Namibia - Subsidies and other transfers

Subsidies and other transfers (current LCU)

The value for Subsidies and other transfers (current LCU) in Namibia was 941,375,200 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 29 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 19,585,860,000 in 2015 and a minimum value of 181,400,000 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 181,400,000
2000 1,502,918,000
2001 1,736,658,000
2002 1,937,780,000
2003 2,376,962,000
2004 2,461,583,000
2005 2,355,445,000
2006 2,979,614,000
2007 3,361,629,000
2008 5,215,574,000
2009 5,804,626,000
2010 7,604,103,000
2011 11,342,360,000
2012 12,249,560,000
2013 14,899,740,000
2014 17,532,380,000
2015 19,585,860,000
2016 16,761,030,000
2017 19,537,550,000
2018 18,043,340,000
2019 941,375,200

Subsidies and other transfers (% of expense)

Subsidies and other transfers (% of expense) in Namibia was 2.12 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 36.28 in 2011, while its lowest value was 2.12 in 2019.

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
2000 19.63
2001 19.62
2002 20.08
2003 22.24
2004 22.52
2005 20.06
2006 22.94
2007 23.49
2008 29.18
2009 28.17
2010 32.29
2011 36.28
2012 36.17
2013 35.80
2014 35.00
2015 35.30
2016 30.02
2017 31.09
2018 30.10
2019 2.12

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance