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)
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1972
1973
2.82140248 1974
2.0977637 1975
1.87214612 1976
1.76025348 1977
2.19105707 1978
2.93469765 1979
2.95688668 1980
3.34011199 1981
3.20044919 1982
3.14190166 1983
2.9875548 1984
3.07096484 1985
2.821427 1986
2.3948352 1987
2.50961318 1988
2.17995324 1989
62.85154436 1990
65.15060178 1991
66.16039058 1992
67.29144691 1993
66.54453213 1994
64.13108242 1995
66.14998615 1996
67.20420776 1997
70.76423592 1998
65.62567687 1999
66.02400256 2000
67.995248 2001
68.67442082 2002
69.25972214 2003
70.35741404 2004
70.43367217 2005
69.64498087 2006
68.90442243 2007
69.28682959 2008
71.28445671 2009
69.2480169 2010
68.70764717 2011
67.3170433 2012
67.13837229 2013
67.77855301 2014
67.62350614 2015
67.5405087 2016
67.56912061 2017
67.24480862 2018
66.94569781 2019
70.0730207 2020
73.08312741 2021
69.4006314 2022
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