North Macedonia - Expense

Expense (current LCU)

The value for Expense (current LCU) in North Macedonia was 205,638,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 14 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 205,638,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 89,124,120,000 in 2005.

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
2005	89,124,120,000
2006	98,983,460,000
2007	109,240,000,000
2008	126,754,000,000
2009	129,940,000,000
2010	131,565,000,000
2011	134,529,000,000
2012	137,083,000,000
2013	141,772,000,000
2014	149,674,000,000
2015	160,949,000,000
2016	165,253,000,000
2017	173,049,000,000
2018	184,022,000,000
2019	205,638,000,000

Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in North Macedonia was 29.69 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 14 years was 31.34 in 2009, while its lowest value was 27.78 in 2016.

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
2005	28.89
2006	29.56
2007	29.30
2008	30.55
2009	31.34
2010	30.09
2011	28.98
2012	29.37
2013	28.25
2014	28.37
2015	28.79
2016	27.78
2017	28.00
2018	27.85
2019	29.69

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance