Canada vs Costa Rica: Vertical fiscal imbalance, Percent
Vertical fiscal imbalance, Percent over time
- Canada
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0.2529 against 0.2153 in Canada, a difference of 0.0376.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.2 times Canada's.
Across all 13 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.
Canada ranks 10th and Costa Rica ranks 9th of 64 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | -0.3972 | 0.0594 | 0.4566 | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | -0.3576 | 0.2 | 0.5577 | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher vertical fiscal imbalance, percent, Canada or Costa Rica?
- Costa Rica, at 0.2529 against 0.2153 in Canada as of 2014.
- What is the difference in vertical fiscal imbalance, percent between Canada and Costa Rica?
- 0.0376, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Costa Rica?
- 13 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2014.
- How do Canada and Costa Rica rank globally for vertical fiscal imbalance, percent?
- Canada ranks 10th and Costa Rica ranks 9th of 64 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Monetary Fund, published as Vertical fiscal imbalance, Percent (Central government). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The Fiscal Decentralization dataset includes fiscal decentralization indicators for a sample of IMF member countries. The following indicators are included in the dataset: Revenue and Expenditure Decentralization Shares; Transfer dependency and Vertical Fiscal Imbalances; Deficit and Debt; Allocation of expenditure (economic classification); Allocation of expenditure (functional classification); Allocation of non-Tax Revenues; and Allocation of Taxes.