Seychelles - Subsidies and other transfers (current LCU)

The value for Subsidies and other transfers (current LCU) in Seychelles was 1,601,986,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 33 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,990,366,000 in 2015 and a minimum value of 40,100,000 in 1987.

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
1985 48,100,000
1986 78,800,000
1987 40,100,000
1988 52,000,000
1989 88,100,000
1993 234,700,000
1994 229,500,000
1995 250,300,000
1996 366,700,000
1997 365,500,000
1998 373,600,000
1999 389,200,000
2000 329,800,000
2005 143,114,000
2006 220,400,000
2007 394,651,600
2008 343,468,700
2009 219,590,100
2010 532,774,000
2011 493,678,100
2012 412,380,100
2013 620,257,900
2014 669,908,300
2015 1,990,366,000
2016 1,093,322,000
2017 1,510,262,000
2018 1,601,986,000

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