Nicaragua - Subsidies and other transfers

Subsidies and other transfers (current LCU)

The value for Subsidies and other transfers (current LCU) in Nicaragua was 20,021,870,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 29 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 22,156,040,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 12,880,000 in 1990.

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
1990 12,880,000
1991 221,910,000
1992 327,300,000
1993 530,180,000
1994 604,940,000
1995 992,460,000
1996 1,187,020,000
1997 1,246,580,000
1998 1,724,370,000
1999 2,101,670,000
2000 2,880,350,000
2001 4,055,000,000
2002 2,659,496,000
2003 3,273,378,000
2004 4,429,411,000
2005 5,389,000,000
2006 6,326,154,000
2007 7,603,906,000
2008 8,931,330,000
2009 9,421,918,000
2010 10,272,230,000
2011 11,161,640,000
2012 12,699,550,000
2013 13,811,650,000
2014 15,391,460,000
2015 19,034,470,000
2016 19,828,050,000
2017 21,821,150,000
2018 22,156,040,000
2019 20,021,870,000

Subsidies and other transfers (% of expense)

Subsidies and other transfers (% of expense) in Nicaragua was 28.93 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 39.31 in 2001, while its lowest value was 12.62 in 1990.

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 12.62
1991 12.95
1992 14.96
1993 19.59
1994 20.60
1995 29.15
1996 30.23
1997 26.61
1998 30.71
1999 28.90
2000 35.01
2001 39.31
2002 29.28
2003 30.96
2004 37.12
2005 37.14
2006 35.31
2007 37.79
2008 35.68
2009 36.02
2010 36.63
2011 34.01
2012 33.63
2013 33.71
2014 32.35
2015 34.38
2016 31.81
2017 31.88
2018 32.00
2019 28.93

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance