Argentina - Other expense (current LCU)

The value for Other expense (current LCU) in Argentina was 227,576,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 29 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 245,265,000,000 in 2017 and a minimum value of 34,700,000 in 1990.

Definition: Other expense is spending on dividends, rent, and other miscellaneous expenses, including provision for consumption of fixed capital.

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

Year Value
1990 34,700,000
1991 42,900,000
1992 90,300,000
1993 637,100,000
1994 517,700,000
1995 174,800,000
1996 306,400,000
1997 397,600,000
1998 346,700,000
1999 306,800,000
2000 240,700,000
2001 184,200,000
2002 4,259,800,000
2003 7,525,583,000
2004 6,113,808,000
2014 98,036,900,000
2015 138,864,000,000
2016 183,310,000,000
2017 245,265,000,000
2018 173,990,000,000
2019 227,576,000,000

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.

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance