Jordan - Expense

Expense (current LCU)

The value for Expense (current LCU) in Jordan was 5,055,300,000 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 20 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5,089,600,000 in 2009 and a minimum value of 819,760,000 in 1990.

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
1990	819,760,000
1991	856,540,000
1992	891,250,000
1993	1,005,890,000
1994	1,086,190,000
1995	1,232,420,000
1996	1,414,930,000
1997	1,460,020,000
1998	1,599,730,000
1999	1,546,890,000
2000	1,626,800,000
2001	1,717,430,000
2002	1,925,200,000
2003	2,130,010,000
2004	2,600,240,000
2005	3,181,800,000
2006	3,496,580,000
2007	4,110,600,000
2008	4,899,300,000
2009	5,089,600,000
2010	5,055,300,000

Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in Jordan was 25.89 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 35.65 in 2005, while its lowest value was 24.69 in 1992.

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
1990	30.72
1991	30.00
1992	24.69
1993	25.90
1994	24.92
1995	26.14
1996	28.80
1997	28.41
1998	28.51
1999	26.77
2000	27.11
2001	26.97
2002	28.33
2003	29.46
2004	32.14
2005	35.65
2006	31.52
2007	32.64
2008	30.42
2009	28.57
2010	25.89

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance