Uruguay - Expense

Expense (current LCU)

The value for Expense (current LCU) in Uruguay was 703,453,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 703,453,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 290,000 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 290,000
1973 541,000
1974 985,000
1975 1,781,000
1976 2,777,000
1977 4,172,000
1978 6,350,000
1979 10,211,000
1980 18,609,000
1981 28,345,000
1982 35,331,000
1983 43,216,000
1984 66,409,000
1985 114,250,000
1986 214,873,000
1987 384,559,000
1988 660,765,000
1989 1,199,000,000
1990 2,383,000,000
1991 5,282,000,000
1992 9,751,000,000
1993 17,080,000,000
1994 26,595,000,000
1995 33,208,000,000
1996 45,474,000,000
1997 59,557,000,000
1998 69,335,000,000
1999 71,913,000,000
2000 73,321,000,000
2001 75,907,440,000
2002 80,670,330,000
2003 94,845,100,000
2004 104,466,000,000
2005 112,873,000,000
2006 126,622,000,000
2007 145,570,000,000
2008 162,874,000,000
2009 208,163,000,000
2010 237,738,000,000
2011 269,677,000,000
2012 317,698,000,000
2013 367,722,000,000
2014 422,871,000,000
2015 466,190,000,000
2016 610,652,000,000
2017 582,508,000,000
2018 640,733,000,000
2019 703,453,000,000

Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in Uruguay was 32.59 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 35.37 in 2016, while its lowest value was 15.92 in 1973.

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 24.95
1973 15.92
1974 21.93
1975 22.51
1976 22.93
1977 21.82
1978 21.47
1979 18.14
1980 20.18
1981 23.77
1982 27.79
1983 24.64
1984 24.50
1985 23.87
1986 24.13
1987 23.14
1988 22.44
1989 22.87
1990 21.91
1991 23.36
1992 25.03
1993 28.89
1994 30.17
1995 27.10
1996 27.81
1997 26.32
1998 26.08
1999 26.44
2000 26.55
2001 27.27
2002 27.89
2003 27.91
2004 26.59
2005 26.56
2006 26.86
2007 26.49
2008 25.60
2009 29.13
2010 29.42
2011 29.11
2012 30.51
2013 31.21
2014 31.78
2015 32.02
2016 35.37
2017 31.62
2018 32.32
2019 32.59

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance