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Government > Spending Stats: compare key data on Greece & Japan

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  • 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."
  • 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."
  • 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 Greece Japan HISTORY
Expense > % of GDP 46.44%
Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than Japan
14.62%
Ranked 32nd.
Expense > Current LCU 111.05 billion
Ranked 52nd.
63.87 trillion
Ranked 1st. 575 times more than Greece
Interest payments > % of expense 9.84%
Ranked 21st.
20.48%
Ranked 10th. 2 times more than Greece
Interest payments > % of revenue 11.55%
Ranked 14th.
21.06%
Ranked 9th. 82% more than Greece
Interest payments > Current LCU 10.93 billion
Ranked 43th.
13.08 trillion
Ranked 1st. 1197 times more than Greece
Subsidies and other transfers > % of expense 44.33%
Ranked 44th.
64.76%
Ranked 1st. 46% more than Greece
Subsidies and other transfers > Current LCU 49.23 billion
Ranked 49th.
41.37 trillion
Ranked 1st. 840 times more than Greece

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

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