COUNTRY / INDICATOR
Pakistan Government Expense
Pakistan government expense: latest available value for 2000, historical series from 1997, ranking context and source documentation.
Series overview
GC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 12,78 | -6,22 |
| 1999 | 18,99 | -0,23 |
| 1998 | 19,23 | -0,52 |
| 1997 | 19,75 | — |
Source methodology
World Development IndicatorsIndicator note: Expense is a decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.
Source organization: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF); World Development Indicators, World Bank (WB); National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
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Country-specific interpretation
Automatically derived from the displayed seriesPakistan recorded 12,78 percent of GDP in 2000, the latest year available in this series.
Compared with 1999, the government expense decreased by 6,22.
Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an downward direction.
Across 4 observations from 1997 to 2000, the average was 17,69; the minimum was 12,78 in 2000 and the maximum was 19,75 in 1997.
Pakistan ranks 134 out of 150 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.
The latest value is below the available average for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan.
It is also below the available average for the Lower middle income group.
Ongoing fiscal expenditure intensity.