India - Expense

Expense (current LCU)

The value for Expense (current LCU) in India was 29,602,800,000,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 44 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 29,602,800,000,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 69,320,000,000 in 1974.

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
1974 69,320,000,000
1975 86,170,000,000
1976 97,590,000,000
1977 109,280,000,000
1978 126,980,000,000
1979 152,160,000,000
1980 172,100,000,000
1981 196,550,000,000
1982 231,130,000,000
1983 271,840,000,000
1984 331,450,000,000
1985 409,130,000,000
1986 488,330,000,000
1987 570,560,000,000
1988 666,350,000,000
1989 787,840,000,000
1990 892,060,000,000
1991 1,015,840,000,000
1992 1,150,660,000,000
1993 1,326,700,000,000
1994 1,500,590,000,000
1995 1,717,440,000,000
1996 1,964,000,000,000
1997 2,255,740,000,000
1998 2,553,460,000,000
1999 2,943,430,000,000
2000 3,297,650,000,000
2001 3,599,190,000,000
2002 4,001,380,000,000
2003 4,350,090,000,000
2004 4,822,030,000,000
2005 5,511,380,000,000
2006 6,462,560,000,000
2007 7,474,310,000,000
2008 9,499,600,000,000
2009 10,728,600,000,000
2010 12,600,800,000,000
2011 12,658,800,000,000
2012 16,076,200,000,000
2013 18,691,100,000,000
2014 18,456,500,000,000
2015 20,830,900,000,000
2016 23,506,100,000,000
2017 26,684,600,000,000
2018 29,602,800,000,000

Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in India was 15.67 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 17.23 in 2008, while its lowest value was 8.73 in 1974.

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
1974 8.73
1975 10.11
1976 10.63
1977 10.51
1978 11.27
1979 12.31
1980 11.70
1981 11.38
1982 11.96
1983 12.08
1984 13.14
1985 14.38
1986 15.34
1987 15.77
1988 15.52
1989 15.97
1990 15.48
1991 15.34
1992 15.12
1993 15.15
1994 14.60
1995 14.25
1996 14.08
1997 14.60
1998 14.41
1999 14.80
2000 15.41
2001 15.55
2002 16.05
2003 15.58
2004 15.13
2005 15.17
2006 15.19
2007 15.26
2008 17.23
2009 16.85
2010 16.51
2011 14.49
2012 16.17
2013 16.64
2014 14.80
2015 15.13
2016 15.27
2017 15.61
2018 15.67

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance