Spain - General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2010 US$)

The latest value for General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2010 US$) in Spain was 256,039,000,000 as of 2020. Over the past 50 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 256,039,000,000 in 2020 and 41,491,630,000 in 1970.

Definition: General government final consumption expenditure (formerly general government consumption) includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees). It also includes most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation. Data are in constant 2010 U.S. dollars.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

See also:

Year Value
1970 41,491,630,000
1971 43,276,440,000
1972 45,527,200,000
1973 48,440,270,000
1974 52,945,630,000
1975 55,698,910,000
1976 59,541,930,000
1977 61,863,920,000
1978 65,204,430,000
1979 67,942,310,000
1980 70,314,350,000
1981 73,172,560,000
1982 76,671,710,000
1983 79,161,480,000
1984 80,631,790,000
1985 84,127,580,000
1986 88,038,880,000
1987 96,108,790,000
1988 99,614,670,000
1989 107,908,000,000
1990 114,678,000,000
1991 121,599,000,000
1992 125,848,000,000
1993 129,194,000,000
1994 129,886,000,000
1995 133,048,000,000
1996 134,511,000,000
1997 138,031,000,000
1998 142,886,000,000
1999 148,300,000,000
2000 154,997,000,000
2001 160,947,000,000
2002 167,054,000,000
2003 175,061,000,000
2004 186,049,000,000
2005 196,404,000,000
2006 206,001,000,000
2007 218,803,000,000
2008 231,895,000,000
2009 241,601,000,000
2010 245,272,000,000
2011 245,382,000,000
2012 235,057,000,000
2013 230,016,000,000
2014 228,435,000,000
2015 232,898,000,000
2016 235,188,000,000
2017 237,562,000,000
2018 242,968,000,000
2019 247,835,000,000
2020 256,039,000,000

Development Relevance: An economy's growth is measured by the change in the volume of its output or in the real incomes of its residents. The 2008 United Nations System of National Accounts (2008 SNA) offers three plausible indicators for calculating growth: the volume of gross domestic product (GDP), real gross domestic income, and real gross national income. The volume of GDP is the sum of value added, measured at constant prices, by households, government, and industries operating in the economy. GDP accounts for all domestic production, regardless of whether the income accrues to domestic or foreign institutions.

Limitations and Exceptions: Because policymakers have tended to focus on fostering the growth of output, and because data on production are easier to collect than data on spending, many countries generate their primary estimate of GDP using the production approach. Moreover, many countries do not estimate all the components of national expenditures but instead derive some of the main aggregates indirectly using GDP (based on the production approach) as the control total. Measures of growth in consumption and capital formation are subject to two kinds of inaccuracy. The first stems from the difficulty of measuring expenditures at current price levels. The second arises in deflating current price data to measure volume growth, where results depend on the relevance and reliability of the price indexes and weights used. Measuring price changes is more difficult for investment goods than for consumption goods because of the one-time nature of many investments and because the rate of technological progress in capital goods makes capturing change in quality difficult. (An example is computers - prices have fallen as quality has improved.) To obtain government consumption in constant prices, countries may deflate current values by applying a wage (price) index or extrapolate from the change in government employment. Neither technique captures improvements in productivity or changes in the quality of government services.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Gross domestic product (GDP) from the expenditure side is made up of household final consumption expenditure, general government final consumption expenditure, gross capital formation (private and public investment in fixed assets, changes in inventories, and net acquisitions of valuables), and net exports (exports minus imports) of goods and services. Such expenditures are recorded in purchaser prices and include net taxes on products.

Aggregation method: Gap-filled total

Base Period: 2010

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts