Namibia - Goods and services expense (% of expense)

Goods and services expense (% of expense) in Namibia was 15.79 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 31.41 in 1991, while its lowest value was 10.72 in 2018.

Definition: Goods and services include all government payments in exchange for goods and services used for the production of market and nonmarket goods and services. Own-account capital formation is excluded.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

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Year Value
1991 31.41
1992 28.46
1999 22.90
2000 21.40
2001 21.28
2002 21.32
2003 20.31
2004 17.92
2005 17.20
2006 17.61
2007 20.30
2008 20.60
2009 20.71
2010 17.44
2011 17.49
2012 16.23
2013 16.52
2014 17.29
2015 16.54
2016 14.19
2017 13.41
2018 10.72
2019 15.79

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: Median

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance