Mauritius - Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in Mauritius was 23.48 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 43 years was 25.95 in 1982, while its lowest value was 11.70 in 2015.

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
1976 22.21
1977 23.89
1978 24.69
1979 24.83
1980 24.32
1981 25.65
1982 25.95
1983 25.84
1984 24.22
1985 22.90
1986 20.44
1987 18.77
1988 19.73
1989 19.43
1990 18.97
1991 18.69
1992 18.99
1993 17.54
1994 18.78
1995 18.85
1996 18.78
1997 19.82
1998 19.50
1999 21.68
2000 20.09
2001 20.03
2002 19.98
2003 19.65
2004 20.14
2005 20.16
2006 19.56
2007 18.31
2008 18.03
2009 20.95
2010 22.02
2011 20.40
2012 20.36
2013 21.88
2014 22.29
2015 11.70
2016 23.75
2017 22.98
2018 23.46
2019 23.48

Limitations and Exceptions: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Despite IMF efforts to standardize data collection, statistics are often incomplete, untimely, and not comparable across countries.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The IMF's Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014, harmonized with the 2008 SNA, recommends an accrual accounting method, focusing on all economic events affecting assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, not just those represented by cash transactions. It accounts for all changes in stocks, so stock data at the end of an accounting period equal stock data at the beginning of the period plus flows over the period. The 1986 manual considered only debt stocks. Government finance statistics are reported in local currency. Many countries report government finance data by fiscal year; see country metadata for information on fiscal year end by country.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance