Portugal - Subsidies and other transfers

Subsidies and other transfers (current LCU)

The value for Subsidies and other transfers (current LCU) in Portugal was 37,973,980,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 41 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 37,973,980,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 201,015,600 in 1978.

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
1978 201,015,600
1979 213,984,300
1980 339,681,400
1981 464,380,800
1982 493,809,900
1983 551,171,600
1984 669,885,600
1985 1,400,625,000
1986 1,416,586,000
1987 925,454,700
1988 960,649,900
1989 842,469,600
1990 6,594,108,000
1991 8,086,013,000
1992 9,113,038,000
1993 10,590,480,000
1994 12,144,730,000
1995 11,515,590,000
1996 12,634,730,000
1997 13,375,440,000
1998 14,935,570,000
1999 16,275,300,000
2000 17,746,550,000
2001 19,269,070,000
2002 20,758,120,000
2003 23,250,950,000
2004 24,523,460,000
2005 26,513,970,000
2006 27,311,370,000
2007 28,441,760,000
2008 29,726,300,000
2009 32,898,630,000
2010 33,580,160,000
2011 33,339,090,000
2012 33,006,700,000
2013 34,574,730,000
2014 34,262,570,000
2015 34,738,690,000
2016 35,027,210,000
2017 35,424,520,000
2018 36,547,670,000
2019 37,973,980,000

Subsidies and other transfers (% of expense)

Subsidies and other transfers (% of expense) in Portugal was 46.01 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 41 years was 46.01 in 2019, while its lowest value was 5.68 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
1978 14.93
1979 12.68
1980 15.11
1981 15.99
1982 14.03
1983 11.89
1984 12.33
1985 18.10
1986 14.56
1987 9.07
1988 7.97
1989 5.68
1990 36.45
1991 36.20
1992 35.06
1993 37.32
1994 42.07
1995 35.17
1996 36.39
1997 36.47
1998 36.01
1999 36.69
2000 37.10
2001 37.26
2002 37.78
2003 39.97
2004 39.86
2005 40.39
2006 40.95
2007 41.28
2008 41.18
2009 42.94
2010 42.53
2011 42.76
2012 44.37
2013 44.69
2014 41.74
2015 44.18
2016 45.67
2017 43.65
2018 45.55
2019 46.01

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance