United Kingdom - Other expense (current LCU)

The value for Other expense (current LCU) in United Kingdom was 70,494,750,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 29 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 85,310,440,000 in 2008 and a minimum value of 6,238,000,000 in 1992.

Definition: Other expense is spending on dividends, rent, and other miscellaneous expenses, including provision for consumption of fixed capital.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

Year Value
1990 10,902,000,000
1991 6,903,000,000
1992 6,238,000,000
1993 7,124,000,000
1994 6,348,000,000
1995 25,302,460,000
1996 23,713,960,000
1997 26,679,790,000
1998 27,334,250,000
1999 30,959,760,000
2000 34,114,360,000
2001 38,176,780,000
2002 42,932,270,000
2003 47,150,570,000
2004 46,259,140,000
2005 51,686,350,000
2006 53,280,190,000
2007 56,855,670,000
2008 85,310,440,000
2009 75,690,510,000
2010 67,886,680,000
2011 61,005,550,000
2012 70,897,350,000
2013 60,147,150,000
2014 61,617,360,000
2015 63,774,240,000
2016 65,142,580,000
2017 68,441,640,000
2018 71,265,830,000
2019 70,494,750,000

Limitations and Exceptions: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Despite IMF efforts to standardize data collection, statistics are often incomplete, untimely, and not comparable across countries.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The IMF's Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014, harmonized with the 2008 SNA, recommends an accrual accounting method, focusing on all economic events affecting assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, not just those represented by cash transactions. It accounts for all changes in stocks, so stock data at the end of an accounting period equal stock data at the beginning of the period plus flows over the period. The 1986 manual considered only debt stocks. Government finance statistics are reported in local currency. Many countries report government finance data by fiscal year; see country metadata for information on fiscal year end by country.

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance