Argentina - Expense

Expense (current LCU)

The value for Expense (current LCU) in Argentina was 4,750,720,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 29 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,750,720,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 7,116,500,000 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 7,116,500,000
1991 20,270,600,000
1992 26,745,800,000
1993 33,777,300,000
1994 38,360,600,000
1995 40,023,900,000
1996 41,273,000,000
1997 43,970,500,000
1998 45,137,600,000
1999 47,472,200,000
2000 47,839,700,000
2001 45,657,900,000
2002 61,506,900,000
2003 74,570,310,000
2004 81,869,700,000
2014 1,125,070,000,000
2015 1,489,130,000,000
2016 2,154,130,000,000
2017 2,588,570,000,000
2018 3,345,270,000,000
2019 4,750,720,000,000

Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in Argentina was 21.79 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 26.18 in 2016, while its lowest value was 10.33 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, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1990 10.33
1991 11.21
1992 11.80
1993 14.28
1994 14.90
1995 15.51
1996 15.17
1997 15.01
1998 15.10
1999 16.74
2000 16.83
2001 16.99
2002 19.68
2003 19.84
2004 16.88
2014 24.57
2015 25.01
2016 26.18
2017 24.28
2018 22.69
2019 21.79

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance