OECD members - Goods and services expense

Goods and services expense (% of expense)

Goods and services expense (% of expense) in OECD members was 8.37 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 17.20 in 1972, while its lowest value was 7.63 in 1999.

Definition: Goods and services include all government payments in exchange for goods and services used for the production of market and nonmarket goods and services. Own-account capital formation is excluded.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1972 17.20
1973 16.29
1974 14.70
1975 14.18
1976 12.99
1977 11.83
1978 10.35
1979 10.35
1980 11.01
1981 11.93
1982 11.11
1983 11.57
1984 11.48
1985 10.84
1986 9.77
1987 11.08
1988 10.74
1989 11.19
1990 11.16
1991 9.84
1992 10.26
1993 10.43
1994 10.90
1995 8.08
1996 8.00
1997 9.34
1998 8.38
1999 7.63
2000 7.87
2001 8.23
2002 8.56
2003 8.87
2004 9.08
2005 8.76
2006 9.69
2007 9.19
2008 9.09
2009 9.11
2010 8.98
2011 8.79
2012 8.47
2013 8.31
2014 8.31
2015 8.56
2016 8.58
2017 8.14
2018 8.55
2019 8.37

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance