Malaysia - Expense

Expense (current LCU)

The value for Expense (current LCU) in Malaysia was 262,573,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 23 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 262,573,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 47,420,000,000 in 1996.

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
1996 47,420,000,000
1997 47,878,000,000
1998 47,621,000,000
1999 55,894,000,000
2000 58,849,600,000
2001 66,092,310,000
2002 67,731,000,000
2003 73,813,000,000
2004 89,533,000,000
2005 96,141,000,000
2006 105,745,000,000
2007 120,552,000,000
2008 150,664,000,000
2009 154,485,000,000
2010 149,763,000,000
2011 179,928,000,000
2012 203,767,000,000
2013 209,856,000,000
2014 217,787,000,000
2015 215,275,000,000
2016 209,497,000,000
2017 217,179,000,000
2018 230,513,000,000
2019 262,573,000,000

Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in Malaysia was 17.35 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 23 years was 21.67 in 2009, while its lowest value was 15.83 in 2017.

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
1996 18.69
1997 16.99
1998 16.81
1999 18.58
2000 16.51
2001 18.75
2002 17.67
2003 17.63
2004 18.89
2005 17.69
2006 17.72
2007 18.12
2008 19.57
2009 21.67
2010 18.23
2011 19.73
2012 20.98
2013 20.60
2014 19.68
2015 18.29
2016 16.76
2017 15.83
2018 15.92
2019 17.35

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance