Denmark - 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

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