Subsidies, payable, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure in Portugal
Portugal: Subsidies, payable, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure was 0.4985 in 2020. ▼ Falling
Subsidies, payable, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure in Portugal, 1995–2020
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
Portugal recorded 0.4985 for subsidies, payable, ratio of this level of government's expenditure in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of down 23.8% on the previous year and down 26.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, subsidies, payable, ratio of this level of government's expenditure in Portugal peaked at 0.8851 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.4985, in 2020.
Portugal ranks 58th of 75 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Subsidies, payable, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure in Portugal, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.8678 | — |
| 1996 | 0.8851 | +2.0% |
| 1997 | 0.8225 | -7.1% |
| 1998 | 0.8561 | +4.1% |
| 1999 | 0.8501 | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 0.8574 | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 0.8655 | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 0.8147 | -5.9% |
| 2003 | 0.795 | -2.4% |
| 2004 | 0.828 | +4.1% |
| 2005 | 0.7761 | -6.3% |
| 2006 | 0.7482 | -3.6% |
| 2007 | 0.7522 | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.7702 | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 0.7418 | -3.7% |
| 2010 | 0.6824 | -8.0% |
| 2011 | 0.6232 | -8.7% |
| 2012 | 0.6911 | +10.9% |
| 2013 | 0.7107 | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 0.7998 | +12.5% |
| 2015 | 0.8087 | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 0.8157 | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 0.8072 | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 0.7091 | -12.2% |
| 2019 | 0.6546 | -7.7% |
| 2020 | 0.4985 | -23.8% |
Portugal compared with similar countries
- Portugal's 0.4985 is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.7517, 66% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Portugal's 0.4985 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.7742, 64% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8563 | 0.8225 | 0.8851 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.7949 | 0.7418 | 0.8655 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7302 | 0.6232 | 0.8157 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4985 | 0.4985 | 0.4985 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
More public sector data for Portugal
- Arms imports 61.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 5.7 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -8.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 61.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 434.01 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0148 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 9.57 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 4.64 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 731.4 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is subsidies, payable, ratio of this level of government's expenditure in Portugal?
- Subsidies, payable, ratio of this level of government's expenditure in Portugal was 0.4985 in 2020, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest subsidies, payable, ratio of this level of government's expenditure recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8851 in 1996.
- What is the lowest subsidies, payable, ratio of this level of government's expenditure recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4985 in 2020.
- How does Portugal rank for subsidies, payable, ratio of this level of government's expenditure?
- Portugal ranks 58th out of 75 countries with data for 2020.
- Is subsidies, payable, ratio of this level of government's expenditure rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Portugal 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.