France | 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
French Republic
Records
63
Source
France | Expense (% of GDP)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
30.00523833 1972
29.34406833 1973
31.09881895 1974
33.56934133 1975
33.76546763 1976
34.13130403 1977
35.09315015 1978
35.49652916 1979
36.464663 1980
38.87265351 1981
39.9314657 1982
40.66950717 1983
41.06892821 1984
41.34915187 1985
40.77179718 1986
40.60925317 1987
39.72614947 1988
38.79104407 1989
38.94913176 1990
40.18927014 1991
41.53388307 1992
43.74644053 1993
43.90251365 1994
47.09992013 1995
47.1372999 1996
47.38235519 1997
45.58652959 1998
45.3891466 1999
44.13290004 2000
44.37432454 2001
45.35154982 2002
45.63565071 2003
45.01597987 2004
45.14135075 2005
44.70433206 2006
44.19515958 2007
44.68268202 2008
48.02100575 2009
49.32403627 2010
47.5857458 2011
48.07192393 2012
48.1193696 2013
48.28941768 2014
47.99197792 2015
47.88192625 2016
47.70799071 2017
46.77320669 2018
46.3024612 2019
51.8676936 2020
49.87690429 2021
2022
France | 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
French Republic
Records
63
Source