Iceland - Subsidies and other transfers

Subsidies and other transfers (current LCU)

The value for Subsidies and other transfers (current LCU) in Iceland was 286,668,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 29 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 286,668,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 36,339,800,000 in 1990.

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
1990 36,339,800,000
1991 40,678,700,000
1992 42,870,500,000
1993 42,409,100,000
1994 43,184,700,000
1995 45,085,300,000
1996 49,343,000,000
1997 49,800,700,000
1998 38,390,550,000
1999 42,075,100,000
2000 45,568,900,000
2001 62,324,060,000
2002 69,640,420,000
2003 80,092,200,000
2004 84,592,600,000
2005 90,610,660,000
2006 96,952,990,000
2007 111,554,000,000
2008 130,985,000,000
2009 163,779,000,000
2010 162,838,000,000
2011 179,991,000,000
2012 176,450,000,000
2013 178,189,000,000
2014 184,404,000,000
2015 187,692,000,000
2016 202,514,000,000
2017 228,962,000,000
2018 251,125,000,000
2019 286,668,000,000

Subsidies and other transfers (% of expense)

Subsidies and other transfers (% of expense) in Iceland was 30.49 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 34.10 in 1997, while its lowest value was 16.22 in 2008.

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
1990 32.76
1991 32.54
1992 33.83
1993 33.27
1994 32.15
1995 32.35
1996 33.40
1997 34.10
1998 21.71
1999 21.67
2000 21.89
2001 26.27
2002 26.78
2003 28.60
2004 28.57
2005 25.63
2006 24.23
2007 24.85
2008 16.22
2009 24.17
2010 25.52
2011 26.52
2012 25.80
2013 26.09
2014 25.74
2015 25.22
2016 22.72
2017 27.56
2018 28.61
2019 30.49

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance