Ghana - Expense

Expense (current LCU)

The value for Expense (current LCU) in Ghana was 62,434,270,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 18 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 62,434,270,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 712,365,300 in 2001.

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	712,365,300
2002	978,658,300
2003	1,456,817,000
2004	1,875,713,000
2005	2,212,274,000
2006	2,921,916,000
2007	4,136,575,000
2008	6,200,523,000
2009	6,597,796,000
2010	9,280,938,000
2011	12,645,720,000
2012	20,247,720,000
2013	24,000,690,000
2014	28,851,280,000
2015	55,081,090,000
2016	40,162,940,000
2017	45,609,220,000
2018	54,317,080,000
2019	62,434,270,000

Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in Ghana was 17.51 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 18 years was 30.01 in 2015, while its lowest value was 15.62 in 2006.

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
2001	18.71
2002	20.03
2003	22.02
2004	23.48
2005	22.75
2006	15.62
2007	17.87
2008	20.55
2009	18.03
2010	20.16
2011	21.14
2012	26.88
2013	19.28
2014	18.18
2015	30.01
2016	18.29
2017	17.36
2018	17.60
2019	17.51

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance