Vanuatu - Subsidies and other transfers

Subsidies and other transfers (current LCU)

The value for Subsidies and other transfers (current LCU) in Vanuatu was 3,331,034,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 29 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5,056,700,000 in 2017 and a minimum value of 228,000,000 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 228,000,000
2009 1,587,800,000
2010 1,920,400,000
2011 2,244,400,000
2012 2,200,920,000
2013 1,945,851,000
2014 2,275,891,000
2015 3,006,424,000
2016 4,755,867,000
2017 5,056,700,000
2018 3,664,694,000
2019 3,331,034,000

Subsidies and other transfers (% of expense)

Subsidies and other transfers (% of expense) in Vanuatu was 11.13 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 21.97 in 2016, while its lowest value was 5.86 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.

See also:

Year Value
1990 5.86
2009 11.96
2010 12.71
2011 14.37
2012 13.97
2013 12.40
2014 13.18
2015 15.70
2016 21.97
2017 19.79
2018 14.19
2019 11.13

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance