Subsidies (current US$) by country
Subsidies are current unrequited payments that government units make to enterprises, resident producers and importers. Subsidies may be designed to influence enterprises level or type of production, or the prices at which the products are sold. (Capital grants are in the national accounts classified as capital...
What the numbers show
Subsidies (current US$) is currently reported for 24 countries. The highest value is 5.56 billion current US$ in Morocco; the lowest is -156.15 million current US$ in Zimbabwe.
The median across all reporting countries is 9.18 million current US$, and the mean is 349.84 million current US$.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 36.
Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 3 fell. The largest increase was in Morocco (up 885.9%), and the largest decrease in Zimbabwe (down 105,868,000.0%).
Subsidies: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morocco | 5.56 billion current US$ | 2011 | up 885.9% | volatile |
| 2 | South Africa | 1.79 billion current US$ | 2010 | up 341.7% | rising |
| 3 | Senegal | 684.89 million current US$ | 2011 | up 191.6% | volatile |
| 4 | Nigeria | 246.03 million current US$ | 2007 | up 794.2% | volatile |
| 5 | Botswana | 80.04 million current US$ | 2011 | up 325.0% | volatile |
| 6 | Mauritius | 39.78 million current US$ | 2011 | up 44.1% | volatile |
| 7 | Namibia | 36.03 million current US$ | 2006 | down 30.5% | volatile |
| 8 | Togo | 34.13 million current US$ | 2005 | up 80.5% | rising |
| 9 | Mali | 33.01 million current US$ | 2001 | — | volatile |
| 10 | Guinea | 14.44 million current US$ | 1994 | — | volatile |
| 11 | Sierra Leone | 13.51 million current US$ | 2000 | — | volatile |
| 12 | Guinea-Bissau | 11.20 million current US$ | 2002 | up 110.9% | volatile |
| 13 | Mozambique | 7.15 million current US$ | 2003 | up 4.6% | volatile |
| 14 | Cameroon | 0 current US$ | 1999 | — | volatile |
| 14 | Chad | 0 current US$ | 2008 | — | flat |
| 14 | Rwanda | 0 current US$ | 2011 | — | flat |
| 14 | Malawi | 0 current US$ | 2002 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 14 | Lesotho | 0 current US$ | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 14 | Kenya | 0 current US$ | 2011 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 14 | Ethiopia | 0 current US$ | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 14 | Eritrea | 0 current US$ | 2009 | — | flat |
| 14 | Comoros | 0 current US$ | 1997 | — | flat |
| 14 | Congo | 0 current US$ | 1995 | — | flat |
| 24 | Zimbabwe | -156.15 million current US$ | 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 U.S. dollars.