Subsidies and other transfers in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income): Subsidies and other transfers was 35.5% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Subsidies and other transfers in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), 2002–2022
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of expense.
Analysis
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) recorded 35.5% for subsidies and other transfers in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.2% on the previous year and up 39.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, subsidies and other transfers in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) peaked at 36.3% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 21.0%, in 2002.
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 24th of 40 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Subsidies and other transfers in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % of expense | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 21.0% | — |
| 2003 | 27.4% | +30.8% |
| 2008 | 28.4% | +3.6% |
| 2009 | 24.9% | -12.3% |
| 2010 | 23.2% | -6.9% |
| 2011 | 25.3% | +9.1% |
| 2012 | 25.4% | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 23.9% | -6.0% |
| 2014 | 25.1% | +5.1% |
| 2015 | 24.8% | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 33.3% | +34.4% |
| 2017 | 34.0% | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 27.4% | -19.3% |
| 2019 | 28.4% | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 31.6% | +11.5% |
| 2021 | 36.3% | +14.7% |
| 2022 | 35.5% | -2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 25.4% | 21.0% | 28.4% | 4 |
| 2010s | 27.1% | 23.2% | 34.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 34.5% | 31.6% | 36.3% | 3 |
Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
More public sector data for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
- Arms imports 872.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.4073 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -41.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 872.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 161.96 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0156 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 6.25 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 346.78 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 93.74 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is subsidies and other transfers in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Subsidies and other transfers in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) was 35.5% in 2022, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest subsidies and other transfers recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 36.3% in 2021.
- What is the lowest subsidies and other transfers recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.0% in 2002.
- How does East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank for subsidies and other transfers?
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 24th out of 40 groups with data for 2022.
- Is subsidies and other transfers rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Subsidies and other transfers (% of expense). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.