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Deficit, Percent of own spending (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
66
Highest
0.311
Kiribati
Lowest
-1.25
Japan
Median
-0.2913
Years covered
32
1989–2020
Data points
1,155

What the numbers show

Deficit, Percent of own spending (Central government) is currently reported for 66 countries. The highest value is 0.311 in Kiribati; the lowest is -1.25 in Japan.

The median across all reporting countries is -0.2913, and the mean is -0.2874.

Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 50 fell. The largest increase was in Iran (up 263.0%), and the largest decrease in North Macedonia (down 2,372.7%).

Deficit, Percent of own spending: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Kiribati 0.311 2020 up 196.3% volatile
2 Azerbaijan 0.1927 2019 down 32.6% volatile
3 Iran 0.0182 2009 up 263.0% volatile
4 Marshall Islands 0.012 2018 down 68.6% volatile
5 Afghanistan 0.0075 2017 up 114.4% volatile
6 Kenya -0.0067 2020 up 97.5% rising
7 Kyrgyzstan -0.0075 2019 up 78.1% volatile
8 United Arab Emirates -0.0101 2020 up 59.3% volatile
9 Palau -0.0133 2019 up 68.9% volatile
10 Norway -0.0564 2020 down 113.6% volatile
11 Honduras -0.063 2015 down 14.0% volatile
12 Portugal -0.0637 2018 up 82.1% rising
13 Belarus -0.095 2020 up 34.2% volatile
14 South Korea -0.1014 2020 down 258.0% volatile
15 Uzbekistan -0.1083 2020 — volatile
16 Tunisia -0.1126 1999 up 17.7% rising
17 Bosnia and Herzegovina -0.1299 2020 down 48.9% volatile
18 Sweden -0.1602 2020 down 603.7% volatile
19 Estonia -0.1649 2020 down 622.6% volatile
20 Russia -0.1651 2020 up 6.5% volatile
21 Armenia -0.174 2020 down 404.9% volatile
22 Turkey -0.1898 2020 down 55.2% volatile
23 Australia -0.2061 2020 down 0.7% volatile
24 Czechia -0.2087 2020 down 55.0% volatile
25 Hungary -0.216 2020 down 23.9% rising
26 Cyprus -0.221 2020 down 539.5% volatile
27 Myanmar -0.2283 2019 down 342.7% volatile
28 Ukraine -0.2296 2020 up 41.4% volatile
29 Senegal -0.234 2020 down 35.7% falling
30 Latvia -0.2415 2020 up 10.8% volatile
31 Thailand -0.2651 2020 down 138.2% volatile
32 Georgia -0.2775 2020 down 58.3% volatile
33 Chile -0.2885 2020 down 1,305.8% volatile
34 Mongolia -0.2941 2020 down 461.9% volatile
35 Costa Rica -0.2946 2014 down 160.5% volatile
36 Mauritius -0.2978 2020 down 106.1% rising
37 Guatemala -0.3018 2020 down 93.7% falling
38 Rwanda -0.3223 2020 down 115.7% falling
39 Paraguay -0.3233 2020 down 487.0% volatile
40 Israel -0.3264 2020 down 104.5% falling
41 Netherlands -0.3322 2020 down 15.3% volatile
42 Austria -0.3376 2020 down 106.4% volatile
43 Iceland -0.3384 2020 down 58.9% volatile
44 Serbia -0.3528 2020 down 68.5% volatile
45 United Kingdom -0.3743 2020 down 96.5% falling
46 Germany -0.3823 2020 up 2.3% volatile
47 Bulgaria -0.383 1994 — volatile
48 Lithuania -0.3859 2020 down 57.7% volatile
49 Albania -0.3917 2020 down 72.7% flat
50 Uganda -0.3996 2020 down 117.7% falling
51 Brazil -0.4098 2020 down 401.8% volatile
52 Mexico -0.4124 2020 down 0.7% rising
53 El Salvador -0.4397 2020 down 173.7% volatile
54 Switzerland -0.4467 2020 down 494.8% volatile
55 South Africa -0.4653 2020 down 54.7% volatile
56 Colombia -0.4706 2020 down 87.9% volatile
57 North Macedonia -0.4871 2020 down 2,372.7% volatile
58 Moldova -0.4902 2020 down 186.0% volatile
59 Indonesia -0.54 2020 down 703.5% volatile
60 Canada -0.5401 2020 down 113.7% volatile
61 Kazakhstan -0.5697 2020 down 242.7% volatile
62 United States -0.6264 2020 down 16.0% volatile
63 Peru -0.646 2020 down 1,927.0% volatile
64 Belgium -0.8041 2020 down 195.6% volatile
65 Spain -0.8351 2020 down 46.6% volatile
66 Japan -1.25 2020 down 5.3% falling

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Indicator
Deficit, Percent of own spending (Central government)
Source
International Monetary Fund
Licence
IMF Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
66 places, 1,155 data points, 1989–2020
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.