Australia | Subsidies and other transfers (% of expense)

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. 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.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Commonwealth of Australia
Records
63
Source
Australia | Subsidies and other transfers (% of expense)
1960
1961
1962
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1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974 2.82140248
1975 2.0977637
1976 1.87214612
1977 1.76025348
1978 2.19105707
1979 2.93469765
1980 2.95688668
1981 3.34011199
1982 3.20044919
1983 3.14190166
1984 2.9875548
1985 3.07096484
1986 2.821427
1987 2.3948352
1988 2.50961318
1989 2.17995324
1990 62.85154436
1991 65.15060178
1992 66.16039058
1993 67.29144691
1994 66.54453213
1995 64.13108242
1996 66.14998615
1997 67.20420776
1998 70.76423592
1999 65.62567687
2000 66.02400256
2001 67.995248
2002 68.67442082
2003 69.25972214
2004 70.35741404
2005 70.43367217
2006 69.64498087
2007 68.90442243
2008 69.28682959
2009 71.28445671
2010 69.2480169
2011 68.70764717
2012 67.3170433
2013 67.13837229
2014 67.77855301
2015 67.62350614
2016 67.5405087
2017 67.56912061
2018 67.24480862
2019 66.94569781
2020 70.0730207
2021 73.08312741
2022 69.4006314

Australia | Subsidies and other transfers (% of expense)

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. 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.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Commonwealth of Australia
Records
63
Source