social2024

Subsidies and other transfers (% of expense)

Name: Subsidies and other transfers (% of expense)
Creator: World Bank World Development Indicators
Keywords: social, %, subsidies, and, other, transfers, expense

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2024. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators•154 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

39.4%

Median: 37.2%

Countries Covered

154

with available data

Highest

Czech Republic

83.9%

Lowest

Samoa

5.4%

Top 5 Countries

1Czech Republic83.9%

2Spain80.4%

3Germany80.1%

4Nepal77.2%

5Netherlands76.5%

By Region

Oceania59.9%(2 countries)

North America57.7%(4 countries)

Europe56.2%(32 countries)

South America54.1%(7 countries)

Asia36.5%(19 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (5.4%)High (83.9%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 39.4%)

Oceania (2)

North America (4)

Europe (32)

South America (7)

Asia (19)

Africa (7)

Other (83)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Czech Republic	83.9%
2	Spain	80.4%
3	Germany	80.1%
4	Nepal	77.2%
5	Netherlands	76.5%
6	Switzerland	74.9%
7	Russian Federation	74.2%
8	Austria	73.9%
9	Mongolia	72.3%
10	Sweden	71.5%
11	Lithuania	70.2%
12	Australia	69.4%
13	The Republic of North Macedonia	69.1%
14	Kazakhstan	69.0%
15	Canada	68.9%
16	Argentina	68.8%
17	South Korea	68.5%
18	Moldova, Republic of	66.0%
19	Norway	64.3%
20	Estonia	64.3%
21	United States of America	64.1%
22	Belarus	63.8%
23	Italy	63.3%
24	Mexico	63.1%
25	Brazil	62.8%
26	France	62.4%
27	Colombia	60.8%
28	Indonesia	60.4%
29	Luxembourg	59.6%
30	Serbia	59.5%
31	Croatia	59.4%
32	Romania	58.9%
33	Albania	58.8%
34	Latvia	58.2%
35	South Africa	54.8%
36	Portugal	54.8%
37	Greece	54.4%
38	Georgia	54.2%
39	Uruguay	54.1%
40	United Republic of Tanzania	54.0%
41	Papua New Guinea	53.1%
42	Belgium	53.1%
43	Ethiopia	51.9%
44	New Zealand	50.3%
45	Chile	50.3%
46	Bosnia and Herzegovina	49.4%
47	Uzbekistan	49.0%
48	Bulgaria	48.2%
49	Cyprus	47.9%
50	Poland	47.6%
51	Lebanon	47.2%
52	United Kingdom	47.2%
53	Slovakia	46.7%
54	Bolivia	46.7%
55	Tunisia	46.2%
56	Peru	45.1%
57	Finland	44.7%
58	Rwanda	44.0%
59	Zimbabwe	44.0%
60	Slovenia	43.8%
61	Malaysia	43.6%
62	Cote d'Ivoire	43.6%
63	India	42.5%
64	Israel	42.4%
65	Türkiye	42.0%
66	Tajikistan	42.0%
67	Armenia	40.8%
68	Thailand	40.5%
69	San Marino	40.3%
70	Hungary	40.3%
71	Kuwait	39.7%
72	Ireland	38.8%
73	Kyrgyzstan	38.5%
74	Mauritius	38.3%
75	Azerbaijan	38.0%
76	Barbados	37.9%
77	Cambodia	37.3%
78	Egypt	37.2%
79	Nicaragua	37.0%
80	Ecuador	36.6%
81	Kiribati	35.5%
82	Morocco	35.2%
83	Malta	35.2%
84	Burkina Faso	35.1%
85	Uganda	34.7%
86	Guatemala	34.7%
87	Islamic Republic of Iran	34.3%
88	Bangladesh	34.1%
89	Fiji	34.1%
90	Madagascar	33.9%
91	Trinidad and Tobago	33.9%
92	Namibia	33.1%
93	Saint Kitts and Nevis	33.0%
94	Republic of the Congo	32.9%
95	Macao	32.6%
96	Togo	32.4%
97	Somalia	32.2%
98	Iraq	32.1%
99	Bahrain	30.1%
100	Paraguay	30.1%
101	Palau	29.4%
102	Iceland	29.4%
103	Maldives	28.7%
104	Cape Verde	28.2%
105	Ukraine	27.8%
106	Panama	27.4%
107	Lesotho	26.9%
108	Philippines	26.5%
109	Burundi	26.3%
110	Nauru	26.0%
111	Jordan	25.8%
112	Sudan	25.1%
113	Eswatini	25.0%
114	Saint Lucia	24.0%
115	Cameroon	23.5%
116	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	23.5%
117	El Salvador	23.3%
118	Malawi	22.7%
119	Bahamas	22.5%
120	Singapore	22.5%
121	United Arab Emirates	22.4%
122	Sri Lanka	21.0%
123	Dominican Republic	20.9%
124	Myanmar	20.8%
125	Mali	20.3%
126	Angola	19.6%
127	Senegal	19.6%
128	Vanuatu	17.8%
129	Ghana	17.8%
130	Gabon	17.7%
131	Kenya	17.4%
132	Marshall Islands	17.1%
133	Honduras	17.0%
134	Botswana	16.9%
135	Bhutan	15.9%
136	Equatorial Guinea	15.3%
137	Seychelles	15.1%
138	Costa Rica	14.9%
139	Belize	14.8%
140	Timor-Leste	14.1%
141	Denmark	13.3%
142	Zambia	12.6%
143	Republic of The Gambia	12.2%
144	Guinea-Bissau	11.9%
145	Mozambique	11.9%
146	Lao People's Democratic Republic	11.7%
147	Saudi Arabia	11.3%
148	Democratic Republic of the Congo	10.7%
149	Tonga	10.6%
150	Afghanistan	10.5%
151	Guinea	9.8%
152	Micronesia, Federated States of	7.7%
153	Solomon Islands	6.4%
154	Samoa	5.4%

Showing 154 of 154 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2024).

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