.71
2014 38.32
2015 38.24
2016 40.59
2017 39.72
2018 39.91
2019 39.65

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance