Invest.climate;functioning of government international comparison 1990-2012

Invest.climate;functioning of government international comparison 1990-2012

Countries Periods Ad hoc and sectoral state support (% of Gross Domestic Product)
Finland 2012 .
Ireland 2012 .
The Netherlands 2012 .
Poland 2012 .
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


This table provides an international overview of several aspects of how the government functions in relation to the investment climate. The functioning of the apparatus of government is about two roles, namely:
(1) the government corrects markets that do not work well. It is expressed by the degree in which the government exerts influence on economic activity (for example by state control, sectoral and ad hoc state support and rules for starting up a business);
(2) the government as a market party, for example as a supplier of online basic public services.

Note:
Comparable definitions are used to compare the figures presented internationally. The definitions sometimes differ from definitions used by Statistics Netherlands. The figures in this table could differ from Dutch figures presented elsewhere on the website of Statistics Netherlands.

Data available from 1990 up to 2012.

Status of the figures:
The external sources of these data frequently supply adjusted figures on preceding periods. These adjusted data are not mentioned as such in the table.

Changes as of 22 December 2017:
No, table is stopped.

When will new figures be published?
Not.

Description topics

Ad hoc and sectoral state support
State support given on ad hoc basis to individual companies, for example to save or reorganise the company, and state support to specific sectors (agriculture, fishery, industry, coal, transport excluding railroads and other services). For methodological reasons, aid to the financial sector is not included in these figures. Support to the financial sector is regarded by Eurostat as a crisis measure which disturbs an accurate picture of spending on aid to industry and services.

Source: Eurostat, Structural Indicators.