United States - Other expense (current LCU)

The value for Other expense (current LCU) in United States was 576,927,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 576,927,000,000 in 2020 and a minimum value of 8,260,000,000 in 1997.

Definition: Other expense is spending on dividends, rent, and other miscellaneous expenses, including provision for consumption of fixed capital.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

Year Value
1990 68,040,000,000
1991 78,270,000,000
1992 16,730,000,000
1993 19,920,000,000
1994 14,900,000,000
1995 12,450,000,000
1996 9,150,000,000
1997 8,260,000,000
1998 8,900,000,000
1999 11,170,000,000
2000 14,730,000,000
2001 157,992,000,000
2002 164,011,000,000
2003 180,745,000,000
2004 190,095,000,000
2005 216,816,000,000
2006 210,289,000,000
2007 229,839,000,000
2008 401,348,000,000
2009 369,875,000,000
2010 304,089,000,000
2011 298,687,000,000
2012 283,943,000,000
2013 268,396,000,000
2014 271,682,000,000
2015 268,921,000,000
2016 267,883,000,000
2017 284,422,000,000
2018 283,309,000,000
2019 290,575,000,000
2020 576,927,000,000

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.

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance