St. Vincent and the Grenadines - Expense

Expense (current LCU)

The value for Expense (current LCU) in St. Vincent and the Grenadines was 563,610,000 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 563,610,000 in 2017 and a minimum value of 240,641,000 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 240,641,000
2001 258,697,000
2002 273,077,000
2003 272,511,000
2004 288,104,000
2005 323,872,900
2006 355,438,800
2007 378,821,000
2008 431,321,100
2009 469,763,000
2010 473,152,600
2011 495,164,800
2012 488,916,300
2013 491,257,600
2014 508,910,000
2015 512,900,000
2016 514,630,000
2017 563,610,000

Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in St. Vincent and the Grenadines was 26.35 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 27.12 in 2011, while its lowest value was 20.44 in 2004.

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
2000 22.49
2001 22.28
2002 21.90
2003 20.95
2004 20.44
2005 21.78
2006 21.55
2007 20.50
2008 22.97
2009 25.78
2010 25.72
2011 27.12
2012 26.13
2013 25.23
2014 25.90
2015 25.15
2016 24.61
2017 26.35

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance