Subsidies and other transfers in Low & middle income
Low & middle income: Subsidies and other transfers was 36.6% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Subsidies and other transfers in Low & middle income, 2009–2022
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of expense.
Analysis
In 2022, subsidies and other transfers in Low & middle income stood at 36.6%. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 8.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, subsidies and other transfers in Low & middle income peaked at 36.6% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 32.6%, in 2013.
That places Low & middle income 23rd out of 40 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Subsidies and other transfers in Low & middle income, year by year
| Year | % of expense | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 34.3% | — |
| 2010 | 33.8% | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 34.2% | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 33.6% | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 32.6% | -3.0% |
| 2014 | 33.7% | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 34.1% | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 33.6% | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 33.0% | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 32.8% | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 33.5% | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 34.8% | +3.8% |
| 2021 | 36.5% | +5.0% |
| 2022 | 36.6% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 34.3% | 34.3% | 34.3% | 1 |
| 2010s | 33.5% | 32.6% | 34.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 36.0% | 34.8% | 36.6% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Low & middle income
More public sector data for Low & middle income
- Arms imports 11.23 billion SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 1.67 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -22.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 11.23 billion SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 102.29 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0174 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 6.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 687.69 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 186.09 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is subsidies and other transfers in Low & middle income?
- Subsidies and other transfers in Low & middle income was 36.6% 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 Low & middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 36.6% in 2022.
- What is the lowest subsidies and other transfers recorded in Low & middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 32.6% in 2013.
- How does Low & middle income rank for subsidies and other transfers?
- Low & middle income ranks 23rd out of 40 groups with data for 2022.
- Is subsidies and other transfers rising or falling in Low & middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low & middle 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.