Singapore - Subsidies and other transfers

Subsidies and other transfers (current LCU)

The value for Subsidies and other transfers (current LCU) in Singapore was 16,618,830,000.00 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 31 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 16,618,830,000.00 in 2019 and a minimum value of 0.00 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.

Year Value
1988 0.00
1989 0.00
1990 2,816,000,000.00
1991 3,958,000,000.00
1992 4,014,000,000.00
1993 4,433,000,000.00
1994 1,188,000,000.00
1995 2,208,000,000.00
1996 8,386,000,000.00
1997 5,581,000,000.00
1998 7,277,000,000.00
1999 6,107,000,000.00
2000 9,310,000,000.00
2001 4,327,000,000.00
2002 3,909,000,000.00
2003 4,367,000,000.00
2004 4,247,000,000.00
2005 2,191,000,000.00
2006 1,922,000,000.00
2007 107,000,000.00
2008 119,000,000.00
2009 137,000,000.00
2010 135,700,000.00
2011 104,800,000.00
2012 109,500,000.00
2013 171,300,000.00
2014 122,700,000.00
2015 174,800,000.00
2016 15,107,340,000.00
2017 15,520,900,000.00
2018 16,353,990,000.00
2019 16,618,830,000.00

Subsidies and other transfers (% of expense)

Subsidies and other transfers (% of expense) in Singapore was 22.85 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 31 years was 38.21 in 1996, while its lowest value was 0.00 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 0.00
1989 0.00
1990 23.41
1991 28.19
1992 28.58
1993 31.06
1994 9.67
1995 14.87
1996 38.21
1997 27.54
1998 32.26
1999 28.27
2000 35.76
2001 14.80
2002 14.61
2003 16.11
2004 15.18
2005 8.18
2006 6.23
2007 0.32
2008 0.30
2009 0.34
2010 0.33
2011 0.23
2012 0.24
2013 0.36
2014 0.23
2015 0.26
2016 23.73
2017 22.89
2018 21.90
2019 22.85

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance