Korea, Rep. | 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 Korea
Records
63
Source
Korea, Rep. | Expense (% of GDP)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
15.48843639 1972
11.30751 1973
12.35926629 1974
13.83777837 1975
14.56525344 1976
13.62309962 1977
13.59995229 1978
14.65019458 1979
15.01066077 1980
14.8802693 1981
15.91471653 1982
14.16713548 1983
13.69998969 1984
13.89202505 1985
13.24260238 1986
12.65676126 1987
12.21962167 1988
13.10902535 1989
13.25962498 1990
13.1804087 1991
13.41928826 1992
13.11879861 1993
13.18788467 1994
13.05067773 1995
13.2500521 1996
13.05106367 1997
15.2745201 1998
14.84593755 1999
15.39092058 2000
16.33076387 2001
15.4395316 2002
17.30112639 2003
17.16883673 2004
17.81946755 2005
18.55190152 2006
18.02111723 2007
18.31723147 2008
19.30228795 2009
17.62712549 2010
18.13577497 2011
24.63344155 2012
24.03260993 2013
23.61889445 2014
23.48942943 2015
23.50454887 2016
23.96287327 2017
24.9180358 2018
27.51245135 2019
29.72592853 2020
30.49121438 2021
2022
Korea, Rep. | 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 Korea
Records
63
Source