Zambia - Expense

Expense (current LCU)

The value for Expense (current LCU) in Zambia was 65,967,010,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 21 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 65,967,010,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 1,291,800,000 in 1998.

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
1998 1,291,800,000
1999 1,303,500,000
2001 2,085,233,000
2002 2,614,386,000
2003 3,652,856,000
2004 5,186,640,000
2005 7,347,492,000
2006 6,543,200,000
2007 8,308,207,000
2008 10,991,770,000
2009 11,215,670,000
2010 14,260,460,000
2011 16,529,370,000
2012 21,702,190,000
2013 27,017,590,000
2014 33,838,660,000
2015 42,606,350,000
2016 48,424,720,000
2017 51,521,030,000
2018 55,339,550,000
2019 65,967,010,000

Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in Zambia was 21.96 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 21 years was 23.23 in 2015, while its lowest value was 14.10 in 2001.

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
1998 19.61
1999 16.03
2001 14.10
2002 14.17
2003 15.74
2004 17.45
2005 19.76
2006 14.24
2007 14.77
2008 16.38
2009 14.50
2010 14.67
2011 14.50
2012 16.53
2013 17.85
2014 20.26
2015 23.23
2016 22.41
2017 20.92
2018 20.11
2019 21.96

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance