The Bahamas - Expense

Expense (current LCU)

The value for Expense (current LCU) in The Bahamas was 2,452,787,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 29 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,456,839,000 in 2017 and a minimum value of 525,900,000 in 1990.

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
1990 525,900,000
1991 543,300,000
1992 562,200,000
1993 539,000,000
1994 558,500,000
1995 595,600,000
1996 658,900,000
1997 711,681,000
1998 731,807,000
1999 793,700,000
2000 828,600,000
2001 867,000,000
2002 922,700,000
2003 999,000,000
2004 1,021,297,000
2005 1,117,166,000
2006 1,185,862,000
2007 1,260,136,000
2008 1,344,984,000
2009 1,421,765,000
2010 1,554,082,000
2011 1,667,596,000
2012 1,753,318,000
2013 1,702,223,000
2014 1,759,590,000
2015 1,902,182,000
2016 2,125,148,000
2017 2,456,839,000
2018 2,228,551,000
2019 2,452,787,000

Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in The Bahamas was 18.63 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 19.88 in 2017, while its lowest value was 10.26 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, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1990 16.61
1991 17.46
1992 18.08
1993 17.43
1994 17.14
1995 17.37
1996 18.26
1997 11.24
1998 10.71
1999 10.33
2000 10.26
2001 10.42
2002 10.39
2003 11.26
2004 11.28
2005 11.36
2006 11.66
2007 11.87
2008 12.78
2009 14.24
2010 15.39
2011 16.56
2012 16.35
2013 16.22
2014 15.79
2015 16.00
2016 17.72
2017 19.88
2018 17.36
2019 18.63

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance