Subsidies (current LCU; from SNA) by country

Subsidies are current unrequited payments that government units make to enterprises, resident producers and importers. Subsidies may be designed to influence enterprises level or type of production, or the prices at which the products are sold. (Capital grants are in the national accounts classified as capital...

Countries reporting
24
Highest
323.18 billion current LCU; from SNA
Senegal
Lowest
-156.15 million current LCU; from SNA
Zimbabwe
Median
207.00 million current LCU; from SNA
Years covered
47
1965–2011
Data points
507

What the numbers show

Subsidies (current LCU; from SNA) is currently reported for 24 countries. The highest value is 323.18 billion current LCU; from SNA in Senegal; the lowest is -156.15 million current LCU; from SNA in Zimbabwe.

The median across all reporting countries is 207.00 million current LCU; from SNA, and the mean is 21.11 billion current LCU; from SNA.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2,070.

Over the past decade 11 countries rose and 2 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea-Bissau (up 1,278.0%), and the largest decrease in Zimbabwe (down 105,868,000.0%).

Subsidies: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Senegal 323.18 billion current LCU; from SNA 2011 up 87.7% volatile
2 Morocco 45.00 billion current LCU; from SNA 2011 up 605.7% volatile
3 Nigeria 30.95 billion current LCU; from SNA 2007 up 832.9% volatile
4 Sierra Leone 28.26 billion current LCU; from SNA 2000 volatile
5 Mali 24.20 billion current LCU; from SNA 2001 volatile
6 Togo 18.00 billion current LCU; from SNA 2005 up 63.1% rising
7 Guinea 14.10 billion current LCU; from SNA 1994 volatile
8 South Africa 13.10 billion current LCU; from SNA 2010 up 206.8% rising
9 Guinea-Bissau 7.81 billion current LCU; from SNA 2002 up 1,278.0% volatile
10 Mauritius 1.14 billion current LCU; from SNA 2011 up 42.0% volatile
11 Botswana 547.30 million current LCU; from SNA 2011 up 397.5% volatile
12 Namibia 244.00 million current LCU; from SNA 2006 up 9.4% volatile
13 Mozambique 170.00 million current LCU; from SNA 2003 up 529.6% volatile
14 Cameroon 0 current LCU; from SNA 1999 volatile
14 Chad 0 current LCU; from SNA 2008 flat
14 Rwanda 0 current LCU; from SNA 2011 flat
14 Malawi 0 current LCU; from SNA 2002 up 100.0% volatile
14 Lesotho 0 current LCU; from SNA 2011 volatile
14 Kenya 0 current LCU; from SNA 2011 down 100.0% volatile
14 Ethiopia 0 current LCU; from SNA 2011 volatile
14 Eritrea 0 current LCU; from SNA 2009 flat
14 Comoros 0 current LCU; from SNA 1997 flat
14 Congo 0 current LCU; from SNA 1995 flat
24 Zimbabwe -156.15 million current LCU; from SNA 2011 down 105,868,000.0% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Subsidies (current LCU; from SNA)
Unit
current LCU; from SNA
Source
World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
24 places, 507 data points, 1965–2011
Last refreshed

Subsidies are current unrequited payments that government units make to enterprises, resident producers and importers. Subsidies may be designed to influence enterprises level or type of production, or the prices at which the products are sold. (Capital grants are in the national accounts classified as capital transfers.) Subsidies consists of ‘subsidies on products’, subsidies payable per unit of a good or a service, and ‘other subsidies on production’, which cover all other subsidies enterprises receives as a consequence of engaging in production. Data are in current local currency.