Sweden - Expense

Expense (current LCU)

The value for Expense (current LCU) in Sweden was 1,574,900,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,574,900,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 53,640,000,000 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 53,640,000,000
1973 59,540,000,000
1974 70,830,000,000
1975 84,400,000,000
1976 103,720,000,000
1977 125,770,000,000
1978 150,440,000,000
1979 177,080,000,000
1980 202,430,000,000
1981 239,250,000,000
1982 266,610,000,000
1983 313,150,000,000
1984 340,390,000,000
1985 381,030,000,000
1986 400,080,000,000
1987 414,730,000,000
1988 437,980,000,000
1989 477,550,000,000
1990 545,130,000,000
1991 607,440,000,000
1992 657,490,000,000
1993 732,890,000,000
1994 741,320,000,000
1995 812,006,000,000
1996 784,947,000,000
1997 784,436,000,000
1998 806,783,000,000
1999 824,795,000,000
2000 831,647,000,000
2001 832,171,000,000
2002 874,143,000,000
2003 911,783,000,000
2004 921,750,000,000
2005 969,401,000,000
2006 993,977,000,000
2007 1,034,230,000,000
2008 1,076,760,000,000
2009 1,123,840,000,000
2010 1,180,800,000,000
2011 1,199,010,000,000
2012 1,226,190,000,000
2013 1,281,440,000,000
2014 1,318,850,000,000
2015 1,370,040,000,000
2016 1,412,360,000,000
2017 1,464,620,000,000
2018 1,531,270,000,000
2019 1,574,900,000,000

Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in Sweden was 31.19 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 44.22 in 1993, while its lowest value was 22.95 in 1973.

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 23.01
1973 22.95
1974 24.17
1975 24.52
1976 26.65
1977 29.71
1978 31.88
1979 33.48
1980 33.68
1981 36.43
1982 37.10
1983 38.89
1984 37.68
1985 38.81
1986 37.32
1987 35.74
1988 34.53
1989 33.99
1990 35.17
1991 36.63
1992 39.71
1993 44.22
1994 41.95
1995 42.59
1996 40.12
1997 38.32
1998 37.47
1999 36.42
2000 34.53
2001 33.24
2002 33.64
2003 33.73
2004 32.57
2005 33.07
2006 31.84
2007 31.15
2008 31.56
2009 33.64
2010 33.04
2011 32.16
2012 32.76
2013 33.52
2014 33.03
2015 32.16
2016 31.99
2017 31.67
2018 31.71
2019 31.19

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance