Maldives - Expense

Expense (current LCU)

The value for Expense (current LCU) in Maldives was 8,764,900,000 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 8,764,900,000 in 2009 and a minimum value of 340,800,000 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	340,800,000
1991	430,100,000
1992	541,100,000
1993	614,200,000
1994	691,900,000
1995	878,100,000
1996	955,400,000
1997	1,182,000,000
1998	1,297,900,000
1999	1,545,500,000
2000	1,875,900,000
2001	1,971,400,000
2002	2,109,400,000
2003	2,345,700,000
2004	2,788,100,000
2005	4,643,300,000
2006	5,607,800,000
2007	6,560,100,000
2008	7,463,200,000
2009	8,764,900,000

Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in Maldives was 29.20 as of 2009. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 31.18 in 2005, while its lowest value was 16.59 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, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

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Year	Value
1990	16.59
1991	17.16
1992	17.97
1993	17.39
1994	16.77
1995	18.70
1996	18.02
1997	19.76
1998	20.42
1999	22.28
2000	25.53
2001	18.51
2002	18.37
2003	17.42
2004	17.75
2005	31.18
2006	27.81
2007	27.43
2008	25.67
2009	29.20

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance