Data Dictionary: | World Development Indicators 2010 |
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Table: | T52. Government Final Consumption Expenditure [4] |
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Relevant Documentation:
Excerpt from: | Social Explorer; World Development Indicators 2013: Technical Documentation |
World development Indicators: Technical Documentation -> Variable Descriptions -> General Government Final Consumption Expenditure (Current US$) |
General government final consumption expenditure (formerly general government consumption) includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees). It also includes most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Excerpt from: | Social Explorer; World Development Indicators 2013: Technical Documentation |
World development Indicators: Technical Documentation -> Variable Descriptions -> General Government Education Expenditure |
General government expenditure on education (current, capital, and transfers) is expressed as a percentage of total general government expenditure on all sectors (including health, education, social services, etc.). It includes expenditure funded by transfers from international sources to government. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments.
Excerpt from: | Social Explorer; World Development Indicators 2013: Technical Documentation |
World development Indicators: Technical Documentation -> Variable Descriptions -> General Government Public Health Expenditure |
Excerpt from: | Social Explorer; World Development Indicators 2013: Technical Documentation |
World development Indicators: Technical Documentation -> Variable Descriptions -> General Government Military Expenditure |
Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.)