Subsidies and other transfers (% of expense) - Expense - Government finance - Public Sector - World Development Indicators

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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.
Subsidies and other transfers (% of expense) - Expense - Government finance - Public Sector - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Germany (2007)81.62
2Belgium (2008)80.67
3Netherlands (2007)79.19
4Spain (2008)78.82
5Switzerland (2007)75.64
6Sweden (1999)72.33
7Finland (2007)71.49
8Ukraine (2008)70.68
9Denmark (2007)70.32
10Czech Republic (2008)70.1
11Austria (2008)69.94
12Australia (2007)69.72
13Belarus (2008)69.12
14Poland (2008)68.86
15Kazakhstan (2008)67.78
16Euro area (2008)67.42
17Slovakia (2008)67.42
18High income: OECD (2007)66.92
19Luxembourg (2007)66.92
20Canada (2007)66.92
21Norway (2008)66.5
22Italy (2008)65.23
23Latvia (2008)65.07
24Lithuania (2008)65.03
25Japan (1990)64.76
26Russia (2008)63.97
27Venezuela (2005)63.57
28Indonesia (2004)63.32
29Hungary (2008)63.16
30France (2007)62.38
31High income (2007)62.13
32Slovenia (2008)61.83
33South Africa (2008)61.45
34China (2006)60.39
35Romania (2008)60.17
36Bulgaria (2008)60.05
37United States (2008)60.01
38Europe & Central Asia (2008)58.68
39Chile (2008)58.47
40South Korea (2007)58.32
41North Korea (2007)58.32
42Serbia (2008)57.32
43Moldova (2008)57.16
44India (2008)54.07
45Croatia (2007)53.38
46Republic of the Congo (2005)53.25
47Brazil (2008)51.96
48Upper middle income (2008)51.96
49United Kingdom (2008)51.3
50Uganda (2008)51.02
51Uruguay (2008)50.13
52Argentina (2004)50.1
53Portugal (2008)49.7
54Macedonia (2008)49.07
55Algeria (2008)48.59
56Peru (2008)48.55
57Bolivia (2007)46.71
58Egypt (2008)45.76
59Georgia (2008)45.14
60Greece (2007)45.08
61Bosnia and Herzegovina (2008)44.97
62Armenia (2008)43.2
63Middle income (2008)43.2
64Estonia (2007)42.93
65Barbados (2007)42.77
66Democratic Republic of the Congo (2001)42.58
67Malta (2008)41.99
68Ethiopia (2002)41.94
69Albania (2004)41.71
70Colombia (2008)41.24
71Turkey (2008)41.1
72Tunisia (2008)40.52
73Trinidad and Tobago (2007)40.23
74High income: nonOECD (2007)39.95
75San Marino (2006)38.44
76Botswana (1996)38.22
77Mongolia (2008)37.9
78New Zealand (2007)37.63
79Middle East & North Africa (2008)37.24
80Iran (2008)37.24
81Ireland (2007)37.01
82Ghana (2007)36.96
83Guatemala (2008)36.91
84Low & middle income (2007)36.38
85Latin America & Caribbean (2008)36.29
86Jordan (2008)35.9
87Kyrgyzstan (2008)35.88
88Lower middle income (2008)35.83
89Morocco (2008)35.76
90Nicaragua (2008)35.68
91Senegal (2001)34.34
92Mauritius (2008)33.54
93Benin (2008)33.01
94Bangladesh (2008)31.47
95Malaysia (2003)31.42
96Kenya (2008)31.27
97Thailand (2008)30.89
98Israel (2008)30.83
99Cape Verde (2008)29.55
100South Asia (2008)29.4
101Lebanon (2008)29.18
102Kuwait (2008)29.16
103Dominican Republic (2007)29.01
104East Asia & Pacific (2003)27.83
105Zimbabwe (1997)27.67
106Pakistan (2008)27.33
107Tajikistan (2004)27.03
108Panama (2001)25.01
109Seychelles (2008)24.09
110Zambia (2007)24.07
111Sri Lanka (2007)23.41
112Paraguay (2008)23.12
113Iceland (2008)22.62
114El Salvador (2008)22.16
115Yemen (1999)21.43
116Bahamas (2008)21.36
117Swaziland (2003)21.36
118Fiji (2006)20.44
119Bahrain (2008)19.78
120Netherlands Antilles (1995)19.51
121Togo (2008)19.44
122Philippines (2008)19.29
123Cyprus (2007)19.17
124Cambodia (2006)19.15
125Azerbaijan (2008)18.1
126Laos (2007)18.06
127Macau (2008)17.93
128Cameroon (1999)16.95
129Qatar (2008)16.64
130Papua New Guinea (2002)16.4
131Mali (2007)15.84
132Afghanistan (2008)15.5
133Burundi (1996)14.31
134Lesotho (2008)14.3
135Madagascar (2007)14.02
136Costa Rica (2008)13.81
137Gambia (1990)13.43
138Ivory Coast (2008)13.34
139Namibia (2007)13.33
140Honduras (2008)12.76
141Guinea (1999)11.83
142St. Kitts and Nevis (2006)11.3
143Belize (1997)9.79
144Oman (2001)9.69
145Burkina Faso (2008)9.54
146Sierra Leone (2004)9.49
147Niger (2007)9.28
148Bhutan (2004)8.42
149Sudan (1999)7.95
150Jamaica (2008)6.31
151Vanuatu (1990)5.86
152Maldives (2008)5.19
153Rwanda (1992)4.58
154Singapore (2008)0.3
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