Zimbabwe - Expense

Expense (current LCU)

The value for Expense (current LCU) in Zimbabwe was 7,641,667,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 9 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 7,641,667,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 914,918,500 in 2009.

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
2009 914,918,500
2010 1,941,220,000
2011 2,690,222,000
2012 3,459,224,000
2015 4,353,840,000
2016 5,185,736,000
2017 6,262,640,000
2018 7,641,667,000

Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in Zimbabwe was 20.70 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 9 years was 28.41 in 2017, while its lowest value was 9.47 in 2009.

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
2009 9.47
2010 16.12
2011 19.08
2012 20.21
2015 21.81
2016 25.24
2017 28.41
2018 20.70

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance