Argentina - Government Expenditures

For Argentina, the calculation of Consolidated Public Expenditure (GPC) includes outlays of non-financial public sector for the thre levels of government: National, provinces and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, and municipalities. Quarterly.

The primary concepts in the dataset for the general government are:

• Current revenue
• Current expenditures
• Current savings
• Capital outlays
• Total income
• Total expenditures
• Overall surplus

Revisions are uncommon.

The source presentation is in Argentinian Spanish with numerous abbreviations. We have identified these translations:

• ingresos tributarios = tax revenue
• aportes y contrib. [contribuciones] a la seg. [seguridad] social = social security contributions and taxes
• ingresos no tributarios = non-tax reveno
• ventas de bs. y serv. [bienes y servicios] de las adm. pub. [administracion publico] = sales of goods and services by public administration
• ingresos de operacion = operating income
• rentas de la propiedad netas = net property income
• transferencias corrientes = current transfers
• otros ingresos = other revenue
• superavit operativo empresas pub. [publico] = public companies operating surplus
• ahorro/desahorro = surplus/deficit
• gastos de capital = capital expenses
• inversion real directa = direct real investment
• transferencias de capital = capital transfers
• inversion financiera = financial investment
• ingresos antes de figurativas = income before figuratives
• CABA = Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires = Autonomous City of Buenos Aires

In the items ingresos primarios despues de figurat and gastos primarios despues de figurat, "figurat" is an abbreviation for "figurative." "Figurative contributions" is a concept that appears in government finance statistics for Argentina and Italy.

A government's "primary" budget excludes debt service.