Costa Rica | Expense (% of GDP)

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. Limitations and exceptions: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Despite IMF efforts to standardize data collection, statistics are often incomplete, untimely, and not comparable across countries. Statistical concept and methodology: The IMF's Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014, harmonized with the 2008 SNA, recommends an accrual accounting method, focusing on all economic events affecting assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, not just those represented by cash transactions. It accounts for all changes in stocks, so stock data at the end of an accounting period equal stock data at the beginning of the period plus flows over the period. The 1986 manual considered only debt stocks. Government finance statistics are reported in local currency. Many countries report government finance data by fiscal year; see country metadata for information on fiscal year end by country.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Costa Rica
Records
63
Source
Costa Rica | Expense (% of GDP)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973 15.54750831
1974 15.05784798
1975 16.30505943
1976 16.34777225
1977 16.1408549
1978 20.53394925
1979 21.28127096
1980 21.59133407
1981 18.09021274
1982 16.62477154
1983 20.97220719
1984 20.0232009
1985 19.50790169
1986 24.25588847
1987 25.56114678
1988 23.21420198
1989 24.35956645
1990 24.24988223
1991 18.41800428
1992 17.7816496
1993 19.36344696
1994 23.00190167
1995 21.54132385
1996 22.49141495
1997 21.39456423
1998 21.06179097
1999 22.12369714
2000 22.03412292
2001 22.7586749
2002 24.59491651
2003 23.62189843
2004 22.52538601
2005 22.64636281
2006 21.60123033
2007 21.16080786
2008 21.66893939
2009 24.74499251
2010 25.61362833
2011 25.37852071
2012 25.94468316
2013 26.51773958
2014 26.73585811
2015 28.55489407
2016 27.14673342
2017 25.39672837
2018 28.91922483
2019 29.63822635
2020 32.25344489
2021 30.06222766
2022

Costa Rica | Expense (% of GDP)

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. Limitations and exceptions: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Despite IMF efforts to standardize data collection, statistics are often incomplete, untimely, and not comparable across countries. Statistical concept and methodology: The IMF's Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014, harmonized with the 2008 SNA, recommends an accrual accounting method, focusing on all economic events affecting assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, not just those represented by cash transactions. It accounts for all changes in stocks, so stock data at the end of an accounting period equal stock data at the beginning of the period plus flows over the period. The 1986 manual considered only debt stocks. Government finance statistics are reported in local currency. Many countries report government finance data by fiscal year; see country metadata for information on fiscal year end by country.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Costa Rica
Records
63
Source