Seychelles - Goods and services expense (% of expense)

Goods and services expense (% of expense) in Seychelles was 39.69 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 33 years was 46.72 in 2012, while its lowest value was 20.32 in 1996.

Definition: Goods and services include all government payments in exchange for goods and services used for the production of market and nonmarket goods and services. Own-account capital formation is excluded.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

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Year Value
1985 35.25
1986 36.75
1987 33.86
1988 28.74
1989 29.58
1993 29.11
1994 29.17
1995 24.05
1996 20.32
1997 23.31
1998 24.55
1999 20.66
2000 24.56
2005 29.62
2006 27.08
2007 26.65
2008 27.91
2009 40.97
2010 39.68
2011 46.12
2012 46.72
2013 36.66
2014 34.87
2015 20.38
2016 31.78
2017 37.56
2018 39.69

Limitations and Exceptions: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Despite IMF efforts to standardize data collection, statistics are often incomplete, untimely, and not comparable across countries.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The IMF's Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014, harmonized with the 2008 SNA, recommends an accrual accounting method, focusing on all economic events affecting assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, not just those represented by cash transactions. It accounts for all changes in stocks, so stock data at the end of an accounting period equal stock data at the beginning of the period plus flows over the period. The 1986 manual considered only debt stocks. Government finance statistics are reported in local currency. Many countries report government finance data by fiscal year; see country metadata for information on fiscal year end by country.

Aggregation method: Median

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance