Madagascar - Expense

Expense (current LCU)

The value for Expense (current LCU) in Madagascar was 5,171,330,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 16 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5,171,330,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 760,748,000,000 in 2003.

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
2003	760,748,000,000
2004	1,027,590,000,000
2005	1,114,700,000,000
2006	1,370,400,000,000
2007	1,546,100,000,000
2008	1,736,400,000,000
2009	1,453,150,000,000
2010	1,788,710,000,000
2011	2,090,250,000,000
2012	2,225,510,000,000
2013	2,578,420,000,000
2014	2,979,530,000,000
2015	3,175,030,000,000
2016	3,506,790,000,000
2017	4,347,770,000,000
2018	4,511,710,000,000
2019	5,171,330,000,000

Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in Madagascar was 10.13 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 16 years was 10.86 in 2004, while its lowest value was 7.72 in 2009.

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.

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Year	Value
2003	9.64
2004	10.86
2005	9.50
2006	10.00
2007	9.68
2008	9.48
2009	7.72
2010	8.57
2011	8.94
2012	8.76
2013	9.40
2014	9.85
2015	9.56
2016	9.32
2017	10.59
2018	9.83
2019	10.13

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance