Guatemala - Subsidies and other transfers (% of expense)

Subsidies and other transfers (% of expense) in Guatemala was 34.39 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 40.53 in 2002, while its lowest value was 6.87 in 1993.

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.

See also:

Year Value
1990 9.28
1991 7.36
1992 7.06
1993 6.87
1994 7.36
1995 17.61
1996 29.28
1997 19.86
1998 21.22
1999 20.98
2000 22.46
2001 21.95
2002 40.53
2003 34.09
2004 34.18
2005 24.33
2006 36.97
2007 36.35
2008 36.91
2009 32.66
2010 31.65
2011 31.82
2012 32.59
2013 31.92
2014 33.73
2015 33.53
2016 36.42
2017 37.47
2018 35.62
2019 34.39

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.

Aggregation method: Median

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance