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
1972 15.48843639
1973 11.30751
1974 12.35926629
1975 13.83777837
1976 14.56525344
1977 13.62309962
1978 13.59995229
1979 14.65019458
1980 15.01066077
1981 14.8802693
1982 15.91471653
1983 14.16713548
1984 13.69998969
1985 13.89202505
1986 13.24260238
1987 12.65676126
1988 12.21962167
1989 13.10902535
1990 13.25962498
1991 13.1804087
1992 13.41928826
1993 13.11879861
1994 13.18788467
1995 13.05067773
1996 13.2500521
1997 13.05106367
1998 15.2745201
1999 14.84593755
2000 15.39092058
2001 16.33076387
2002 15.4395316
2003 17.30112639
2004 17.16883673
2005 17.81946755
2006 18.55190152
2007 18.02111723
2008 18.31723147
2009 19.30228795
2010 17.62712549
2011 18.13577497
2012 24.63344155
2013 24.03260993
2014 23.61889445
2015 23.48942943
2016 23.50454887
2017 23.96287327
2018 24.9180358
2019 27.51245135
2020 29.72592853
2021 30.49121438
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