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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.
Economy Statistics > Subsidies and other transfers > % of expense (most recent) by country
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Countries
Amount
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Date
#1
Germany :
82.37 %
2005 ...
#2
Switzerland :
74.01 %
2002 ...
#3
Australia :
71.2 %
2005 ...
#4
Finland :
70.91 %
2005 ...
#5
Poland :
69.31 %
2005 ...
#6
Serbia and Montenegro :
68.38 %
2002 ...
#7
Ukraine :
68.32 %
2005 ...
#8
Czech Republic :
68.22 %
2005 ...
#9
Sweden :
67.72 %
2005 ...
#10
Belarus :
67.2 %
2005 ...
#11
Norway :
66.97 %
2005 ...
#12
Luxembourg :
66.6 %
2005 ...
#13
Canada :
66.42 %
2005 ...
#14
Denmark :
66.03 %
2004 ...
#15
Japan :
64.76 %
1990 ...
#16
China :
63.84 %
2004 ...
#17
Venezuela :
63.57 %
2005 ...
#18
Indonesia :
63.32 %
2004 ...
#19
Slovakia :
63.26 %
2005 ...
#20
Brazil :
63.04 %
1998 ...
#21
Slovenia :
62.84 %
2005 ...
#22
United States :
61.36 %
2005 ...
#23
Hungary :
61.02 %
2005 ...
#24
Bulgaria :
59.23 %
2005 ...
#25
Azerbaijan :
58.88 %
1999 ...
#26
Lithuania :
58.18 %
2005 ...
#27
Chile :
57.25 %
2005 ...
#28
South Africa :
56.23 %
2005 ...
#29
Croatia :
54.14 %
2005 ...
#30
United Kingdom :
53.57 %
2005 ...
#31
Moldova :
53.27 %
2005 ...
#32
Georgia :
53.11 %
2005 ...
#33
Russia :
52.89 %
2005 ...
#34
France :
52.56 %
2005 ...
#35
Austria :
52.35 %
2005 ...
#36
Korea, South :
52.03 %
2005 ...
#37
Spain :
51.08 %
2005 ...
#38
Belgium :
50.98 %
2005 ...
#39
Argentina :
50.1 %
2004 ...
#40
Algeria :
49.72 %
2002 ...
#41
Netherlands :
48.05 %
2005 ...
#42
Uruguay :
47.32 %
2005 ...
#43
Uganda :
46.78 %
2003 ...
#44
Bolivia :
46.7 %
2005 ...
#45
Portugal :
46.7 %
2005 ...
#46
Italy :
45.62 %
2005 ...
#47
Peru :
44.96 %
2005 ...
#48
Estonia :
44.53 %
2004 ...
#49
Kazakhstan :
44.28 %
2005 ...
#50
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
42.92 %
2005 ...
#51
Romania :
42.62 %
2002 ...
#52
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
42.58 %
2001 ...
#53
Colombia :
42.2 %
2005 ...
#54
Ethiopia :
41.94 %
2002 ...
#55
Albania :
41.71 %
2004 ...
#56
Nicaragua :
40.86 %
2005 ...
#57
Greece :
39.87 %
2005 ...
#58
Dominican Republic :
39.64 %
2004 ...
#59
Latvia :
39.19 %
2005 ...
#60
New Zealand :
39.08 %
2005 ...
#61
Malta :
38.66 %
2004 ...
#62
Botswana :
38.22 %
1996 ...
#63
Armenia :
36.48 %
2005 ...
#64
San Marino :
36.19 %
2004 ...
#65
Ireland :
35.94 %
2005 ...
#66
Trinidad and Tobago :
34.87 %
2004 ...
#67
Senegal :
34.34 %
2001 ...
#68
Tunisia :
33.93 %
2005 ...
#69
Iran :
33.78 %
2005 ...
#70
Singapore :
33.28 %
2004 ...
#71
Cyprus :
33.11 %
2005 ...
#72
Mauritius :
32.95 %
2005 ...
#73
Thailand :
32.94 %
2005 ...
#74
Kuwait :
32.42 %
2005 ...
#75
Burkina Faso :
32.05 %
2005 ...
#76
Malaysia :
31.42 %
2003 ...
#77
Iceland :
30.79 %
2002 ...
#78
Israel :
30.75 %
2005 ...
#79
Mongolia :
30.62 %
2003 ...
#80
Pakistan :
30.29 %
2005 ...
#81
Bangladesh :
29.45 %
2004 ...
#82
Sri Lanka :
28.2 %
2005 ...
#83
Zimbabwe :
27.67 %
1997 ...
#84
Costa Rica :
27.64 %
2005 ...
#85
India :
27.39 %
1998 ...
#86
Tajikistan :
27.03 %
2004 ...
#87
Bahamas, The :
26.72 %
2005 ...
#88
Paraguay :
26.39 %
2005 ...
#89
Lesotho :
26.01 %
2004 ...
#90
El Salvador :
25.47 %
2005 ...
#91
Panama :
25.01 %
2001 ...
#92
Guatemala :
24.33 %
2005 ...
#93
Morocco :
23.65 %
2005 ...
#94
Fiji :
23.11 %
2005 ...
#95
Yemen :
21.43 %
1999 ...
#96
Swaziland :
21.36 %
2003 ...
#97
Turkey :
21.16 %
2001 ...
#98
Zambia :
20.06 %
1999 ...
#99
Seychelles :
19.79 %
2005 ...
#100
Netherlands Antilles :
19.51 %
1995 ...
#101
Cambodia :
18.64 %
2005 ...
#102
Barbados :
18.28 %
2004 ...
#103
Egypt :
18.12 %
2002 ...
#104
Bahrain :
17.97 %
2005 ...
#105
Philippines :
17.33 %
2005 ...
#106
Cameroon :
16.95 %
1999 ...
#107
Côte d'Ivoire :
16.88 %
2005 ...
#108
Kyrgyzstan :
16.52 %
2001 ...
#109
Papua New Guinea :
16.4 %
2002 ...
#110
Lebanon :
16 %
2004 ...
#111
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
14.53 %
2003 ...
#112
Burundi :
14.31 %
1996 ...
#113
Namibia :
13.63 %
2003 ...
#114
Gambia, The :
13.43 %
1990 ...
#115
Guinea :
11.83 %
1999 ...
#116
Madagascar :
10.74 %
2004 ...
#117
Macau :
10.68 %
2005 ...
#118
Belize :
9.79 %
1997 ...
#119
Oman :
9.69 %
2001 ...
#120
Sierra Leone :
9.49 %
2004 ...
#121
Kenya :
9.41 %
2004 ...
#122
Bhutan :
8.42 %
2004 ...
#123
Sudan :
7.95 %
1999 ...
#124
Maldives :
6.14 %
2005 ...
#125
Vanuatu :
5.86 %
1990 ...
#126
Congo, Republic of the :
4.99 %
2003 ...
#127
Ghana :
4.7 %
2004 ...
#128
Afghanistan :
4.63 %
2005 ...
#129
Rwanda :
4.58 %
1992 ...
#130
Jordan :
3.17 %
2005 ...
#131
Jamaica :
2.3 %
2005 ...
#132
Togo :