Tunisia - Expense

Expense (current LCU)

The value for Expense (current LCU) in Tunisia was 24,950,100,000 as of 2012. As the graph below shows, over the past 40 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 24,950,100,000 in 2012 and a minimum value of 209,500,000 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 209,500,000
1973 247,300,000
1974 335,400,000
1975 410,200,000
1976 458,100,000
1977 581,300,000
1978 673,800,000
1979 828,000,000
1980 932,300,000
1981 1,099,000,000
1982 1,467,800,000
1983 1,744,500,000
1984 1,985,300,000
1985 2,119,100,000
1986 2,236,000,000
1987 2,376,300,000
1988 2,648,000,000
1989 3,056,100,000
1990 3,289,300,000
1991 3,541,500,000
1992 3,790,600,000
1993 4,169,700,000
1994 4,434,900,000
1995 4,838,400,000
1996 5,341,700,000
1997 5,764,200,000
1998 6,185,400,000
1999 6,786,700,000
2000 7,364,600,000
2001 7,883,500,000
2002 8,445,400,000
2003 8,974,100,000
2004 10,010,800,000
2005 10,949,700,000
2006 11,828,900,000
2007 13,050,600,000
2008 15,103,400,000
2009 16,361,700,000
2010 17,684,700,000
2011 22,291,900,000
2012 24,950,100,000

Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in Tunisia was 33.76 as of 2012. Its highest value over the past 40 years was 33.76 in 2012, while its lowest value was 19.63 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, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1972 19.63
1973 21.48
1974 21.67
1975 23.56
1976 23.70
1977 26.52
1978 27.13
1979 28.34
1980 26.33
1981 26.41
1982 30.55
1983 30.78
1984 30.96
1985 30.19
1986 31.23
1987 29.57
1988 30.58
1989 31.87
1990 30.41
1991 29.44
1992 27.66
1993 28.44
1994 28.04
1995 28.37
1996 28.02
1997 25.12
1998 24.91
1999 24.94
2000 25.02
2001 24.83
2002 25.67
2003 25.37
2004 25.78
2005 26.15
2006 25.85
2007 26.17
2008 27.33
2009 27.88
2010 26.74
2011 32.90
2012 33.76

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance