Cameroon - Expense

Expense (current LCU)

The value for Expense (current LCU) in Cameroon was 2,523,940,000,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 28 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,523,940,000,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 447,940,000,000 in 1994.

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	488,060,000,000
1991	528,050,000,000
1992	477,040,000,000
1993	453,620,000,000
1994	447,940,000,000
1995	480,940,000,000
1998	674,600,000,000
1999	740,600,000,000
2012	1,963,390,000,000
2013	2,154,850,000,000
2014	2,310,500,000,000
2015	2,365,400,000,000
2016	2,384,600,000,000
2017	2,206,600,000,000
2018	2,523,940,000,000

Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in Cameroon was 11.37 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 15.81 in 1991, while its lowest value was 8.87 in 1995.

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
1990	14.56
1991	15.81
1992	14.93
1993	9.90
1994	9.06
1995	8.87
1998	10.12
1999	10.40
2012	12.75
2013	12.94
2014	12.86
2015	12.42
2016	11.90
2017	10.53
2018	11.37

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance