Government Finance Statistics

Volume XXII (1998) of the Government Finance Statistics Yearbook contains statistical data on government financial operations for IMF member countries. Detailed annual data are presented on revenue, expenditure, and financing transactions. All data conform to standards set forth in A Manual on Government Finance Statistics and are comparable from country to country. This yearbook provides data on budgetary operations, extrabudgetary operations, social security transactions, and consolidated financial operations of central governments. When available, data are also presented for state and local governments. Institutional tables list information on government units. A section of the Government Finance Statistics Yearbook is devoted to a cross-country presentation of data classified by topic.