Tanzania - Expense

Expense (current LCU)

The value for Expense (current LCU) in Tanzania was 18,808,000,000,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 9 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 18,808,000,000,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 5,894,650,000,000 in 2009.

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
2009 5,894,650,000,000
2010 5,894,650,000,000
2011 7,759,640,000,000
2012 8,735,770,000,000
2013 10,823,300,000,000
2014 13,282,200,000,000
2015 14,029,800,000,000
2016 14,486,800,000,000
2017 18,688,400,000,000
2018 18,808,000,000,000

Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in Tanzania was 14.57 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 9 years was 16.08 in 2014, while its lowest value was 13.19 in 2010.

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
2009 15.35
2010 13.19
2011 14.38
2012 14.02
2013 14.83
2014 16.08
2015 14.87
2016 13.37
2017 15.73
2018 14.57

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance