Euro area | Goods and services expense (% of expense)

Goods and services include all government payments in exchange for goods and services used for the production of market and nonmarket goods and services. Own-account capital formation is excluded. 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
Euro area
Records
63
Source
Euro area | Goods and services expense (% of expense)
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1961
1962
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1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973 14.0678839
1974 10.9375
1975 10.75774543
1976 10.1056338
1977 9.9255864
1978 8.96296296
1979 9.43971893
1980 10.27912305
1981 10.4195182
1982 10.30686038
1983 10.19937767
1984 10.13467857
1985 10.13575982
1986 9.49109401
1987 9.87046725
1988 10.00243256
1989 9.80842076
1990 10.00393252
1991 7.54751241
1992 7.4146475
1993 9.12918777
1994 9.37019551
1995 6.58175106
1996 6.91927586
1997 7.00774174
1998 6.58244489
1999 6.63511016
2000 6.87404931
2001 7.3078827
2002 7.99264158
2003 8.60159955
2004 8.59658941
2005 8.92775341
2006 10.30622061
2007 10.13583903
2008 9.45556775
2009 8.76664755
2010 8.38234983
2011 7.89061515
2012 7.66478756
2013 7.75579072
2014 7.55573898
2015 7.75521728
2016 8.22459192
2017 8.07777472
2018 7.49055816
2019 7.32347707
2020 6.78312695
2021 7.43148077
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Euro area | Goods and services expense (% of expense)

Goods and services include all government payments in exchange for goods and services used for the production of market and nonmarket goods and services. Own-account capital formation is excluded. 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
Euro area
Records
63
Source