Norway - Subsidies and other transfers (current LCU)

The value for Subsidies and other transfers (current LCU) in Norway was 904,391,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 39 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 904,391,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 16,907,000,000 in 1980.

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
1980 16,907,000,000
1981 17,108,000,000
1982 18,629,000,000
1983 19,517,000,000
1984 20,383,000,000
1985 22,868,000,000
1986 25,010,000,000
1987 30,118,000,000
1988 34,197,000,000
1989 30,082,000,000
1990 207,516,000,000
1991 224,177,000,000
1992 236,368,000,000
1993 242,334,000,000
1994 248,907,000,000
1995 255,079,000,000
1996 263,173,000,000
1997 274,321,000,000
1998 294,239,000,000
1999 313,374,000,000
2000 337,000,000,000
2001 357,980,000,000
2002 381,186,000,000
2003 389,740,000,000
2004 403,563,000,000
2005 420,271,000,000
2006 438,658,000,000
2007 463,637,000,000
2008 501,687,000,000
2009 556,478,000,000
2010 592,240,000,000
2011 634,076,000,000
2012 669,662,000,000
2013 704,643,000,000
2014 745,451,000,000
2015 790,348,000,000
2016 820,487,000,000
2017 848,469,000,000
2018 868,519,000,000
2019 904,391,000,000

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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