Indonesia - Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in Indonesia was 14.49 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 18.45 in 2008, while its lowest value was 9.71 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, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1972 10.43
1973 11.31
1974 13.23
1975 13.27
1976 12.92
1977 12.27
1978 12.40
1979 13.27
1980 13.54
1981 13.76
1982 13.56
1983 13.38
1984 12.58
1985 13.65
1986 14.65
1987 11.89
1988 11.23
1989 11.58
1990 12.72
1991 11.24
1992 11.71
1993 10.71
1994 9.98
1995 9.71
1996 10.36
1997 12.92
1998 13.43
1999 16.33
2002 15.71
2003 16.26
2004 16.85
2008 18.45
2009 15.37
2010 14.01
2011 15.02
2012 15.61
2013 15.38
2014 15.91
2015 14.50
2016 14.87
2017 14.30
2018 14.82
2019 14.49

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.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance