Samoa - Expense

Expense (current LCU)

The value for Expense (current LCU) in Samoa was 643,729,500 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 7 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 643,729,500 in 2019 and a minimum value of 512,493,200 in 2012.

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
2012	512,493,200
2013	524,061,700
2014	568,681,100
2015	571,447,900
2016	551,190,100
2017	547,868,500
2018	585,101,000
2019	643,729,500

Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in Samoa was 28.86 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 7 years was 32.35 in 2014, while its lowest value was 25.97 in 2017.

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
2012	29.29
2013	29.78
2014	32.35
2015	29.92
2016	26.38
2017	25.97
2018	27.76
2019	28.86

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance