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Economic affairs, 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
60
Highest
1.29
Romania
Lowest
0.1084
China
Median
0.807
Years covered
31
1990–2020
Data points
1,211

What the numbers show

Economic affairs, 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 60 countries. The highest value is 1.29 in Romania; the lowest is 0.1084 in China.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.807, and the mean is 0.7858.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 12.

Over the past decade 31 countries rose and 26 fell. The largest increase was in Spain (up 53.5%), and the largest decrease in China (down 49.5%).

Economic affairs, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Romania 1.29 2020 down 14.4% rising
2 Kazakhstan 1.19 2020 up 36.0% rising
3 Albania 1.05 2020 down 5.8% falling
4 Slovakia 1.02 2020 up 11.4% flat
5 Thailand 1 2020 unchanged flat
5 Kiribati 1 2020 unchanged flat
5 Cyprus 1 2020 unchanged flat
8 Malta 0.9966 2020 up 1.0% flat
9 Ireland 0.993 2020 up 1.0% rising
10 Azerbaijan 0.9792 2019 down 0.9% flat
11 Afghanistan 0.9736 2017 down 2.4% flat
12 Kyrgyzstan 0.954 2019 down 1.8% flat
13 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.9465 2020 up 22.6% rising
14 Italy 0.9263 2020 up 33.1% rising
15 Armenia 0.9247 2020 up 2.5% flat
16 Bulgaria 0.9061 2020 up 11.3% rising
17 Mauritius 0.9031 2020 up 0.6% flat
18 Hungary 0.8979 2020 up 3.2% falling
19 Myanmar 0.8929 2019 up 0.2% flat
20 Luxembourg 0.8878 2020 up 2.7% rising
21 Slovenia 0.8871 2020 up 7.4% falling
22 Republic of Moldova 0.8814 2020 up 2.4% rising
23 Greece 0.8696 2020 up 17.7% falling
24 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.8414 2009 down 9.7% flat
25 Poland 0.8366 2020 up 41.7% falling
26 Guatemala 0.832 2020 up 4.0% rising
27 Israel 0.8316 2020 down 9.9% flat
28 Indonesia 0.8209 2020 down 5.0% falling
29 Latvia 0.8102 2020 down 1.2% falling
30 Mongolia 0.8087 2020 down 17.9% flat
31 Japan 0.8053 2020 up 41.9% falling
32 Iceland 0.8045 2020 down 8.5% flat
33 Sweden 0.7845 2020 up 9.9% falling
34 Austria 0.7841 2020 up 19.9% rising
35 Georgia 0.7763 2020 up 8.5% falling
36 Denmark 0.7749 2020 up 18.8% rising
37 Norway 0.7671 2020 up 8.1% falling
38 Netherlands 0.7573 2020 up 15.2% falling
39 Türkiye 0.7478 2020 down 9.8% flat
40 Finland 0.7406 2020 down 2.1% falling
41 Serbia 0.7401 2012 down 3.2% flat
42 Czechia 0.7174 2020 up 9.2% falling
43 Belarus 0.7043 2020 down 0.8% falling
44 Portugal 0.6971 2020 down 3.7% rising
45 France 0.6873 2020 up 7.3% rising
46 Estonia 0.6565 2020 down 17.9% falling
47 Russian Federation 0.6556 2020 up 45.2% rising
48 Lithuania 0.6542 2020 down 13.1% falling
49 Uzbekistan 0.6388 2020 down 29.8% falling
50 Ukraine 0.6352 2020 down 18.7% falling
51 Switzerland 0.6197 2020 up 7.9% flat
52 El Salvador 0.6186 2020 down 37.7% falling
53 South Africa 0.5666 2020 up 31.9% rising
54 Australia 0.5624 2020 up 28.0% rising
55 Croatia 0.5572 2020 down 33.5% falling
56 Spain 0.4384 2020 up 53.5% falling
57 Germany 0.4185 2020 down 24.1% falling
58 Belgium 0.3057 2020 down 7.4% rising
59 United Arab Emirates 0.2828 2020 down 6.2% falling
60 China 0.1084 2020 down 49.5% falling

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Indicator
Economic affairs, 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
60 places, 1,211 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.