Vanuatu - Expense

Expense (current LCU)

The value for Expense (current LCU) in Vanuatu was 29,915,030,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 29 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 29,915,030,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 3,893,000,000 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	3,893,000,000
1995	5,781,000,000
1996	6,481,000,000
1997	6,424,000,000
1998	6,401,000,000
1999	6,509,000,000
2009	13,272,000,000
2010	15,108,900,000
2011	15,614,700,000
2012	15,755,420,000
2013	15,694,110,000
2014	17,267,720,000
2015	19,152,090,000
2016	21,648,830,000
2017	25,552,600,000
2018	25,819,310,000
2019	29,915,030,000

Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in Vanuatu was 27.90 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 27.90 in 2019, while its lowest value was 18.82 in 1999.

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	19.69
1995	20.68
1996	22.20
1997	20.33
1998	19.14
1999	18.82
2009	20.98
2010	23.25
2011	22.66
2012	22.74
2013	21.89
2014	23.03
2015	24.04
2016	25.56
2017	26.93
2018	25.62
2019	27.90

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance