Netherlands - Subsidies and other transfers (% of expense)

Subsidies and other transfers (% of expense) in Netherlands was 78.74 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 31 years was 78.79 in 2017, while its lowest value was 2.38 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.

See also:

Year Value
1988 2.38
1989 2.55
1990 73.60
1991 75.80
1992 75.78
1993 74.94
1994 74.54
1995 75.09
1996 72.17
1997 72.74
1998 72.10
1999 73.02
2000 73.67
2001 72.91
2002 74.43
2003 75.61
2004 75.73
2005 75.89
2006 76.98
2007 77.30
2008 77.35
2009 77.14
2010 77.94
2011 78.21
2012 78.28
2013 77.11
2014 77.59
2015 78.12
2016 78.52
2017 78.79
2018 78.50
2019 78.74

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