Thailand - Expense

Expense (current LCU)

The value for Expense (current LCU) in Thailand was 3,029,360,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3,029,360,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 21,235,000,000 in 1972.

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
1972 21,235,000,000
1973 26,478,000,000
1974 28,855,000,000
1975 37,984,000,000
1976 45,207,000,000
1977 49,673,000,000
1978 63,612,000,000
1979 78,097,000,000
1980 101,782,000,000
1981 117,305,000,000
1982 137,492,000,000
1983 149,048,000,000
1984 161,515,000,000
1985 179,758,000,000
1986 184,882,000,000
1987 193,706,000,000
1988 204,365,000,000
1989 232,395,000,000
1990 257,173,000,000
1991 292,276,000,000
1992 325,648,000,000
1993 369,998,000,000
1994 414,096,000,000
1995 455,792,000,000
1996 518,832,000,000
1997 623,268,000,000
1998 773,689,000,000
1999 936,374,000,000
2000 684,625,000,000
2001 841,488,000,000
2002 1,164,960,000,000
2003 938,395,000,000
2004 1,077,330,000,000
2005 1,166,150,000,000
2006 1,265,550,000,000
2007 1,502,230,000,000
2008 1,655,900,000,000
2009 1,778,340,000,000
2010 1,881,850,000,000
2011 2,195,510,000,000
2012 2,301,140,000,000
2013 2,465,980,000,000
2014 2,554,080,000,000
2015 2,567,630,000,000
2016 2,761,920,000,000
2017 2,846,750,000,000
2018 3,013,090,000,000
2019 3,029,360,000,000

Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in Thailand was 17.93 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 20.19 in 2002, while its lowest value was 10.33 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
1972 12.48
1973 11.92
1974 10.33
1975 12.52
1976 13.05
1977 12.31
1978 13.03
1979 13.97
1980 15.36
1981 15.43
1982 16.34
1983 16.18
1984 16.35
1985 17.01
1986 16.31
1987 14.90
1988 13.10
1989 12.51
1990 11.78
1991 11.66
1992 11.50
1993 11.34
1994 11.22
1995 10.81
1996 11.19
1997 13.23
1998 16.46
1999 19.55
2000 13.50
2001 15.74
2002 20.19
2003 14.85
2004 15.49
2005 15.31
2006 15.06
2007 16.55
2008 17.06
2009 18.41
2010 17.41
2011 19.42
2012 18.62
2013 19.09
2014 19.30
2015 18.68
2016 18.93
2017 18.38
2018 18.41
2019 17.93

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance