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Defence, 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
57
Highest
1.07
Germany
Lowest
0.2715
United Arab Emirates
Median
1
Years covered
31
1990–2020
Data points
1,182

What the numbers show

Defence, 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 57 countries. The highest value is 1.07 in Germany; the lowest is 0.2715 in United Arab Emirates.

The median across all reporting countries is 1, and the mean is 0.9816.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.

Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Germany (up 3.1%), and the largest decrease in United Arab Emirates (down 59.8%).

Defence, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Germany 1.07 2020 up 3.1% flat
2 Japan 1.03 2020 up 0.0% flat
3 Russian Federation 1.03 2020 up 2.9% flat
4 Ireland 1.01 2020 up 0.3% flat
5 Slovenia 1 2020 up 0.3% flat
6 Poland 1 2020 up 0.3% flat
7 Netherlands 1 2020 up 0.2% flat
8 Italy 1 2020 up 0.2% flat
9 Sweden 1 2020 down 0.2% flat
10 France 1 2020 down 0.1% flat
11 Indonesia 1 2020 down 33.1% falling
11 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1 2009 unchanged flat
11 Afghanistan 1 2017 unchanged flat
11 Iceland 1 2020 unchanged flat
11 Luxembourg 1 2020 unchanged flat
11 Malta 1 2020 unchanged flat
11 Myanmar 1 2019 unchanged flat
11 Mauritius 1 2020 unchanged flat
11 Norway 1 2020 unchanged flat
11 Portugal 1 2020 unchanged flat
11 Romania 1 2020 unchanged flat
11 Serbia 1 2012 unchanged flat
11 Slovakia 1 2020 unchanged flat
11 Thailand 1 2020 unchanged flat
11 Ukraine 1 2020 unchanged flat
11 South Africa 1 2020 unchanged flat
11 Albania 1 2020 unchanged flat
11 Greece 1 2020 unchanged flat
11 Australia 1 2020 unchanged flat
11 Belgium 1 2020 unchanged flat
11 Cyprus 1 2020 unchanged flat
11 Finland 1 2020 unchanged flat
11 Spain 1 2020 unchanged flat
34 Latvia 1 2020 up 0.0% flat
35 Hungary 0.9999 2020 down 0.0% flat
36 Estonia 0.9998 2020 down 0.0% flat
37 Armenia 0.9997 2020 down 0.0% flat
38 Azerbaijan 0.9994 2019 up 0.2% flat
39 Croatia 0.999 2020 up 0.2% flat
40 Guatemala 0.9984 2020 up 0.1% flat
41 Austria 0.9983 2020 up 0.2% flat
42 Türkiye 0.9972 2020 down 0.3% flat
43 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.9963 2020 down 0.2% flat
44 Belarus 0.9958 2020 down 0.2% flat
45 Israel 0.9943 2020 down 0.2% flat
46 Georgia 0.9933 2020 up 0.0% flat
47 Denmark 0.9918 2020 up 0.3% flat
48 Lithuania 0.9893 2020 down 0.4% flat
49 Kazakhstan 0.9861 2020 up 1.7% flat
50 China 0.9816 2020 up 1.3% flat
51 Republic of Moldova 0.9803 2020 up 1.1% flat
52 Czechia 0.972 2020 down 1.0% flat
53 Mongolia 0.9716 2020 down 2.8% flat
54 Bulgaria 0.9522 2020 down 3.7% flat
55 Switzerland 0.9386 2020 up 1.3% flat
56 El Salvador 0.7878 2020 down 21.2% falling
57 United Arab Emirates 0.2715 2020 down 59.8% falling

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Indicator
Defence, 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
57 places, 1,182 data points, 1990–2020
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.