Jordan - Expense

Expense (current LCU)

The value for Expense (current LCU) in Jordan was 8,293,700,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 29 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 8,293,700,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 819,760,000 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 819,760,000
1991 856,540,000
1992 891,250,000
1993 1,005,890,000
1994 1,086,190,000
1995 1,232,420,000
1996 1,414,930,000
1997 1,460,020,000
1998 1,599,730,000
1999 1,546,890,000
2000 1,626,800,000
2001 1,717,430,000
2002 1,925,200,000
2003 2,130,010,000
2004 2,600,240,000
2005 3,181,800,000
2006 3,496,580,000
2007 4,110,600,000
2008 4,899,300,000
2009 5,089,600,000
2010 5,055,200,000
2011 6,047,100,000
2012 6,485,400,000
2013 6,419,000,000
2014 7,191,300,000
2015 7,045,000,000
2016 7,323,900,000
2017 7,550,600,000
2018 8,096,200,000
2019 8,293,700,000

Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in Jordan was 26.25 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 35.65 in 2005, while its lowest value was 24.68 in 1992.

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 29.69
1991 28.96
1992 24.68
1993 25.90
1994 24.92
1995 26.14
1996 28.80
1997 28.42
1998 28.52
1999 26.77
2000 27.12
2001 26.99
2002 28.34
2003 29.47
2004 32.14
2005 35.65
2006 32.75
2007 33.88
2008 30.47
2009 29.21
2010 26.24
2011 28.85
2012 28.87
2013 26.24
2014 27.49
2015 25.71
2016 25.86
2017 25.68
2018 26.56
2019 26.25

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance