St. Vincent and the Grenadines - Subsidies and other transfers (current LCU)

The value for Subsidies and other transfers (current LCU) in St. Vincent and the Grenadines was 132,300,000 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 143,629,300 in 2011 and a minimum value of 36,957,000 in 2000.

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
2000 36,957,000
2001 49,689,000
2002 48,121,000
2003 47,610,000
2004 49,092,000
2005 56,586,520
2006 66,379,950
2007 69,864,160
2008 86,653,900
2009 120,680,000
2010 131,870,500
2011 143,629,300
2012 131,174,500
2013 126,296,500
2014 122,310,000
2015 120,120,000
2016 118,740,000
2017 132,300,000

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