Botswana vs Equatorial Guinea: Subsidies
Subsidies over time
- Botswana
- Equatorial Guinea
How they compare
Equatorial Guinea currently reports 42.30 billion GFS, current LCU against 9.12 billion GFS, current LCU in Botswana, a difference of 33.17 billion GFS, current LCU.
That makes Equatorial Guinea's figure about 4.6 times Botswana's.
Across all 12 years both countries report, Equatorial Guinea has been ahead every year.
Botswana ranks 18th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 15th of 47 countries.
Equatorial Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | Equatorial Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 363.84 million GFS, current LCU | 2.71 billion GFS, current LCU | 2.35 billion GFS, current LCU | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2000s | 1.47 billion GFS, current LCU | 22.94 billion GFS, current LCU | 21.47 billion GFS, current LCU | Equatorial Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher subsidies, Botswana or Equatorial Guinea?
- Equatorial Guinea, at 42.30 billion GFS, current LCU against 9.12 billion GFS, current LCU in Botswana as of 2005.
- What is the difference in subsidies between Botswana and Equatorial Guinea?
- 33.17 billion GFS, current LCU, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Equatorial Guinea?
- 12 years are reported by both, from 1994 to 2005.
- How do Botswana and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for subsidies?
- Botswana ranks 18th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 15th of 47 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Bank country economists, published as Subsidies (GFS, current LCU). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Subsidies are current unrequited payments that government units make to enterprises, resident producers and importers. Subsidies may be designed to influence enterprises level or type of production, or the prices at which the products are sold. (Capital grants are in the national accounts classified as capital transfers.) Subsidies consists of ‘subsidies on products’, subsidies payable per unit of a good or a service, and ‘other subsidies on production’, which cover all other subsidies enterprises receives as a consequence of engaging in production. Data are in current local currency.