Nicaragua - Expense

Expense (current LCU)

The value for Expense (current LCU) in Nicaragua was 69,198,480,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 29 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 69,240,130,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 102,058,000 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 102,058,000
1991 1,713,530,000
1992 2,187,250,000
1993 2,706,030,000
1994 2,936,370,000
1995 3,405,250,000
1996 3,926,040,000
1997 4,684,890,000
1998 5,615,430,000
1999 7,273,180,000
2000 8,226,740,000
2001 10,316,000,000
2002 9,083,130,000
2003 10,573,500,000
2004 11,931,570,000
2005 14,510,000,000
2006 17,918,400,000
2007 20,123,970,000
2008 25,031,820,000
2009 26,158,250,000
2010 28,045,280,000
2011 32,822,730,000
2012 37,766,700,000
2013 40,975,750,000
2014 47,579,740,000
2015 55,370,010,000
2016 62,339,170,000
2017 68,448,280,000
2018 69,240,130,000
2019 69,198,480,000

Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in Nicaragua was 16.57 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 65.23 in 1990, while its lowest value was 10.80 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, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1990 65.23
1991 23.73
1992 24.40
1993 25.17
1994 11.31
1995 10.92
1996 10.80
1997 11.30
1998 11.45
1999 12.68
2000 12.69
2001 14.42
2002 12.20
2003 13.15
2004 12.92
2005 13.72
2006 15.08
2007 14.69
2008 15.21
2009 15.50
2010 14.99
2011 14.98
2012 15.23
2013 15.09
2014 15.43
2015 15.92
2016 16.39
2017 16.52
2018 16.85
2019 16.57

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance