South Africa | 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 South Africa
Records
63
Source
South Africa | Expense (% of GDP)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
15.46216704 1972
15.08469436 1973
16.04380756 1974
17.61739679 1975
18.52835145 1976
18.85275015 1977
19.0302166 1978
19.26714393 1979
17.665896 1980
18.74135969 1981
20.74381406 1982
22.44800851 1983
22.6145503 1984
24.02842843 1985
25.24072594 1986
25.42864411 1987
25.69039038 1988
24.99479525 1989
25.40390707 1990
24.93517973 1991
27.92248539 1992
29.15355831 1993
25.810292 1994
26.09179379 1995
27.01844439 1996
25.8104576 1997
25.67711097 1998
25.30335128 1999
24.43580915 2000
24.34129205 2001
23.68037832 2002
24.77046716 2003
25.60204978 2004
25.6017227 2005
25.84178528 2006
26.08054185 2007
27.17711835 2008
29.10190337 2009
29.57751283 2010
31.06197345 2011
30.36517973 2012
31.25919057 2013
31.90535016 2014
33.67977875 2015
32.1896608 2016
33.25181248 2017
33.99549783 2018
34.65327546 2019
37.81067407 2020
34.16018289 2021
2022
South Africa | 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 South Africa
Records
63
Source