Colombia vs Lower middle income: Subsidies and other transfers
Subsidies and other transfers over time
- Colombia
- Lower middle income
How they compare
Colombia currently reports 60.8% against 31.9% in Lower middle income, a difference of 28.9%.
That makes Colombia's figure about 1.9 times Lower middle income's.
Across all 13 years both countries report, Colombia has been ahead every year.
Colombia ranks 27th and Lower middle income ranks 30th of 152 countries.
Colombia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Colombia | Lower middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 41.4% | 21.9% | 19.5% | Colombia |
| 2010s | 51.8% | 28.7% | 23.1% | Colombia |
| 2020s | 58.9% | 31.8% | 27.1% | Colombia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher subsidies and other transfers, Colombia or Lower middle income?
- Colombia, at 60.8% against 31.9% in Lower middle income as of 2023.
- What is the difference in subsidies and other transfers between Colombia and Lower middle income?
- 28.9%, with Colombia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Lower middle income?
- 13 years are reported by both, from 2009 to 2021.
- How do Colombia and Lower middle income rank globally for subsidies and other transfers?
- Colombia ranks 27th and Lower middle income ranks 30th of 152 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Subsidies and other transfers (% of expense). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
Individual pages
About this data
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.