France - Subsidies and other transfers (% of expense)

Subsidies and other transfers (% of expense) in France was 57.09 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 67.68 in 1991, while its lowest value was 4.04 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.

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Year Value
1980 4.71
1981 4.94
1982 4.93
1983 5.11
1984 5.92
1985 5.12
1986 5.27
1987 5.15
1988 4.14
1989 4.04
1990 67.43
1991 67.68
1992 67.20
1993 66.91
1994 67.40
1995 48.60
1996 48.89
1997 48.64
1998 49.69
1999 49.69
2000 49.99
2001 50.24
2002 50.23
2003 50.66
2004 50.45
2005 50.52
2006 51.08
2007 51.42
2008 51.44
2009 52.32
2010 51.09
2011 52.52
2012 53.03
2013 53.65
2014 54.77
2015 55.49
2016 55.67
2017 55.39
2018 56.35
2019 57.09

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.

Aggregation method: Median

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance