I gathered the following statistics from Fiscal Data from the Ministry of Finance from 2009 to 2017. I will let the data speak for itself.
Year
Grant/GDP
Grant/Revenue
Gov’t Revenue/GDP
2009
5.10%
19.41%
31.30%
2010
2.40%
13.97%
19.90%
2011
2.10%
10.06%
22.80%
2012
1.60%
7.48%
23.20%
2013
0.80%
3.80%
20.80%
2014
0.70%
3.29%
21.80%
2015
1.90%
8.39%
22.90%
2016
0.70%
3.39%
20.00%
2017
0.70%
3.43%
17.10%
From 2009 to 2017, grants averaged 1.74% of GDP and 8.14% of government revenue. Do note though, that these figures do not include grants to private organizations or citizens.
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