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Capital spending, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item to total general government expenditure on this, Percent (Central government) by country

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...

Countries reporting
78
Highest
2.07
Netherlands
Lowest
-6.52
Spain
Median
0.5822
Years covered
49
1972–2020
Data points
1,624

What the numbers show

Capital spending, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item to total general government expenditure on this, Percent (Central government) is currently reported for 78 countries. The highest value is 2.07 in Netherlands; the lowest is -6.52 in Spain.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.5822, and the mean is 0.5469.

Over the past decade 34 countries rose and 43 fell. The largest increase was in Slovakia (up 3,351.0%), and the largest decrease in Spain (down 2,897.7%).

Capital spending, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Netherlands 2.07 2020 up 288.6% volatile
2 Greece 1.53 2020 up 388.5% rising
3 Brazil 1.31 2020 up 483.8% volatile
4 Bulgaria 1.04 2020 down 14.9% volatile
5 Chile 1.02 2020 up 7.8% rising
6 Kiribati 1 2020 unchanged flat
7 Costa Rica 0.9995 2014 up 24.9% rising
8 Hungary 0.9963 2020 down 83.9% volatile
9 Malta 0.994 2020 down 38.1% rising
10 Marshall Islands 0.9816 2018 down 1.9% falling
11 Azerbaijan 0.9749 2019 down 1.0% flat
12 Afghanistan 0.9566 2017 down 3.3% flat
13 Senegal 0.9529 2020 down 1.7% flat
14 Uganda 0.9461 2020 down 0.9% flat
15 Armenia 0.9297 2020 down 2.2% flat
16 Rwanda 0.8779 2020 down 4.7% flat
17 Paraguay 0.8778 2020 up 3.0% flat
18 Portugal 0.8502 2020 up 11.3% volatile
19 Mauritius 0.8397 2020 up 3.4% falling
20 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.8366 2020 up 41.3% volatile
21 Kyrgyzstan 0.8266 2019 down 6.2% falling
22 Türkiye 0.8262 2020 up 28.1% volatile
23 Ireland 0.8152 2020 up 73.1% volatile
24 Mongolia 0.8127 2020 down 10.2% falling
25 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.8052 2009 up 0.7% rising
26 Albania 0.7993 2020 down 3.4% falling
27 Austria 0.787 2020 up 3.8% volatile
28 Germany 0.7648 2020 down 72.3% volatile
29 Lithuania 0.753 2020 up 34.6% volatile
30 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.7527 2020 up 21.3% rising
31 Serbia 0.7474 2020 up 47.0% rising
32 Myanmar 0.7274 2019 down 22.4% falling
33 Czechia 0.6996 2020 down 46.7% volatile
34 Palau 0.6876 2019 down 33.7% flat
35 Georgia 0.6739 2020 up 1.9% volatile
36 Honduras 0.6705 2015 down 5.6% falling
37 Kenya 0.6432 2020 down 24.7% falling
38 Uzbekistan 0.6029 2020 down 9.4% falling
39 Latvia 0.5867 2020 up 120.3% volatile
40 Thailand 0.5777 2020 down 16.2% falling
41 Luxembourg 0.5768 2020 down 21.3% rising
42 Poland 0.5683 2020 up 39.7% volatile
43 Norway 0.5629 2020 up 27.9% rising
44 Cyprus 0.5604 2020 down 28.6% flat
45 Denmark 0.554 2020 down 64.2% volatile
46 Estonia 0.5472 2020 up 729.9% falling
47 El Salvador 0.5443 2020 down 7.8% falling
48 North Macedonia 0.5441 2020 down 29.5% falling
49 Switzerland 0.5375 2020 down 29.4% volatile
50 Slovakia 0.5262 2020 up 3,351.0% volatile
51 Colombia 0.5226 2020 down 37.5% volatile
52 Slovenia 0.52 2020 up 53.5% falling
53 Russian Federation 0.5065 2020 up 26.7% volatile
54 Republic of Moldova 0.4783 2020 up 0.4% falling
55 Israel 0.4516 2020 up 74.1% volatile
56 Belarus 0.433 2020 up 21.2% falling
57 Sweden 0.4232 2020 down 32.7% volatile
58 Romania 0.4194 2020 down 27.3% falling
59 Mexico 0.3977 2020 up 54.8% falling
60 Iceland 0.3715 2020 up 1,266.9% volatile
61 Peru 0.3547 2020 up 2.6% volatile
62 Belgium 0.3187 2020 down 23.8% volatile
63 Ukraine 0.3157 2020 down 21.9% falling
64 Croatia 0.3075 2020 down 45.8% volatile
65 Japan 0.3021 2020 up 17.9% rising
66 Guatemala 0.2936 2020 down 29.3% flat
67 France 0.267 2020 down 17.7% volatile
68 Korea 0.2363 2020 down 20.6% falling
69 Australia 0.1922 2020 down 29.1% volatile
70 Canada 0.178 2020 up 305.5% volatile
71 United States of America 0.178 2020 down 32.6% volatile
72 Indonesia 0.1603 2020 down 65.1% volatile
73 Kazakhstan 0.1195 2020 down 58.5% falling
74 Finland 0.1172 2020 up 6.1% volatile
75 United Arab Emirates 0.1113 2020 up 0.7% flat
76 Italy 0.0678 2020 down 41.3% volatile
77 South Africa 0.0616 2020 down 75.9% falling
78 Spain -6.52 2020 down 2,897.7% volatile

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Indicator
Capital spending, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item to total general government expenditure on this, Percent (Central government)
Source
International Monetary Fund
Licence
IMF Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
78 places, 1,624 data points, 1972–2020
Last refreshed

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.