COUNTRY / INDICATOR
Eritrea Government Spending
Eritrea government spending: latest available value for 2011, historical series from 1992, ranking context and source documentation.
Series overview
NE.CON.GOVT.ZS| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 26,62 | -5,19 |
| 2010 | 31,81 | 11,69 |
| 2009 | 20,11 | -6,25 |
| 2008 | 26,36 | 0,73 |
| 2007 | 25,63 | -0,29 |
| 2006 | 25,92 | -9,31 |
| 2005 | 35,23 | -1,38 |
| 2004 | 36,61 | -9,99 |
| 2003 | 46,60 | 6,94 |
| 2002 | 39,66 | -2,99 |
| 2001 | 42,65 | -12,15 |
| 2000 | 54,80 | -7,34 |
| 1999 | 62,13 | 9,80 |
| 1998 | 52,33 | 22,41 |
| 1997 | 29,92 | -8,81 |
| 1996 | 38,73 | -5,18 |
| 1995 | 43,91 | 13,74 |
| 1994 | 30,17 | -1,00 |
| 1993 | 31,17 | 9,41 |
| 1992 | 21,77 | — |
Source methodology
World Development IndicatorsIndicator note: Final consumption expenditure is expenditure on goods and services by resident institutional units for the direct satisfaction of human needs or wants, whether individual or collective. General government FCE includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees), and most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation. 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: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
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Country-specific interpretation
Automatically derived from the displayed seriesEritrea recorded 26,62 percent of GDP in 2011, the latest year available in this series.
Compared with 2010, the government spending decreased by 5,19.
Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an upward direction.
Across 20 observations from 1992 to 2011, the average was 36,11; the minimum was 20,11 in 2009 and the maximum was 62,13 in 1999.
Eritrea ranks 14 out of 182 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.
The latest value is above the available average for Sub-Saharan Africa.
It is also above the available average for the Low income group.
Public-sector demand and expenditure footprint.