High income vs Sweden: Subsidies and other transfers
Subsidies and other transfers over time
- High income
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 71.5% against 54.6% in High income, a difference of 16.9%.
That makes Sweden's figure about 1.3 times High income's.
Across all 33 years both countries report, Sweden has been ahead every year.
High income ranks 8th and Sweden ranks 10th of 40 groups.
Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | High income | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 55.3% | 67.2% | 11.9% | Sweden |
| 2000s | 50.2% | 67.5% | 17.3% | Sweden |
| 2010s | 51.8% | 72.5% | 20.7% | Sweden |
| 2020s | 55.0% | 73.4% | 18.4% | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher subsidies and other transfers, High income or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 71.5% against 54.6% in High income as of 2022.
- What is the difference in subsidies and other transfers between High income and Sweden?
- 16.9%, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for High income and Sweden?
- 33 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2022.
- How do High income and Sweden rank globally for subsidies and other transfers?
- High income ranks 8th and Sweden ranks 10th of 40 groups.
- 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.
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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.