Costa Rica - Subsidies and other transfers

Subsidies and other transfers (current LCU)

The value for Subsidies and other transfers (current LCU) in Costa Rica was 2,807,930,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 32 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,807,930,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 280,000,000 in 1989.

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
1987 470,000,000
1988 470,000,000
1989 280,000,000
1990 26,340,000,000
1991 32,780,000,000
1992 42,490,000,000
1993 70,760,000,000
1994 122,930,000,000
1995 116,040,000,000
1996 133,610,000,000
1997 175,310,000,000
1998 211,820,000,000
1999 248,420,000,000
2000 278,520,000,000
2001 340,830,000,000
2002 389,880,000,000
2003 390,900,000,000
2004 468,248,000,000
2005 599,441,000,000
2006 639,720,000,000
2007 827,700,000,000
2008 875,896,000,000
2009 979,231,000,000
2010 1,081,030,000,000
2011 1,234,050,000,000
2012 1,370,460,000,000
2013 1,493,070,000,000
2014 1,626,730,000,000
2015 2,028,630,000,000
2016 1,833,260,000,000
2017 2,080,690,000,000
2018 2,329,000,000,000
2019 2,807,930,000,000

Subsidies and other transfers (% of expense)

Subsidies and other transfers (% of expense) in Costa Rica was 25.04 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 32 years was 32.45 in 1994, while its lowest value was 0.27 in 1989.

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
1987 0.65
1988 0.58
1989 0.27
1990 20.77
1991 20.20
1992 20.74
1993 26.82
1994 32.45
1995 25.90
1996 24.49
1997 27.93
1998 28.58
1999 27.57
2000 27.32
2001 28.50
2002 26.57
2003 24.03
2004 25.51
2005 27.64
2006 25.50
2007 28.16
2008 24.94
2009 22.45
2010 21.31
2011 22.49
2012 22.24
2013 22.11
2014 21.73
2015 23.55
2016 21.07
2017 23.86
2018 22.36
2019 25.04

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance