Subsidies, payable, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure in Canada
Canada: Subsidies, payable, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure was 0.7339 in 2020. ▼ Falling
Subsidies, payable, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure in Canada, 1990–2020
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
Canada recorded 0.7339 for subsidies, payable, ratio of this level of government's expenditure in 2020. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of up 426.0% on the previous year and up 249.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, subsidies, payable, ratio of this level of government's expenditure in Canada peaked at 0.7339 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.1261, in 2018.
That places Canada 47th out of 75 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Subsidies, payable, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure in Canada, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.4611 | — |
| 1991 | 0.4904 | +6.4% |
| 1992 | 0.3801 | -22.5% |
| 1993 | 0.3626 | -4.6% |
| 1994 | 0.3824 | +5.5% |
| 1995 | 0.3941 | +3.1% |
| 1996 | 0.4607 | +16.9% |
| 1997 | 0.4522 | -1.8% |
| 1998 | 0.3953 | -12.6% |
| 1999 | 0.3578 | -9.5% |
| 2000 | 0.3182 | -11.1% |
| 2001 | 0.223 | -29.9% |
| 2002 | 0.2371 | +6.3% |
| 2003 | 0.2537 | +7.0% |
| 2004 | 0.3175 | +25.1% |
| 2005 | 0.298 | -6.1% |
| 2006 | 0.274 | -8.0% |
| 2007 | 0.2514 | -8.3% |
| 2008 | 0.18 | -28.4% |
| 2009 | 0.1952 | +8.4% |
| 2010 | 0.2098 | +7.5% |
| 2011 | 0.212 | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 0.1597 | -24.7% |
| 2013 | 0.1594 | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.1534 | -3.8% |
| 2015 | 0.1451 | -5.4% |
| 2016 | 0.1473 | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 0.1381 | -6.3% |
| 2018 | 0.1261 | -8.7% |
| 2019 | 0.1395 | +10.6% |
| 2020 | 0.7339 | +426.0% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 0.7339 is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.7517, 98% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Subsidies, payable, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure in Canada changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +426.0% | 0.1395 | 0.7339 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4137 | 0.3578 | 0.4904 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2548 | 0.18 | 0.3182 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.159 | 0.1261 | 0.212 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7339 | 0.7339 | 0.7339 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Canada
More public sector data for Canada
- Arms imports 149.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 3.61 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 96.05 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 149.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 711.23 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0129 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 7.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 29.35 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 8.65 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is subsidies, payable, ratio of this level of government's expenditure in Canada?
- Subsidies, payable, ratio of this level of government's expenditure in Canada was 0.7339 in 2020, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest subsidies, payable, ratio of this level of government's expenditure recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7339 in 2020.
- What is the lowest subsidies, payable, ratio of this level of government's expenditure recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1261 in 2018.
- How does Canada rank for subsidies, payable, ratio of this level of government's expenditure?
- Canada ranks 47th out of 75 countries with data for 2020.
- Is subsidies, payable, ratio of this level of government's expenditure rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 249.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Canada data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Subsidies, payable, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item to total general government expenditure on this, Percent (Central government). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Fiscal Decentralization dataset includes fiscal decentralization indicators for a sample of IMF member countries. The following indicators are included in the dataset: Revenue and Expenditure Decentralization Shares; Transfer dependency and Vertical Fiscal Imbalances; Deficit and Debt; Allocation of expenditure (economic classification); Allocation of expenditure (functional classification); Allocation of non-Tax Revenues; and Allocation of Taxes.