Norway - Expense

Expense (current LCU)

The value for Expense (current LCU) in Norway was 1,391,910,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,391,910,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 32,395,000,000 in 1972.

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
1972 32,395,000,000
1973 36,665,000,000
1974 42,513,000,000
1975 49,838,000,000
1976 61,280,000,000
1977 70,191,000,000
1978 81,362,000,000
1979 90,218,000,000
1980 103,896,000,000
1981 119,073,000,000
1982 134,281,000,000
1983 148,816,000,000
1984 162,079,000,000
1985 176,885,000,000
1986 197,157,000,000
1987 221,364,000,000
1988 240,568,000,000
1989 260,409,000,000
1990 285,658,000,000
1991 305,175,000,000
1992 323,054,000,000
1993 333,719,000,000
1994 344,167,000,000
1995 365,571,000,000
1996 379,543,000,000
1997 392,619,000,000
1998 417,683,000,000
1999 443,982,000,000
2000 482,347,000,000
2001 510,784,000,000
2002 587,277,000,000
2003 605,584,000,000
2004 630,404,000,000
2005 661,903,000,000
2006 713,871,000,000
2007 755,315,000,000
2008 804,325,000,000
2009 863,965,000,000
2010 904,711,000,000
2011 959,360,000,000
2012 1,006,160,000,000
2013 1,056,690,000,000
2014 1,125,790,000,000
2015 1,194,200,000,000
2016 1,238,270,000,000
2017 1,285,860,000,000
2018 1,331,240,000,000
2019 1,391,910,000,000

Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in Norway was 39.06 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 39.97 in 2016, while its lowest value was 28.22 in 1973.

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
1972 28.33
1973 28.22
1974 28.27
1975 29.00
1976 31.25
1977 31.77
1978 33.36
1979 33.53
1980 32.64
1981 32.62
1982 33.21
1983 33.10
1984 32.00
1985 31.45
1986 33.88
1987 34.87
1988 36.23
1989 36.75
1990 38.09
1991 38.63
1992 39.73
1993 39.01
1994 38.36
1995 37.96
1996 35.99
1997 34.40
1998 35.91
1999 35.08
2000 32.00
2001 32.65
2002 37.62
2003 37.37
2004 35.36
2005 33.26
2006 32.21
2007 32.14
2008 30.85
2009 35.58
2010 34.91
2011 34.35
2012 33.95
2013 34.41
2014 35.84
2015 38.38
2016 39.97
2017 39.02
2018 37.46
2019 39.06

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance