Switzerland - Subsidies and other transfers (% of expense)

Subsidies and other transfers (% of expense) in Switzerland was 75.47 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 75.59 in 1997, while its lowest value was 67.63 in 2000.

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 72.13
1991 72.32
1992 72.68
1993 74.17
1994 73.53
1995 74.16
1996 74.88
1997 75.59
1998 75.17
1999 69.40
2000 67.63
2001 72.13
2002 67.92
2003 74.94
2004 74.51
2005 74.81
2006 74.57
2007 73.52
2008 73.13
2009 74.83
2010 74.64
2011 74.27
2012 75.40
2013 75.19
2014 75.20
2015 75.14
2016 74.69
2017 75.44
2018 75.53
2019 75.47

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