Canada - Expense

Expense (current LCU)

The value for Expense (current LCU) in Canada was 418,472,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 29 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 418,472,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 167,618,000,000 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 167,618,000,000
1991 178,014,000,000
1992 183,444,000,000
1993 187,768,000,000
1994 188,086,000,000
1995 194,852,000,000
1996 192,131,000,000
1997 184,744,000,000
1998 189,748,000,000
1999 199,125,000,000
2000 207,658,000,000
2001 214,154,000,000
2002 214,423,000,000
2003 226,322,000,000
2004 230,625,000,000
2005 253,381,000,000
2006 254,832,000,000
2007 267,615,000,000
2008 283,078,000,000
2009 296,262,000,000
2010 317,960,000,000
2011 316,675,000,000
2012 320,081,000,000
2013 324,997,000,000
2014 327,204,000,000
2015 339,565,000,000
2016 354,440,000,000
2017 376,894,000,000
2018 391,970,000,000
2019 418,472,000,000

Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in Canada was 18.11 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 25.62 in 1992, while its lowest value was 16.40 in 2014.

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 24.19
1991 25.46
1992 25.62
1993 25.22
1994 23.82
1995 23.51
1996 22.42
1997 20.37
1998 20.17
1999 19.76
2000 18.77
2001 18.71
2002 17.96
2003 18.04
2004 17.27
2005 17.82
2006 17.03
2007 16.96
2008 17.08
2009 18.85
2010 19.08
2011 17.85
2012 17.52
2013 17.08
2014 16.40
2015 17.06
2016 17.50
2017 17.61
2018 17.53
2019 18.11

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance