Belgium - Expense

Expense (current LCU)

The value for Expense (current LCU) in Belgium was 188,620,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 24 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 188,620,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 95,925,800,000 in 1995.

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
1995 95,925,800,000
1996 98,438,400,000
1997 100,168,000,000
1998 103,334,000,000
1999 106,162,000,000
2000 109,306,000,000
2001 113,762,000,000
2002 113,247,000,000
2003 119,669,000,000
2004 121,396,000,000
2005 134,962,000,000
2006 131,990,000,000
2007 138,456,000,000
2008 148,089,000,000
2009 153,830,000,000
2010 158,255,000,000
2011 168,588,000,000
2012 177,305,000,000
2013 178,926,000,000
2014 182,045,000,000
2015 173,325,000,000
2016 176,364,000,000
2017 177,811,000,000
2018 183,393,000,000
2019 188,620,000,000

Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in Belgium was 39.45 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 24 years was 45.94 in 1996, while its lowest value was 39.45 in 2019.

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
1995 45.57
1996 45.94
1997 44.70
1998 44.42
1999 43.81
2000 42.63
2001 43.04
2002 41.44
2003 42.56
2004 40.90
2005 43.53
2006 40.59
2007 40.29
2008 42.10
2009 44.40
2010 43.58
2011 44.84
2012 45.91
2013 45.54
2014 45.17
2015 41.59
2016 41.01
2017 39.95
2018 39.87
2019 39.45

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance