Estonia - Expense

Expense (current LCU)

The value for Expense (current LCU) in Estonia was 10,005,100,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 28 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 10,005,100,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 1,568,933 in 1991.

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
1991 1,568,933
1995 1,063,400,000
1996 1,322,400,000
1997 1,544,500,000
1998 1,815,200,000
1999 2,004,100,000
2000 2,058,600,000
2001 2,188,200,000
2002 2,405,500,000
2003 2,688,400,000
2004 2,992,900,000
2005 3,405,100,000
2006 4,017,100,000
2007 4,793,700,000
2008 5,699,300,000
2009 5,757,800,000
2010 5,583,800,000
2011 5,788,700,000
2012 6,112,900,000
2013 6,472,300,000
2014 6,793,600,000
2015 7,459,200,000
2016 7,893,200,000
2017 8,339,900,000
2018 9,214,401,000
2019 10,005,100,000

Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in Estonia was 36.08 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 24 years was 40.74 in 2009, while its lowest value was 29.23 in 2007.

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
1995 37.16
1996 35.94
1997 33.77
1998 35.59
1999 37.07
2000 33.36
2001 31.32
2002 30.75
2003 30.74
2004 30.61
2005 30.02
2006 29.61
2007 29.23
2008 34.30
2009 40.74
2010 37.88
2011 34.71
2012 34.12
2013 34.23
2014 33.89
2015 36.15
2016 36.29
2017 34.99
2018 35.69
2019 36.08

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance