St. Vincent and the Grenadines - Expense

Expense (current LCU)

The value for Expense (current LCU) in St. Vincent and the Grenadines was 563,610,000 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 563,610,000 in 2017 and a minimum value of 240,641,000 in 2000.

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
2000	240,641,000
2001	258,697,000
2002	273,077,000
2003	272,511,000
2004	288,104,000
2005	323,872,900
2006	355,438,800
2007	378,821,000
2008	431,321,100
2009	469,763,000
2010	473,152,600
2011	495,164,800
2012	488,916,300
2013	491,257,600
2014	508,910,000
2015	512,900,000
2016	514,630,000
2017	563,610,000

Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in St. Vincent and the Grenadines was 26.35 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 27.12 in 2011, while its lowest value was 20.44 in 2004.

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
2000	22.49
2001	22.28
2002	21.90
2003	20.95
2004	20.44
2005	21.78
2006	21.55
2007	20.50
2008	22.97
2009	25.78
2010	25.72
2011	27.12
2012	26.13
2013	25.23
2014	25.90
2015	25.15
2016	24.61
2017	26.35

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance