Government Finance Statistics (GFS), Expense [GFSE]

Description

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
October 5, 2019

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