Malawi - Expense

Expense (current LCU)

The value for Expense (current LCU) in Malawi was 1,454,970,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 11 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,454,970,000,000 in 2020 and a minimum value of 193,562,000,000 in 2010.

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
2009 199,529,000,000
2010 193,562,000,000
2011 228,365,000,000
2012 259,448,000,000
2013 380,251,000,000
2014 525,998,000,000
2015 594,565,000,000
2016 700,213,000,000
2017 865,026,000,000
2018 1,079,560,000,000
2019 1,214,530,000,000
2020 1,454,970,000,000

Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in Malawi was 15.93 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 11 years was 22.83 in 2009, while its lowest value was 13.24 in 2017.

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
2009 22.83
2010 18.48
2011 18.23
2012 17.28
2013 18.91
2014 20.47
2015 18.67
2016 17.95
2017 13.24
2018 14.92
2019 14.78
2020 15.93

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance