St. Lucia - Expense

Expense (current LCU)

The value for Expense (current LCU) in St. Lucia was 950,280,000 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 950,280,000 in 2017 and a minimum value of 368,421,000 in 2000.

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
2000	368,421,000
2001	400,971,000
2002	405,491,000
2003	466,587,000
2004	490,387,500
2005	480,163,600
2006	484,775,900
2007	482,383,600
2008	627,391,600
2009	661,826,100
2010	723,176,000
2011	745,239,000
2012	825,850,400
2013	847,944,100
2014	883,561,500
2015	887,920,000
2016	916,750,000
2017	950,280,000

Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in St. Lucia was 17.63 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 19.06 in 2012, while its lowest value was 13.37 in 2007.

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
2000	14.63
2001	16.64
2002	16.69
2003	17.50
2004	17.03
2005	15.66
2006	14.16
2007	13.37
2008	16.16
2009	17.49
2010	18.02
2011	17.50
2012	19.06
2013	18.86
2014	18.65
2015	18.19
2016	18.20
2017	17.63

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance