Other expense in Euro area
Euro area: Other expense was 8.2% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Other expense in Euro area, 1991–2023
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of expense.
Analysis
The most recent figure for other expense in Euro area is 8.2%, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
That represents a change of up 13.4% on the previous year and up 35.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other expense in Euro area peaked at 8.2% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1.4%, in 1992.
That places Euro area 8th out of 41 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Other expense in Euro area, year by year
| Year | % of expense | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 2.2% | — |
| 1992 | 1.4% | -35.3% |
| 1993 | 1.5% | +8.2% |
| 1994 | 1.7% | +13.9% |
| 1995 | 5.8% | +238.2% |
| 1996 | 4.9% | -16.3% |
| 1997 | 4.4% | -10.5% |
| 1998 | 5.0% | +15.4% |
| 1999 | 4.7% | -6.0% |
| 2000 | 4.8% | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 5.0% | +4.4% |
| 2002 | 4.8% | -4.1% |
| 2003 | 4.4% | -8.0% |
| 2004 | 5.0% | +12.6% |
| 2005 | 5.2% | +5.2% |
| 2006 | 5.6% | +6.6% |
| 2007 | 5.3% | -4.6% |
| 2008 | 5.5% | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 5.7% | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 5.6% | -1.8% |
| 2011 | 5.5% | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 5.9% | +5.7% |
| 2013 | 6.0% | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 5.5% | -9.0% |
| 2015 | 5.6% | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 5.7% | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 5.6% | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 5.2% | -6.2% |
| 2019 | 5.4% | +4.6% |
| 2020 | 5.7% | +4.7% |
| 2021 | 5.5% | -3.3% |
| 2022 | 7.3% | +31.4% |
| 2023 | 8.2% | +13.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Other expense in Euro area changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +238.2% | 1.7% | 5.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.5% | 1.4% | 5.8% | 9 |
| 2000s | 5.1% | 4.4% | 5.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.6% | 5.2% | 6.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.7% | 5.5% | 8.2% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Euro area
- 5 Equatorial Guinea 27.6% compare
- 6 Kenya 26.4% compare
- 7 Democratic Republic of Congo 23.7% compare
- 8 Bhutan 22.9% compare
- 9 Uzbekistan 21.7% compare
- 10 Marshall Islands 21.3% compare
- 11 Costa Rica 20.8% compare
More public sector data for Euro area
- Arms imports 3.29 billion SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 9.21 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 41.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 3.29 billion SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 806.84 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0174 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 16.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 288.53 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 819.39 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is other expense in Euro area?
- Other expense in Euro area was 8.2% in 2023, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest other expense recorded in Euro area?
- The highest recorded value was 8.2% in 2023.
- What is the lowest other expense recorded in Euro area?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.4% in 1992.
- How does Euro area rank for other expense?
- Euro area ranks 8th out of 41 groups with data for 2023.
- Is other expense rising or falling in Euro area?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Euro area data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Other expense (% of expense). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Other expense is spending on dividends, rent, and other miscellaneous expenses, including provision for consumption of fixed capital. This indicator is expressed as percentage of total expenses which is any decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction.