Uruguay - Subsidies and other transfers

Subsidies and other transfers (current LCU)

The value for Subsidies and other transfers (current LCU) in Uruguay was 326,658,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 32 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 326,658,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 8,200,000 in 1987.

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 8,200,000
1988 20,355,000
1989 30,000,000
1990 1,260,000,000
1991 2,950,000,000
1992 5,621,000,000
1993 10,991,000,000
1994 16,701,000,000
1995 21,375,000,000
1996 29,259,000,000
1997 38,970,000,000
1998 42,542,000,000
1999 41,297,000,000
2000 48,194,000,000
2001 41,581,810,000
2002 42,565,860,000
2003 44,948,770,000
2004 48,236,590,000
2005 53,409,330,000
2006 58,789,530,000
2007 69,259,070,000
2008 81,650,520,000
2009 97,858,210,000
2010 110,503,000,000
2011 126,301,000,000
2012 151,140,000,000
2013 173,550,000,000
2014 199,108,000,000
2015 226,373,000,000
2016 256,811,000,000
2017 270,214,000,000
2018 297,872,000,000
2019 326,658,000,000

Subsidies and other transfers (% of expense)

Subsidies and other transfers (% of expense) in Uruguay was 46.44 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 32 years was 65.73 in 2000, while its lowest value was 2.13 in 1987.

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 2.13
1988 3.08
1989 2.50
1990 52.87
1991 55.85
1992 57.65
1993 64.35
1994 62.80
1995 64.37
1996 64.34
1997 65.43
1998 61.36
1999 57.43
2000 65.73
2001 54.78
2002 52.77
2003 47.39
2004 46.17
2005 47.32
2006 46.43
2007 47.58
2008 50.13
2009 47.01
2010 46.48
2011 46.83
2012 47.57
2013 47.20
2014 47.08
2015 48.56
2016 42.06
2017 46.39
2018 46.49
2019 46.44

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance