Glossary:Total general government expenditure

From Statistics Explained

Total general government expenditure is all the money that a government spends.

More details on total general government expenditure

Total general government expenditure is defined according to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1500/2000 of 10 July 2000 on general government expenditure and revenue. It comprises the following categories of the European System of Accounts 1995 (ESA 95):

• intermediate consumption
• gross capital formation
• compensation of employees
• other taxes on production
• subsidies payable
• property income
• current taxes on income, wealth, etc.
• social benefits other than social transfers in kind
• social transfers in kind related to expenditure on products supplied to households via market producers
• other current transfers
• adjustment for the change in net equity of households in pension fund reserves
• capital transfers payable
• acquisitions less disposals of non-financial non-produced assets

Further Eurostat information

• * Government finance statistics – Summary tables
• Taxation trends in the European Union – Main results
• Taxation trends in the European Union – Data for the EU Member States and Norway
• EU economic data pocketbook – Quarterly
• Manual on quarterly non-financial accounts for general government
• Manual on sources and methods for the compilation of ESA95 financial accounts
• ESA95 manual on government deficit and debt

Related concepts

• HICP methodology
• Consumer price index
• Harmonized index of consumer prices