Austria - Subsidies and other transfers (current LCU)

The value for Subsidies and other transfers (current LCU) in Austria was 128,732,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 128,732,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 260,168,800 in 1972.

Definition: Subsidies, grants, and other social benefits include all unrequited, nonrepayable transfers on current account to private and public enterprises; grants to foreign governments, international organizations, and other government units; and social security, social assistance benefits, and employer social benefits in cash and in kind.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

Year Value
1972 260,168,800
1973 330,661,400
1974 605,364,700
1975 904,776,800
1976 978,176,300
1977 1,174,393,000
1978 1,255,787,000
1979 1,345,901,000
1980 1,560,286,000
1981 1,719,439,000
1982 1,770,310,000
1983 1,913,476,000
1984 1,951,266,000
1985 2,132,948,000
1986 2,567,531,000
1987 2,638,024,000
1988 2,431,633,000
1989 2,454,162,000
1990 30,291,490,000
1991 33,114,100,000
1992 35,668,550,000
1993 39,225,890,000
1994 41,103,750,000
1995 59,956,830,000
1996 62,446,400,000
1997 64,222,120,000
1998 66,059,030,000
1999 69,180,890,000
2000 71,102,600,000
2001 73,614,560,000
2002 76,038,920,000
2003 78,198,880,000
2004 79,529,250,000
2005 81,681,950,000
2006 84,912,530,000
2007 88,068,430,000
2008 92,682,250,000
2009 95,034,140,000
2010 97,148,780,000
2011 100,158,000,000
2012 104,587,000,000
2013 108,395,000,000
2014 111,362,000,000
2015 116,811,000,000
2016 118,145,000,000
2017 120,296,000,000
2018 124,560,000,000
2019 128,732,000,000

Limitations and Exceptions: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Despite IMF efforts to standardize data collection, statistics are often incomplete, untimely, and not comparable across countries.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The IMF's Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014, harmonized with the 2008 SNA, recommends an accrual accounting method, focusing on all economic events affecting assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, not just those represented by cash transactions. It accounts for all changes in stocks, so stock data at the end of an accounting period equal stock data at the beginning of the period plus flows over the period. The 1986 manual considered only debt stocks. Government finance statistics are reported in local currency. Many countries report government finance data by fiscal year; see country metadata for information on fiscal year end by country.

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance