France - Expense

Expense (current LCU)

The value for Expense (current LCU) in France was 1,127,690,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,127,690,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 46,954,300,000 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 46,954,300,000
1973 52,671,140,000
1974 65,110,970,000
1975 79,182,020,000
1976 92,048,720,000
1977 104,717,000,000
1978 122,340,000,000
1979 141,351,000,000
1980 164,736,000,000
1981 198,245,000,000
1982 233,994,000,000
1983 264,560,000,000
1984 290,370,000,000
1985 313,298,000,000
1986 332,125,000,000
1987 347,608,000,000
1988 367,552,000,000
1989 386,794,000,000
1990 410,347,000,000
1991 438,748,000,000
1992 469,741,000,000
1993 499,636,000,000
1994 517,991,000,000
1995 573,806,000,000
1996 590,284,000,000
1997 612,548,000,000
1998 616,282,000,000
1999 635,901,000,000
2000 652,542,000,000
2001 682,566,000,000
2002 720,421,000,000
2003 744,165,000,000
2004 767,081,000,000
2005 797,153,000,000
2006 826,204,000,000
2007 857,987,000,000
2008 890,249,000,000
2009 929,889,000,000
2010 984,157,000,000
2011 979,490,000,000
2012 1,004,130,000,000
2013 1,018,780,000,000
2014 1,038,110,000,000
2015 1,055,070,000,000
2016 1,069,740,000,000
2017 1,095,970,000,000
2018 1,104,940,000,000
2019 1,127,690,000,000

Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in France was 46.26 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 49.32 in 2010, while its lowest value was 29.34 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 30.01
1973 29.34
1974 31.10
1975 33.57
1976 33.77
1977 34.13
1978 35.09
1979 35.50
1980 36.46
1981 38.87
1982 39.93
1983 40.67
1984 41.07
1985 41.35
1986 40.77
1987 40.61
1988 39.73
1989 38.79
1990 38.95
1991 40.19
1992 41.53
1993 43.75
1994 43.90
1995 47.10
1996 47.14
1997 47.38
1998 45.59
1999 45.39
2000 44.13
2001 44.37
2002 45.37
2003 45.64
2004 45.02
2005 45.14
2006 44.70
2007 44.20
2008 44.68
2009 48.02
2010 49.32
2011 47.59
2012 48.07
2013 48.12
2014 48.29
2015 47.99
2016 47.88
2017 47.71
2018 46.75
2019 46.26

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance