Congo - Expense

Expense (current LCU)

The value for Expense (current LCU) in Congo was 1,397,210,000,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,397,210,000,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 397,117,000,000 in 2003.

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
2001 440,600,000,000
2002 564,100,000,000
2003 397,117,000,000
2004 704,116,000,000
2005 752,173,000,000
2006 749,073,000,000
2007 776,565,000,000
2008 795,157,000,000
2009 634,681,000,000
2010 699,956,000,000
2011 750,790,000,000
2012 1,052,790,000,000
2013 964,765,000,000
2014 1,129,400,000,000
2015 1,095,080,000,000
2016 1,070,080,000,000
2017 1,102,210,000,000
2018 1,397,210,000,000

Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in Congo was 18.40 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 28.67 in 2004, while its lowest value was 10.18 in 2011.

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
2001 21.51
2002 26.80
2003 19.55
2004 28.67
2005 21.45
2006 17.76
2007 18.47
2008 15.30
2009 13.88
2010 10.76
2011 10.18
2012 11.65
2013 10.88
2014 12.77
2015 15.58
2016 17.67
2017 17.11
2018 18.40

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance