Portugal - Expense

Expense (current LCU)

The value for Expense (current LCU) in Portugal was 82,526,860,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 44 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 82,526,860,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 585,089,900 in 1975.

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
1975 585,089,900
1976 795,083,800
1978 1,346,754,000
1979 1,687,433,000
1980 2,248,082,000
1981 2,904,001,000
1982 3,519,019,000
1983 4,636,825,000
1984 5,434,403,000
1985 7,737,852,000
1986 9,731,048,000
1987 10,202,000,000
1988 12,053,670,000
1989 14,826,270,000
1990 18,091,900,000
1991 22,335,670,000
1992 25,995,350,000
1993 28,380,600,000
1994 28,865,430,000
1995 32,742,910,000
1996 34,718,700,000
1997 36,674,520,000
1998 41,476,860,000
1999 44,361,270,000
2000 47,838,010,000
2001 51,715,830,000
2002 54,944,060,000
2003 58,165,400,000
2004 61,523,340,000
2005 65,640,790,000
2006 66,694,620,000
2007 68,900,340,000
2008 72,183,690,000
2009 76,618,250,000
2010 78,949,530,000
2011 77,959,410,000
2012 74,383,310,000
2013 77,358,830,000
2014 82,088,760,000
2015 78,635,960,000
2016 76,703,130,000
2017 81,155,280,000
2018 80,235,580,000
2019 82,526,860,000

Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in Portugal was 38.50 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 47.44 in 2014, while its lowest value was 23.72 in 1975.

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
1975 23.72
1976 25.93
1978 26.16
1979 25.98
1980 27.37
1981 29.58
1982 29.08
1983 30.80
1984 29.51
1985 33.58
1986 33.66
1987 30.13
1988 29.79
1989 31.15
1990 32.32
1991 34.73
1992 35.88
1993 37.24
1994 34.97
1995 36.78
1996 36.80
1997 35.84
1998 37.25
1999 37.09
2000 37.25
2001 38.09
2002 38.54
2003 39.82
2004 40.41
2005 41.40
2006 40.11
2007 39.26
2008 40.30
2009 43.68
2010 43.96
2011 44.27
2012 44.20
2013 45.37
2014 47.44
2015 43.76
2016 41.13
2017 41.42
2018 39.10
2019 38.50

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance