Botswana - Expense

Expense (current LCU)

The value for Expense (current LCU) in Botswana was 51,812,660,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 29 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 51,812,660,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 1,881,680,000 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 1,881,680,000
1991 2,219,100,000
1992 2,668,000,000
1993 3,289,000,000
1994 3,324,900,000
1995 4,016,100,000
1996 4,667,300,000
2006 16,963,980,000
2007 20,206,620,000
2008 26,190,570,000
2009 28,362,430,000
2010 28,774,120,000
2011 30,778,690,000
2012 33,493,340,000
2013 35,343,960,000
2014 40,453,490,000
2015 42,819,550,000
2016 44,033,070,000
2017 46,919,370,000
2018 50,492,270,000
2019 51,812,660,000

Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in Botswana was 29.03 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 38.61 in 2009, while its lowest value was 26.68 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 26.68
1991 27.84
1992 30.50
1993 32.63
1994 29.08
1995 30.62
1996 28.96
2006 28.70
2007 30.09
2008 35.05
2009 38.61
2010 33.12
2011 29.32
2012 30.48
2013 28.24
2014 28.79
2015 31.13
2016 26.78
2017 28.18
2018 29.27
2019 29.03

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance