Switzerland - Expense

Expense (current LCU)

The value for Expense (current LCU) in Switzerland was 120,670,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 120,670,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 15,623,000,000 in 1972.

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
1972 15,623,000,000
1973 19,425,000,000
1974 22,159,000,000
1975 25,603,000,000
1976 29,076,000,000
1977 30,302,000,000
1978 30,984,000,000
1979 32,573,000,000
1980 34,209,000,000
1981 35,270,000,000
1982 39,080,000,000
1983 41,261,000,000
1984 44,321,000,000
1990 51,807,130,000
1991 58,165,350,000
1992 64,508,840,000
1993 70,712,590,000
1994 72,856,490,000
1995 73,505,090,000
1996 76,931,210,000
1997 79,257,050,000
1998 81,492,910,000
1999 85,975,340,000
2000 87,333,630,000
2001 84,757,900,000
2002 93,942,180,000
2003 89,458,910,000
2004 91,287,530,000
2005 92,852,630,000
2006 93,548,190,000
2007 96,343,660,000
2008 97,310,330,000
2009 102,003,000,000
2010 104,385,000,000
2011 105,750,000,000
2012 106,332,000,000
2013 109,925,000,000
2014 111,333,000,000
2015 114,023,000,000
2016 116,881,000,000
2017 117,828,000,000
2018 118,576,000,000
2019 120,670,000,000

Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in Switzerland was 16.59 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 19.43 in 2002, while its lowest value was 14.02 in 1990.

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
1980 16.64
1981 15.98
1982 16.72
1983 17.13
1984 17.22
1990 14.02
1991 15.07
1992 16.37
1993 17.56
1994 17.66
1995 17.60
1996 18.28
1997 18.50
1998 18.50
1999 19.17
2000 18.48
2001 17.49
2002 19.43
2003 18.30
2004 18.10
2005 17.73
2006 16.81
2007 16.26
2008 15.75
2009 16.79
2010 16.59
2011 16.49
2012 16.38
2013 16.64
2014 16.55
2015 16.87
2016 17.05
2017 16.99
2018 16.49
2019 16.59

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance