Lesotho - Subsidies and other transfers

Subsidies and other transfers (current LCU)

The value for Subsidies and other transfers (current LCU) in Lesotho was 3,164,183,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 32 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3,164,183,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 21,800,000 in 1988.

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 22,100,000
1988 21,800,000
1989 32,500,000
1991 45,265,600
1992 47,688,150
1993 105,111,200
1994 201,506,800
1995 133,593,000
1996 179,417,400
1997 213,998,500
1998 390,271,400
1999 347,415,700
2000 281,966,700
2001 315,183,100
2002 363,078,100
2003 467,300,000
2004 572,000,000
2005 817,000,000
2006 972,055,500
2007 1,188,985,000
2008 1,395,067,000
2009 2,070,065,000
2010 1,667,810,000
2011 2,009,378,000
2012 2,069,631,000
2013 2,230,446,000
2014 2,434,597,000
2015 2,710,564,000
2016 3,088,348,000
2017 3,081,791,000
2018 3,096,464,000
2019 3,164,183,000

Subsidies and other transfers (% of expense)

Subsidies and other transfers (% of expense) in Lesotho was 23.34 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 32 years was 26.89 in 2009, while its lowest value was 5.50 in 1988.

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 6.91
1988 5.50
1989 7.24
1991 7.92
1992 6.71
1993 13.58
1994 19.68
1995 11.32
1996 14.73
1997 14.19
1998 19.24
1999 18.01
2000 13.54
2001 13.21
2002 12.86
2003 15.72
2004 18.19
2005 22.84
2006 21.89
2007 24.20
2008 20.56
2009 26.89
2010 23.97
2011 26.30
2012 25.39
2013 22.86
2014 23.98
2015 23.54
2016 24.47
2017 25.25
2018 23.32
2019 23.34

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance