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...
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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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.