Government Finance Statistics (GFS), Expense [GFSE]

This dataset provides a comprehensive view of government expense, including detailed classifications of compensation of employees, use of goods and services, consumption of fixed capital, interest payable, subsidies payable, grants payable, social benefits, and other expense.

Updated by provider on March 18, 2023 (12:00 AM)

Frequency [FREQ]
Reference Area [REF_AREA]
Reporting Institutional Sector [REF_SECTOR]
Unit of Measure [UNIT_MEASURE]
Classification [CLASSIFICATION]

Dataset has 148,224 series. Add search filters to narrow them.

Notes
  • Code: GFSE
  • Temporal Coverage: 1972-2015
  • Geographic Coverage: 175 countries
  • Methodology: Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014 (GFSM 2014)
  • Sectoral Coverage: Budgetary central government, Central government (excl. social security funds), Central government (incl. social security funds), Extrabudgetary central government, General government, Local governments, Social security funds, State governments
Dimension codes and labels
[FREQ] Frequency
  • [A] Annual
[REF_AREA] Reference Area
  • [AE] United Arab Emirates
  • [AF] Afghanistan
  • [AG] Antigua and Barbuda
  • [AI] Anguilla
  • [AL] Albania
  • [AM] Armenia
  • [AO] Angola
  • [AR] Argentina
  • [AT] Austria
  • [AU] Australia
  • [AW] Aruba
  • [AZ] Azerbaijan
  • [BA] Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • [BB] Barbados
  • [BD] Bangladesh
  • [BE] Belgium
  • [BF] Burkina Faso
  • [BG] Bulgaria
  • [BH] Bahrain
  • [BI] Burundi
  • [BJ] Benin
  • [BN] Brunei Darussalam
  • [BO] Bolivia
  • [BR] Brazil
  • [BS] Bahamas
  • [BT] Bhutan
  • [BW] Botswana
  • [BY] Belarus
  • [BZ] Belize
  • [CA] Canada
  • [CD] Congo, the Democratic Republic of the
  • [CF] Central African Republic
  • [CG] Congo
  • [CH] Switzerland
  • [CI] Cote d`Ivoire
  • [CK] Cook Islands
  • [CL] Chile
  • [CM] Cameroon
  • [CN] China
  • [CO] Colombia
  • [CR] Costa Rica
  • [CV] Cabo Verde
  • [CY] Cyprus
  • [CZ] Czech Republic
  • [DE] Germany
  • [DJ] Djibouti
  • [DK] Denmark
  • [DM] Dominica
  • [DO] Dominican Republic
  • [DZ] Algeria
  • [EC] Ecuador
  • [EE] Estonia
  • [EG] Egypt
  • [ER] Eritrea
  • [ES] Spain
  • [ET] Ethiopia
  • [FI] Finland
  • [FJ] Fiji
  • [FM] Micronesia, Federated States of
  • [FR] France
  • [GA] Gabon
  • [GB] United Kingdom
  • [GD] Grenada
  • [GE] Georgia
  • [GH] Ghana
  • [GM] Gambia
  • [GN] Guinea
  • [GQ] Equatorial Guinea
  • [GR] Greece
  • [GT] Guatemala
  • [GW] Guinea-Bissau
  • [GY] Guyana
  • [HK] Hong Kong, China
  • [HN] Honduras
  • [HR] Croatia
  • [HT] Haiti
  • [HU] Hungary
  • [ID] Indonesia
  • [IE] Ireland
  • [IL] Israel
  • [IN] India
  • [IQ] Iraq
  • [IR] Iran, Islamic Republic of
  • [IS] Iceland
  • [IT] Italy
  • [JM] Jamaica
  • [JO] Jordan
  • [JP] Japan
  • [KE] Kenya
  • [KG] Kyrgyzstan
  • [KH] Cambodia
  • [KI] Kiribati
  • [KM] Comoros
  • [KN] Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • [KR] Korea, Republic of
  • [KW] Kuwait
  • [KZ] Kazakhstan
  • [LA] Lao People`s Democratic Republic
  • [LB] Lebanon
  • [LC] Saint Lucia
  • [LK] Sri Lanka
  • [LR] Liberia
  • [LS] Lesotho
  • [LT] Lithuania
  • [LU] Luxembourg
  • [LV] Latvia
  • [LY] Libya
  • [MA] Morocco
  • [MC] Monaco
  • [MD] Moldova, Republic of
  • [ME] Montenegro
  • [MG] Madagascar
  • [MH] Marshall islands
  • [MK] North Macedonia, Republic of
  • [ML] Mali
  • [MM] Myanmar
  • [MN] Mongolia
  • [MO] Macao
  • [MR] Mauritania
  • [MS] Montserrat
  • [MT] Malta
  • [MU] Mauritius
  • [MV] Maldives
  • [MW] Malawi
  • [MX] Mexico
  • [MY] Malaysia
  • [MZ] Mozambique
  • [NA] Namibia
  • [NE] Niger
  • [NG] Nigeria
  • [NI] Nicaragua
  • [NL] Netherlands
  • [NO] Norway
  • [NP] Nepal
  • [NR] Nauru
  • [NZ] New Zealand
  • [OM] Oman
  • [PA] Panama
  • [PE] Peru
  • [PG] Papua New Guinea
  • [PH] Philippines
  • [PK] Pakistan
  • [PL] Poland
  • [PS] Palestine, State of
  • [PT] Portugal
  • [PW] Palau
  • [PY] Paraguay
  • [QA] Qatar
  • [RO] Romania
  • [RS] Serbia
  • [RU] Russian Federation
  • [RW] Rwanda
  • [SA] Saudi Arabia
  • [SB] Solomon Islands
  • [SC] Seychelles
  • [SD] Sudan
  • [SE] Sweden
  • [SG] Singapore
  • [SI] Slovenia
  • [SK] Slovakia
  • [SL] Sierra Leone
  • [SM] San Marino
  • [SN] Senegal
  • [SO] Somalia
  • [SR] Suriname
  • [ST] Sao Tome and Principe
  • [SV] El Salvador
  • [SY] Syrian Arab Republic
  • [SZ] Eswatini
  • [TD] Chad
  • [TG] Togo
  • [TH] Thailand
  • [TJ] Tajikistan
  • [TL] Timor-Leste
  • [TN] Tunisia
  • [TO] Tonga
  • [TR] Türkiye
  • [TT] Trinidad and Tobago
  • [TZ] Tanzania, United Republic of
  • [UA] Ukraine
  • [UG] Uganda
  • [US] United States
  • [UY] Uruguay
  • [UZ] Uzbekistan
  • [VC] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • [VN] Viet Nam
  • [VU] Vanuatu
  • [WS] Samoa
  • [XK] Kosovo, Republic of
  • [YE] Yemen
  • [ZA] South Africa
  • [ZM] Zambia
  • [ZW] Zimbabwe
[REF_SECTOR] Reporting Institutional Sector
  • [S13] General government
  • [S1311] Central government (excl. social security funds)
  • [S13112] Extrabudgetary central government
  • [S1311B] Budgetary central government
  • [S1312] State governments
  • [S1313] Local governments
  • [S1314] Social security funds
  • [S1321] Central government (incl. social security funds)
[UNIT_MEASURE] Unit of Measure
  • [XDC] Domestic currency
  • [XDC_R_B1GQ] Percent of GDP
[CLASSIFICATION] Classification
  • [1A_S1_G26] Grants expense to int orgs
  • [1A_S1_G26C] Grants expense to int orgs: current
  • [1A_S1_G26K] Grants expense to int orgs: capital
  • [W00_S1W_G2822] Expense on other transfers, capital
  • [W0_S1_G2] Expense
  • [W0_S1_G21] Compensation of employees
  • [W0_S1_G211] Wages and salaries
  • [W0_S1_G212] Employers' social contributions
  • [W0_S1_G2121] Actual employers’ social contributions
  • [W0_S1_G2122] Imputed employers’ social contributions
  • [W0_S1_G22] Use of goods and services
  • [W0_S1_G23] Consumption of fixed capital
  • [W0_S1_G24] Interest expense
  • [W0_S1_G25] Subsidies expense
  • [W0_S1_G26] Grants expense
  • [W0_S1_G27] Social benefits expense
  • [W0_S1_G271] Social security benefits expense
  • [W0_S1_G272] Social assistance benefits expense
  • [W0_S1_G273] Employment-related social benefits expense
  • [W0_S1_G28] Other expense
  • [W0_S1_G281] Property expense other than interest
  • [W0_S1_G2811] Dividend expense
  • [W0_S1_G2812] Withdrawals of income from quasi-corporations
  • [W0_S1_G2813] Property expense for investment income disbursements
  • [W0_S1_G2814] Rent expense
  • [W0_S1_G2815] Reinvested earnings on FDI
  • [W0_S1_G282] Expense on other transfers
  • [W0_S1_G2821] Expense on other transfers, current
  • [W0_S1_G283] Expense on NI & SGS: Premiums, fees, & claims
  • [W0_S1_G2831] Expense on NI & SGS: Premiums, fees, & current claims
  • [W0_S1_G28311] Expense on NI & SGS: Premiums
  • [W0_S1_G28312] Expense on NI & SGS: Fees
  • [W0_S1_G28313] Expense on NI & SGS: Current claims
  • [W0_S1_G2832] Expense on NI & SGS: Capital claims
  • [W0_S1_G2M27A] Social benefits expense in cash
  • [W0_S1_G2M27B] Social benefits expense in kind
  • [W1_S13_G26] Grants expense to foreign govts
  • [W1_S13_G26C] Grants expense to foreign govts: current
  • [W1_S13_G26K] Grants expense to foreign govts: capital
  • [W1_S1_G24] Interest expense to nonresidents
  • [W2_S13_G24] Interest expense to other gen gov
  • [W2_S13_G26] Grants expense to other gen govt
  • [W2_S13_G26C] Grants expense to other gen govt: current
  • [W2_S13_G26K] Grants expense to other gen govt: capital
  • [W2_S1K1_G25] Subsidies expense to public corporations
  • [W2_S1KP_G25] Subsidies expense to private enterprises
  • [W2_S1L_G25] Subsidies expense to other sectors
  • [W2_S1W_G24] Interest expense to residents other than gen govt
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