Egypt - Expense

Expense (current LCU)

The value for Expense (current LCU) in Egypt was 348,228,000,000 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 20 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 348,228,000,000 in 2010 and a minimum value of 23,101,000,000 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	23,101,000,000
1991	30,727,000,000
1992	48,607,000,000
1993	48,864,000,000
1994	54,250,000,000
1995	57,375,000,000
1996	61,819,000,000
1997	64,433,000,000
2002	103,244,000,000
2003	114,113,000,000
2004	130,499,000,000
2005	147,489,000,000
2006	202,381,000,000
2007	218,489,000,000
2008	271,500,000,000
2009	313,464,000,000
2010	348,228,000,000

Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in Egypt was 28.86 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 34.94 in 1992, while its lowest value was 24.03 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, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

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Year	Value
1990	24.03
1991	27.62
1992	34.94
1993	31.48
1994	31.00
1995	28.13
1996	26.95
1997	24.23
2002	27.25
2003	27.33
2004	26.89
2005	27.39
2006	32.76
2007	29.34
2008	30.32
2009	30.08
2010	28.86

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance