Finland - Expense

Expense (current LCU)

The value for Expense (current LCU) in Finland was 88,951,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 88,951,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 2,124,045,000 in 1972.

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
1972 2,124,045,000
1973 2,486,995,000
1974 3,326,084,000
1975 4,505,755,000
1976 5,254,191,000
1977 5,944,266,000
1978 6,570,093,000
1979 7,571,821,000
1980 8,540,414,000
1981 9,830,247,000
1982 11,579,070,000
1983 13,410,300,000
1984 14,436,240,000
1985 16,199,520,000
1986 17,710,520,000
1987 19,449,250,000
1988 21,177,550,000
1989 23,087,660,000
1990 25,609,810,000
1991 29,922,310,000
1992 33,172,210,000
1993 35,914,350,000
1994 36,690,530,000
1995 47,924,000,000
1996 45,840,000,000
1997 44,677,000,000
1998 45,238,000,000
1999 46,323,000,000
2000 46,263,000,000
2001 48,098,000,000
2002 50,959,000,000
2003 52,954,000,000
2004 54,921,000,000
2005 57,121,000,000
2006 59,268,000,000
2007 61,061,000,000
2008 64,827,000,000
2009 69,470,000,000
2010 72,215,000,000
2011 75,008,000,000
2012 78,198,000,000
2013 81,912,000,000
2014 83,902,000,000
2015 85,451,000,000
2016 86,103,000,000
2017 85,762,000,000
2018 87,261,000,000
2019 88,951,000,000

Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in Finland was 37.09 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 48.63 in 1995, while its lowest value was 19.87 in 1973.

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
1972 20.66
1973 19.87
1974 21.09
1975 24.71
1976 25.38
1977 26.18
1978 26.17
1979 25.99
1980 25.37
1981 25.82
1982 27.05
1983 28.08
1984 27.00
1985 27.81
1986 28.25
1987 28.72
1988 27.60
1989 26.88
1990 28.16
1991 34.43
1992 39.13
1993 41.90
1994 40.43
1995 48.63
1996 44.90
1997 40.32
1998 37.55
1999 36.50
2000 33.91
2001 33.26
2002 34.32
2003 34.90
2004 34.59
2005 34.68
2006 34.28
2007 32.64
2008 33.37
2009 38.22
2010 38.38
2011 37.88
2012 38.90
2013 40.09
2014 40.55
2015 40.42
2016 39.58
2017 37.90
2018 37.38
2019 37.09

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance