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  • Compensation of employees > % of expense: Compensation of employees consists of all payments in cash, as well as in kind (such as food and housing), to employees in return for services rendered, and government contributions to social insurance schemes such as social security and pensions that provide benefits to employees."
  • Compensation of employees > Current LCU: Compensation of employees consists of all payments in cash, as well as in kind (such as food and housing), to employees in return for services rendered, and government contributions to social insurance schemes such as social security and pensions that provide benefits to employees."
  • 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."
  • Expense > Current LCU: 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."
  • Goods and services expense > % of expense: Goods and services include all government payments in exchange for goods and services used for the production of market and nonmarket goods and services. Own-account capital formation is excluded.
  • Goods and services expense > Current LCU: Goods and services include all government payments in exchange for goods and services used for the production of market and nonmarket goods and services. Own-account capital formation is excluded.
  • Interest payments > % of expense: Interest payments include interest payments on government debt--including long-term bonds, long-term loans, and other debt instruments--to domestic and foreign residents."
  • Interest payments > % of revenue: Interest payments include interest payments on government debt--including long-term bonds, long-term loans, and other debt instruments--to domestic and foreign residents."
  • Interest payments > Current LCU: Interest payments include interest payments on government debt--including long-term bonds, long-term loans, and other debt instruments--to domestic and foreign residents."
  • Other expense > % of expense: Other expense is spending on dividends, rent, and other miscellaneous expenses, including provision for consumption of fixed capital."
  • Other expense > Current LCU: Other expense is spending on dividends, rent, and other miscellaneous expenses, including provision for consumption of fixed capital."
  • Subsidies and other transfers > % of expense: Subsidies, grants, and other social benefits include all unrequited, nonrepayable transfers on current account to private and public enterprises; grants to foreign governments, international organisations, and other government units; and social security, social assistance benefits, and employer social benefits in cash and in kind."
  • Subsidies and other transfers > Current LCU: Subsidies, grants, and other social benefits include all unrequited, nonrepayable transfers on current account to private and public enterprises; grants to foreign governments, international organisations, and other government units; and social security, social assistance benefits, and employer social benefits in cash and in kind."
STAT Argentina United States HISTORY
Compensation of employees > % of expense 11.51%
Ranked 80th.
12.08%
Ranked 75th. 5% more than Argentina

Compensation of employees > Current LCU 9.42 billion
Ranked 59th.
399.42 billion
Ranked 14th. 42 times more than Argentina

Expense > % of GDP 18.29%
Ranked 71st.
25.94%
Ranked 2nd. 42% more than Argentina

Expense > Current LCU 81.87 billion
Ranked 55th.
3.7 trillion
Ranked 1st. 45 times more than Argentina

Goods and services expense > % of expense 4.58%
Ranked 91st.
15.67%
Ranked 32nd. 3 times more than Argentina

Goods and services expense > Current LCU 3.75 billion
Ranked 64th.
518.29 billion
Ranked 9th. 138 times more than Argentina

Interest payments > % of expense 26.31%
Ranked 6th. 4 times more than United States
7.31%
Ranked 3rd.

Interest payments > % of revenue 26.46%
Ranked 7th. 2 times more than United States
11.93%
Ranked 1st.

Interest payments > Current LCU 21.54 billion
Ranked 36th.
270.49 billion
Ranked 1st. 13 times more than Argentina

Other expense > % of expense 7.47%
Ranked 40th.
26.91%
Ranked 1st. 4 times more than Argentina

Other expense > Current LCU 6.11 billion
Ranked 46th.
995.12 billion
Ranked 1st. 163 times more than Argentina

Subsidies and other transfers > % of expense 50.1%
Ranked 35th.
69.14%
Ranked 1st. 38% more than Argentina

Subsidies and other transfers > Current LCU 41.01 billion
Ranked 49th.
2.56 trillion
Ranked 1st. 62 times more than Argentina

SOURCES: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.; International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

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