Bhutan - Expense

Expense (current LCU)

The value for Expense (current LCU) in Bhutan was 34,168,370,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 36 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 34,168,370,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 213,000,000 in 1982.

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
1982 213,000,000
1983 229,100,000
1984 307,100,000
1985 441,500,000
1986 422,600,000
1988 837,700,000
1989 916,500,000
1990 1,079,100,000
1991 1,117,300,000
1992 1,182,900,000
1993 1,272,000,000
1994 1,653,500,000
1995 1,981,100,000
1996 2,616,400,000
1997 2,607,700,000
1998 2,675,000,000
1999 3,264,600,000
2000 3,786,500,000
2001 4,537,400,000
2002 4,827,088,000
2003 5,373,245,000
2004 5,409,249,000
2005 7,134,193,000
2006 7,849,160,000
2007 9,092,154,000
2008 12,352,540,000
2009 14,257,030,000
2010 15,734,870,000
2011 18,569,340,000
2012 19,915,370,000
2013 21,225,500,000
2014 21,715,390,000
2015 25,138,920,000
2016 27,903,000,000
2017 29,734,930,000
2018 34,168,370,000

Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in Bhutan was 20.42 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 36 years was 24.34 in 1996, while its lowest value was 14.48 in 1983.

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
1982 15.93
1983 14.48
1984 16.85
1985 21.86
1986 17.52
1988 22.11
1989 21.33
1990 21.42
1991 20.45
1992 19.00
1993 18.46
1994 20.35
1995 21.03
1996 24.34
1997 20.39
1998 17.84
1999 18.99
2000 19.85
2001 20.84
2002 19.07
2003 19.10
2004 17.49
2005 20.30
2006 19.80
2007 18.82
2008 23.13
2009 23.87
2010 22.23
2011 22.39
2012 20.92
2013 20.63
2014 18.66
2015 19.56
2016 19.23
2017 18.63
2018 20.42

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance