Arab World | 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
Arab World
Records
63
Source
Arab World | General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968 18.17422812
1969 18.65339501
1970 18.24050866
1971 18.21959283
1972 18.31766911
1973 17.99083793
1974 13.12265995
1975 16.82175651
1976 17.75861628
1977 17.66316884
1978 20.46638493
1979 18.56379589
1980 16.0406667
1981 19.29474755
1982 23.15216728
1983 25.29289925
1984 24.20185265
1985 24.17267687
1986 26.11862493
1987 25.05155367
1988 24.23191163
1989 23.61491034
1990 17.6326073
1991 22.50988823
1992 22.25085582
1993 19.76016048
1994 18.54918407
1995 17.66136967
1996 17.49964043
1997 17.9977599
1998 18.71148662
1999 17.12788956
2000 16.72081996
2001 17.49515016
2002 17.50323836
2003 16.79767525
2004 16.67169482
2005 15.29547096
2006 14.54887988
2007 14.35144059
2008 13.22343568
2009 16.17545054
2010 15.36296222
2011 15.91157073
2012 15.84836637
2013 17.06685475
2014 18.39178118
2015 20.1823274
2016 18.85997576
2017 18.10586583
2018 17.96812543
2019 18.38827426
2020 20.85056932
2021 17.40907961
2022 15.70465114

Arab World | 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
Arab World
Records
63
Source