Denmark - Expense

Expense (current LCU)

The value for Expense (current LCU) in Denmark was 833,209,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 833,209,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 46,947,000,000 in 1972.

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
1972 46,947,000,000
1973 49,844,000,000
1974 62,815,000,000
1975 72,155,000,000
1976 80,773,000,000
1977 91,009,000,000
1978 104,418,000,000
1979 121,684,000,000
1980 144,230,000,000
1981 167,713,000,000
1982 197,084,000,000
1983 219,950,000,000
1984 239,726,000,000
1985 248,839,000,000
1986 250,395,000,000
1987 261,872,000,000
1988 284,012,000,000
1989 302,704,000,000
1990 316,590,000,000
1991 325,856,000,000
1992 346,829,000,000
1993 374,064,000,000
1994 404,343,000,000
1995 438,683,000,000
1996 445,984,000,000
1997 450,766,000,000
1998 462,246,000,000
1999 473,961,000,000
2000 488,216,000,000
2001 502,328,000,000
2002 516,702,000,000
2003 532,768,000,000
2004 554,391,000,000
2005 553,506,000,000
2006 558,994,000,000
2007 627,145,000,000
2008 662,238,000,000
2009 722,308,000,000
2010 765,453,000,000
2011 782,813,000,000
2012 824,775,000,000
2013 799,152,000,000
2014 810,510,000,000
2015 823,588,000,000
2016 809,053,000,000
2017 811,881,000,000
2018 829,202,000,000
2019 833,209,000,000

Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in Denmark was 35.94 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 43.52 in 2012, while its lowest value was 26.81 in 1973.

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
1972 29.08
1973 26.81
1974 30.17
1975 31.02
1976 29.98
1977 30.45
1978 31.37
1979 32.87
1980 35.98
1981 38.05
1982 39.15
1983 39.66
1984 39.16
1985 37.48
1986 35.14
1987 34.99
1988 36.51
1989 36.84
1990 37.00
1991 36.59
1992 37.58
1993 40.29
1994 40.71
1995 42.32
1996 40.99
1997 39.33
1998 38.98
1999 38.18
2000 36.79
2001 36.63
2002 36.64
2003 37.08
2004 36.81
2005 34.90
2006 33.23
2007 36.07
2008 36.76
2009 41.94
2010 42.27
2011 42.39
2012 43.52
2013 41.41
2014 40.91
2015 40.44
2016 38.38
2017 37.02
2018 36.80
2019 35.94

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance