Paraguay - Expense

Expense (current LCU)

The value for Expense (current LCU) in Paraguay was 39,974,300,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 14 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 39,974,300,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 8,145,200,000,000 in 2005.

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
2005	8,145,200,000,000
2006	9,358,000,000,000
2007	10,319,100,000,000
2008	11,613,500,000,000
2009	13,964,800,000,000
2010	15,283,500,000,000
2011	18,511,100,000,000
2012	23,120,400,000,000
2013	24,132,300,000,000
2014	26,503,100,000,000
2015	30,475,800,000,000
2016	31,559,900,000,000
2017	31,698,600,000,000
2018	37,193,100,000,000
2019	39,974,300,000,000

Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in Paraguay was 16.90 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 14 years was 16.90 in 2019, while its lowest value was 10.81 in 2008.

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
2005	12.28
2006	12.36
2007	11.48
2008	10.81
2009	12.58
2010	11.84
2011	13.08
2012	15.70
2013	14.51
2014	14.71
2015	16.17
2016	15.42
2017	14.47
2018	16.13
2019	16.90

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance