Papua New Guinea - Subsidies and other transfers

Subsidies and other transfers (current LCU)

The value for Subsidies and other transfers (current LCU) in Papua New Guinea was 6,075,486,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 29 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6,862,000,000 in 2014 and a minimum value of 187,880,000 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 187,880,000
1991 272,010,000
1992 253,230,000
1993 291,470,000
1994 506,517,000
1995 387,675,000
1996 356,053,000
1997 436,422,000
1998 545,020,000
1999 655,620,000
2000 700,659,000
2001 618,298,000
2002 422,281,000
2014 6,862,000,000
2015 6,165,537,000
2016 5,740,706,000
2017 5,014,734,000
2018 6,104,427,000
2019 6,075,486,000

Subsidies and other transfers (% of expense)

Subsidies and other transfers (% of expense) in Papua New Guinea was 37.85 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 55.22 in 2014, while its lowest value was 16.40 in 2002.

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 19.61
1991 25.15
1992 20.64
1993 19.97
1994 33.90
1995 25.50
1996 20.32
1997 22.60
1998 29.01
1999 25.32
2000 23.95
2001 22.09
2002 16.40
2014 55.22
2015 50.68
2016 48.00
2017 41.70
2018 41.99
2019 37.85

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance