Compensation of employees, 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...
What the numbers show
Compensation of employees, 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 79 countries. The highest value is 0.9913 in Malta; the lowest is 0.1293 in Germany.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.5954, and the mean is 0.5985.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.
Over the past decade 36 countries rose and 42 fell. The largest increase was in Hungary (up 63.5%), and the largest decrease in United Arab Emirates (down 53.4%).
Compensation of employees, Ratio of this level of government's: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malta | 0.9913 | 2020 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 2 | Afghanistan | 0.9908 | 2017 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 3 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.9605 | 2009 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 4 | Marshall Islands | 0.9586 | 2018 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 5 | Kiribati | 0.9567 | 2020 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 6 | Senegal | 0.9515 | 2020 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 7 | Cyprus | 0.9493 | 2020 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 8 | Azerbaijan | 0.9351 | 2019 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 9 | Türkiye | 0.9208 | 2020 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 10 | Armenia | 0.9196 | 2020 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 11 | Myanmar | 0.9158 | 2019 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 12 | Ireland | 0.9148 | 2020 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 13 | Mauritius | 0.9146 | 2020 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 14 | Honduras | 0.9091 | 2015 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 15 | Paraguay | 0.8859 | 2020 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 16 | Guatemala | 0.8772 | 2020 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 17 | Cape Verde | 0.8697 | 2016 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 18 | Greece | 0.8621 | 2020 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 19 | Thailand | 0.8608 | 2020 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 20 | Georgia | 0.8586 | 2020 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 21 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.8555 | 2020 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 22 | El Salvador | 0.8286 | 2020 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 23 | Israel | 0.8254 | 2020 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 24 | Palau | 0.803 | 2019 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 25 | Portugal | 0.798 | 2020 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 26 | Hungary | 0.7898 | 2020 | up 63.5% | rising |
| 27 | Albania | 0.7869 | 2020 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 28 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.7639 | 2019 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 29 | Kenya | 0.7623 | 2020 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 30 | Luxembourg | 0.709 | 2020 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 31 | Chile | 0.7057 | 2020 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 32 | Romania | 0.6979 | 2020 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 33 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.6837 | 2020 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 34 | Costa Rica | 0.6781 | 2020 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 35 | Slovenia | 0.6459 | 2020 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 36 | Uganda | 0.6438 | 2020 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 37 | Bulgaria | 0.6419 | 2020 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 38 | North Macedonia | 0.6032 | 2020 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 39 | Slovakia | 0.5968 | 2020 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 40 | Italy | 0.5954 | 2020 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 41 | Rwanda | 0.5928 | 2020 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 42 | Uzbekistan | 0.5539 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 43 | Estonia | 0.5472 | 2020 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 44 | Mongolia | 0.5439 | 2020 | down 40.0% | rising |
| 45 | Latvia | 0.5406 | 2020 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 46 | Ukraine | 0.5277 | 2020 | up 30.5% | flat |
| 47 | Lithuania | 0.5249 | 2020 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 48 | Colombia | 0.5223 | 2020 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 49 | Croatia | 0.5082 | 2020 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 50 | Iceland | 0.4911 | 2020 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 51 | France | 0.4715 | 2020 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 52 | Peru | 0.4713 | 2020 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 53 | Czechia | 0.4512 | 2020 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 54 | Poland | 0.449 | 2020 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 55 | Indonesia | 0.4381 | 2020 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 56 | Korea | 0.4229 | 2020 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 57 | Norway | 0.4138 | 2020 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 58 | Republic of Moldova | 0.409 | 2020 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 59 | Russian Federation | 0.3984 | 2020 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 60 | Austria | 0.397 | 2020 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 61 | Belarus | 0.3716 | 2020 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 62 | Netherlands | 0.3618 | 2020 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 63 | Serbia | 0.3576 | 2020 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 64 | South Africa | 0.3408 | 2020 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 65 | Mexico | 0.3264 | 2020 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 66 | Brazil | 0.3082 | 2020 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 67 | Kazakhstan | 0.2935 | 2020 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 68 | Australia | 0.2912 | 2020 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 69 | Denmark | 0.2682 | 2020 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 70 | Sweden | 0.2397 | 2020 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 71 | Finland | 0.2269 | 2020 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 72 | United Arab Emirates | 0.2083 | 2020 | down 53.4% | falling |
| 73 | United States of America | 0.1978 | 2020 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 74 | Japan | 0.1968 | 2020 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 75 | Spain | 0.1818 | 2020 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 76 | Belgium | 0.1731 | 2020 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 77 | Canada | 0.1618 | 2020 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 78 | Switzerland | 0.1555 | 2020 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 79 | Germany | 0.1293 | 2020 | down 1.9% | falling |
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.