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Subsidies and other transfers (% of expense) by country

Subsidies are current unrequited payments that government units, including nonresident government units, make to enterprises on the basis of the levels of their production activities or the quantities or values of the goods or services that they produce, sell, export or import. This indicator is expressed as...

Countries reporting
152
Highest
83.9%
Czechia
Lowest
5.4%
Samoa
Median
37.6%
Years covered
53
1972–2024
Data points
4,500

What the numbers show

Subsidies and other transfers (% of expense) is currently reported for 152 countries. The highest value is 83.9% in Czechia; the lowest is 5.4% in Samoa.

The median across all reporting countries is 37.6%, and the mean is 39.8%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 16.

Over the past decade 100 countries rose and 51 fell. The largest increase was in Singapore (up 6,142.3%), and the largest decrease in Ukraine (down 60.2%).

Subsidies and other transfers: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Czechia 83.9% 2022 up 13.4% rising
2 Spain 80.4% 2023 up 5.7% rising
3 Germany 80.1% 2022 down 3.2% rising
4 Nepal 77.2% 2021 up 44.2% rising
5 Netherlands 76.5% 2023 up 0.0% rising
6 Switzerland 74.9% 2023 down 0.4% rising
7 Russia 74.2% 2020 up 22.6% rising
8 Austria 73.9% 2023 up 3.3% volatile
9 Mongolia 72.3% 2021 up 47.7% flat
10 Sweden 71.5% 2022 down 0.7% rising
11 Lithuania 70.2% 2023 up 13.2% rising
12 Australia 69.4% 2022 up 3.1% volatile
13 North Macedonia 69.1% 2023 up 0.6% rising
14 Kazakhstan 69.0% 2023 up 1.6% rising
15 Canada 68.9% 2023 up 1.5% rising
16 Argentina 68.8% 2023 up 4.0% rising
17 South Korea 68.5% 2023 up 9.6% rising
18 Moldova 66.0% 2023 up 25.5% rising
19 Norway 64.3% 2023 down 3.5% rising
20 Estonia 64.3% 2023 up 1.5% rising
21 United States 64.1% 2023 up 0.2% rising
22 Belarus 63.8% 2023 down 10.6% rising
23 Italy 63.3% 2023 down 5.6% rising
24 Mexico 63.1% 2023 up 1.2% flat
25 Brazil 62.8% 2023 up 5.1% rising
26 France 62.4% 2023 up 17.0% volatile
27 Colombia 60.8% 2023 up 11.1% rising
28 Indonesia 60.4% 2009 up 12.2% volatile
29 Luxembourg 59.6% 2023 up 17.7% volatile
30 Serbia 59.5% 2022 up 6.4% rising
31 Croatia 59.4% 2023 up 47.3% rising
32 Romania 58.9% 2022 up 1.0% rising
33 Albania 58.8% 2023 up 26.4% rising
34 Latvia 58.2% 2023 up 5.2% rising
35 South Africa 54.8% 2022 down 11.0% rising
36 Portugal 54.8% 2023 up 5.5% rising
37 Greece 54.4% 2023 up 23.3% rising
38 Georgia 54.2% 2023 up 9.3% rising
39 Uruguay 54.1% 2023 up 14.5% rising
40 Tanzania 54.0% 2024 up 2.5% rising
41 Papua New Guinea 53.1% 2023 down 3.8% rising
42 Belgium 53.1% 2022 up 0.6% rising
43 Ethiopia 51.9% 2023 down 13.9% rising
44 New Zealand 50.3% 2022 up 7.6% rising
45 Chile 50.3% 2023 up 10.5% falling
46 Bosnia and Herzegovina 49.4% 2023 up 4.5% rising
47 Uzbekistan 49.0% 2023 down 15.7% falling
48 Bulgaria 48.2% 2023 up 6.0% flat
49 Cyprus 47.9% 2023 up 25.2% rising
50 Poland 47.6% 2023 up 5.4% rising
51 Lebanon 47.2% 2021 up 34.9% rising
52 United Kingdom 47.2% 2023 down 10.5% rising
53 Slovakia 46.7% 2022 up 0.9% rising
54 Bolivia 46.7% 2007 down 1.0% volatile
55 Tunisia 46.2% 2012 up 44.0% rising
56 Peru 45.1% 2021 down 7.1% volatile
57 Finland 44.7% 2023 down 12.7% rising
58 Rwanda 44.0% 2023 up 19.5% rising
59 Zimbabwe 44.0% 2018 up 1,188.9% volatile
60 Slovenia 43.8% 2023 up 13.6% falling
61 Malaysia 43.6% 2023 down 1.6% flat
62 Cote d'Ivoire 43.6% 2023 up 268.5% volatile
63 India 42.5% 2022 up 9.5% rising
64 Israel 42.4% 2023 up 7.9% rising
65 Turkey 42.0% 2023 down 17.6% rising
66 Tajikistan 42.0% 2023 — rising
67 Armenia 40.8% 2023 up 10.6% rising
68 Thailand 40.5% 2023 up 18.3% rising
69 San Marino 40.3% 2023 up 0.8% rising
70 Hungary 40.3% 2022 down 28.0% falling
71 Kuwait 39.7% 2006 up 45.1% volatile
72 Ireland 38.8% 2022 down 8.8% falling
73 Kyrgyzstan 38.5% 2023 down 7.8% falling
74 Mauritius 38.3% 2023 up 16.2% rising
75 Azerbaijan 38.0% 2022 up 9.1% falling
76 Barbados 37.9% 2016 down 4.3% rising
77 Cambodia 37.3% 2023 up 57.7% rising
78 Egypt 37.2% 2015 up 39.4% volatile
79 Nicaragua 37.0% 2023 up 9.8% rising
80 Ecuador 36.6% 2022 up 35.4% rising
81 Kiribati 35.5% 2023 up 124.3% rising
82 Morocco 35.2% 2023 up 11.0% rising
83 Malta 35.2% 2023 down 5.4% flat
84 Burkina Faso 35.1% 2023 up 320.3% volatile
85 Uganda 34.7% 2023 up 13.4% rising
86 Guatemala 34.7% 2023 up 8.6% rising
87 Iran 34.3% 2009 up 43.6% rising
88 Bangladesh 34.1% 2021 down 0.8% rising
89 Fiji 34.1% 2023 up 6.3% rising
90 Madagascar 33.9% 2023 down 7.0% rising
91 Trinidad and Tobago 33.9% 2019 down 24.7% rising
92 Namibia 33.1% 2023 down 7.6% rising
93 Saint Kitts and Nevis 33.0% 2020 up 204.5% rising
94 Congo 32.9% 2021 up 14.5% rising
95 Macao 32.6% 2023 down 2.9% rising
96 Togo 32.4% 2023 up 18.4% rising
97 Somalia 32.2% 2023 up 300.9% volatile
98 Iraq 32.1% 2019 down 4.7% flat
99 Bahrain 30.1% 2020 down 6.3% volatile
100 Paraguay 30.1% 2023 up 17.1% rising
101 Palau 29.4% 2020 up 186.8% rising
102 Iceland 29.4% 2023 up 12.5% falling
103 Maldives 28.7% 2021 up 161.4% volatile
104 Cape Verde 28.2% 2020 down 6.0% falling
105 Ukraine 27.8% 2023 down 60.2% falling
106 Panama 27.4% 2021 down 10.3% falling
107 Lesotho 26.9% 2022 up 5.7% rising
108 Philippines 26.5% 2023 up 10.1% rising
109 Burundi 26.3% 2021 down 9.6% rising
110 Nauru 26.0% 2020 up 168.8% volatile
111 Jordan 25.8% 2023 down 20.0% rising
112 Sudan 25.1% 2016 down 45.6% volatile
113 Eswatini 25.0% 2021 up 16.7% rising
114 Saint Lucia 24.0% 2017 up 155.1% rising
115 Cameroon 23.5% 2021 down 4.3% rising
116 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 23.5% 2017 up 27.3% rising
117 El Salvador 23.3% 2023 up 59.2% rising
118 Malawi 22.7% 2022 down 21.9% falling
119 Bahamas 22.5% 2023 up 192.9% rising
120 Singapore 22.5% 2023 up 6,142.3% volatile
121 United Arab Emirates 22.4% 2023 down 12.3% flat
122 Sri Lanka 21.0% 2023 up 5.5% falling
123 Dominican Republic 20.9% 2023 down 21.2% falling
124 Myanmar 20.8% 2019 up 36.9% rising
125 Mali 20.3% 2020 up 25.1% rising
126 Angola 19.6% 2019 up 0.5% rising
127 Senegal 19.6% 2023 down 9.1% rising
128 Vanuatu 17.8% 2023 up 43.7% rising
129 Ghana 17.8% 2022 down 21.2% falling
130 Gabon 17.7% 2021 down 44.9% falling
131 Kenya 17.4% 2023 down 41.6% falling
132 Marshall Islands 17.1% 2020 up 3.6% rising
133 Honduras 17.0% 2020 up 159.8% falling
134 Botswana 16.9% 2023 down 9.3% falling
135 Bhutan 15.9% 2020 up 269.4% volatile
136 Equatorial Guinea 15.3% 2022 down 50.2% volatile
137 Seychelles 15.1% 2008 down 40.5% rising
138 Costa Rica 14.9% 2023 down 32.5% rising
139 Belize 14.8% 2002 up 90.5% rising
140 East Timor 14.1% 2022 down 19.2% rising
141 Denmark 13.3% 2023 down 17.7% volatile
142 Zambia 12.6% 2021 up 16.8% falling
143 Guinea-Bissau 11.9% 2023 up 7.2% falling
144 Mozambique 11.9% 2022 down 33.4% falling
145 Laos 11.7% 2022 up 6.4% rising
146 Saudi Arabia 11.3% 2023 up 7.8% rising
147 Democratic Republic of Congo 10.7% 2022 up 49.1% volatile
148 Tonga 10.6% 2023 up 55.2% rising
149 Afghanistan 10.5% 2017 up 106.8% volatile
150 Micronesia (country) 7.7% 2020 up 20.6% volatile
151 Solomon Islands 6.4% 2022 down 17.2% falling
152 Samoa 5.4% 2023 down 18.2% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Subsidies and other transfers (% of expense)
Unit
% of expense
Source
Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
192 places, 4,500 data points, 1972–2024
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Subsidies are current unrequited payments that government units, including nonresident government units, make to enterprises on the basis of the levels of their production activities or the quantities or values of the goods or services that they produce, sell, export or import. This indicator is expressed as percentage of total expenses which is any decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction.