Spain - Expense

Expense (current LCU)

The value for Expense (current LCU) in Spain was 401,444,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 401,444,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 3,654,153,000 in 1972.

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
1972 3,654,153,000
1973 4,459,510,000
1974 5,529,912,000
1975 6,846,129,000
1976 8,382,316,000
1977 11,598,330,000
1978 15,504,910,000
1979 19,501,640,000
1980 23,160,000,000
1981 26,403,060,000
1982 34,006,470,000
1983 39,680,620,000
1984 45,920,930,000
1985 54,732,970,000
1986 62,454,170,000
1987 69,936,170,000
1988 76,636,860,000
1989 86,761,500,000
1990 96,414,970,000
1991 108,692,000,000
1992 123,103,000,000
1993 139,088,000,000
1994 144,230,000,000
2017 368,811,000,000
2018 387,036,000,000
2019 401,444,000,000

Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in Spain was 32.26 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 34.63 in 1993, while its lowest value was 16.00 in 1972.

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
1972 16.00
1973 16.19
1974 16.40
1975 17.29
1976 17.59
1977 19.18
1978 20.95
1979 22.53
1980 23.09
1981 23.46
1982 26.28
1983 26.93
1984 27.62
1985 29.62
1986 29.52
1987 29.57
1988 29.10
1989 29.40
1990 29.33
1991 30.16
1992 31.71
1993 34.63
1994 33.77
2017 31.74
2018 32.17
2019 32.26

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance