Iceland | 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 Iceland
Records
63
Source
Iceland | Expense (% of GDP)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972 22.8721172
1973 23.70021249
1974 26.84172888
1975 26.37850097
1976 22.51334706
1977 22.50423605
1978 23.58214882
1979 24.64216041
1980 22.85624887
1981 23.36282212
1982 24.32975332
1983 25.83187219
1984 23.19916167
1985 25.15445723
1986 27.89080431
1987 26.72782414
1988 29.80677341
1989 31.3473376
1990 29.42206086
1991 30.66232148
1992 31.0957946
1993 30.32171968
1994 30.05907471
1995 30.24036831
1996 29.91557064
1997 27.20725106
1998 29.30631869
1999 29.88123605
2000 29.34455354
2001 29.57256739
2002 30.44270333
2003 31.93998099
2004 30.51196483
2005 33.30840014
2006 32.6414473
2007 32.36969753
2008 50.8152764
2009 41.65522591
2010 37.96215176
2011 38.45445824
2012 37.06907142
2013 34.65980353
2014 34.33424356
2015 32.21064469
2016 35.48875659
2017 31.45025466
2018 30.86474435
2019 31.07069713
2020 37.14432053
2021 35.53270536
2022 33.84476879
Iceland | 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 Iceland
Records
63
Source