Africa Eastern and Southern | General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)

General government final consumption expenditure (formerly general government consumption) includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees). It also includes most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation. Limitations and exceptions: Because policymakers have tended to focus on fostering the growth of output, and because data on production are easier to collect than data on spending, many countries generate their primary estimate of GDP using the production approach. Moreover, many countries do not estimate all the components of national expenditures but instead derive some of the main aggregates indirectly using GDP (based on the production approach) as the control total. Statistical concept and methodology: Gross domestic product (GDP) from the expenditure side is made up of household final consumption expenditure, general government final consumption expenditure, gross capital formation (private and public investment in fixed assets, changes in inventories, and net acquisitions of valuables), and net exports (exports minus imports) of goods and services. Such expenditures are recorded in purchaser prices and include net taxes on products.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Africa Eastern and Southern
Records
63
Source
Africa Eastern and Southern | General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)
1960 7.90173659
1961 8.33880732
1962 9.05737743
1963 8.93342039
1964 9.52715622
1965 9.72313667
1966 9.9219907
1967 9.83655263
1968 10.07292533
1969 10.15963821
1970 10.42304261
1971 11.12509637
1972 10.71492752
1973 10.02703532
1974 10.23190128
1975 11.31548866
1976 11.72082391
1977 11.70910427
1978 12.695242
1979 13.09116732
1980 13.28993351
1981 13.38025291
1982 13.86950172
1983 13.48488206
1984 14.40663706
1985 14.37772989
1986 14.90338073
1987 15.93950508
1988 15.03380393
1989 14.35473998
1990 14.78104945
1991 15.10148799
1992 17.24029408
1993 17.05263572
1994 17.68644905
1995 16.46105653
1996 16.91747533
1997 16.76832311
1998 16.58479926
1999 16.4477378
2000 15.4646558
2001 15.61663261
2002 15.09404734
2003 16.06413257
2004 15.98702787
2005 15.15386982
2006 14.69551454
2007 14.7473973
2008 14.95099206
2009 15.5478764
2010 15.53390328
2011 15.76671446
2012 15.87221967
2013 16.15044265
2014 15.5557732
2015 14.95965755
2016 14.65538475
2017 14.59523507
2018 14.81425644
2019 14.56016678
2020 15.15212082
2021 14.7104639
2022 14.35004086

Africa Eastern and Southern | General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)

General government final consumption expenditure (formerly general government consumption) includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees). It also includes most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation. Limitations and exceptions: Because policymakers have tended to focus on fostering the growth of output, and because data on production are easier to collect than data on spending, many countries generate their primary estimate of GDP using the production approach. Moreover, many countries do not estimate all the components of national expenditures but instead derive some of the main aggregates indirectly using GDP (based on the production approach) as the control total. Statistical concept and methodology: Gross domestic product (GDP) from the expenditure side is made up of household final consumption expenditure, general government final consumption expenditure, gross capital formation (private and public investment in fixed assets, changes in inventories, and net acquisitions of valuables), and net exports (exports minus imports) of goods and services. Such expenditures are recorded in purchaser prices and include net taxes on products.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Africa Eastern and Southern
Records
63
Source