Egypt vs Mauritania: Subsidies

Egypt
67.34 billion GFS, current LCU
in 2011
Mauritania
71.70 billion GFS, current LCU
in 2011
Egypt rank
12th
Mauritania rank
11th

Subsidies over time

  • Egypt
  • Mauritania
020.0B40.0B60.0B80.0B100.0B198419972011

How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 71.70 billion GFS, current LCU against 67.34 billion GFS, current LCU in Egypt, a difference of 4.36 billion GFS, current LCU.

That makes Mauritania's figure about 1.1 times Egypt's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Egypt ahead.

Egypt ranks 12th and Mauritania ranks 11th of 47 countries.

Egypt has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Egypt Mauritania Difference Ahead
1980s 2.57 billion GFS, current LCU 0 GFS, current LCU 2.57 billion GFS, current LCU Egypt
1990s 4.53 billion GFS, current LCU 1.92 billion GFS, current LCU 2.61 billion GFS, current LCU Egypt
2000s 33.36 billion GFS, current LCU 14.79 billion GFS, current LCU 18.57 billion GFS, current LCU Egypt
2010s 80.45 billion GFS, current LCU 49.37 billion GFS, current LCU 31.09 billion GFS, current LCU Egypt

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher subsidies, Egypt or Mauritania?
Mauritania, at 71.70 billion GFS, current LCU against 67.34 billion GFS, current LCU in Egypt as of 2011.
What is the difference in subsidies between Egypt and Mauritania?
4.36 billion GFS, current LCU, with Mauritania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Mauritania?
27 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2011.
How do Egypt and Mauritania rank globally for subsidies?
Egypt ranks 12th and Mauritania ranks 11th 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

Indicator
Subsidies (GFS, current LCU)
Unit
GFS, current LCU
Source
World Bank country economists
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
47 places, 1,211 data points, 1966–2011
Last refreshed

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.