Australia - Other expense (current LCU)

The value for Other expense (current LCU) in Australia was 41,980,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 29 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 41,980,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 244,000,000 in 1994.

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 390,000,000
1991 497,000,000
1992 625,000,000
1993 342,000,000
1994 244,000,000
1999 8,018,000,000
2000 9,703,000,000
2001 16,339,000,000
2002 17,993,000,000
2003 16,261,000,000
2004 16,169,000,000
2005 17,291,000,000
2006 19,667,000,000
2007 21,341,000,000
2008 22,917,000,000
2009 25,091,000,000
2010 29,808,000,000
2011 30,184,000,000
2012 34,109,000,000
2013 32,356,000,000
2014 35,148,000,000
2015 36,340,000,000
2016 35,666,000,000
2017 37,036,000,000
2018 40,940,000,000
2019 41,980,000,000

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