Netherlands - Subsidies and other transfers (current LCU)

The value for Subsidies and other transfers (current LCU) in Netherlands was 238,893,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 31 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 238,893,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 2,672,765,000 in 1988.

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
1988 2,672,765,000
1989 2,931,420,000
1990 87,879,070,000
1991 96,319,390,000
1992 101,429,000,000
1993 103,802,000,000
1994 106,189,000,000
1995 118,337,000,000
1996 102,511,000,000
1997 108,364,000,000
1998 110,198,000,000
1999 115,136,000,000
2000 121,459,000,000
2001 129,980,000,000
2002 139,098,000,000
2003 148,129,000,000
2004 149,924,000,000
2005 152,820,000,000
2006 168,642,000,000
2007 176,659,000,000
2008 186,848,000,000
2009 199,394,000,000
2010 207,082,000,000
2011 208,929,000,000
2012 211,103,000,000
2013 210,921,000,000
2014 213,378,000,000
2015 215,300,000,000
2016 216,851,000,000
2017 219,812,000,000
2018 228,893,000,000
2019 238,893,000,000

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