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Education, 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
1.13
Ireland
Lowest
0
Belgium
Median
0.7896
Years covered
31
1990–2020
Data points
1,212

What the numbers show

Education, 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 1.13 in Ireland; the lowest is 0 in Belgium.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.7896, and the mean is 0.6525.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 85,346.

Over the past decade 29 countries rose and 24 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 466.8%), and the largest decrease in Belgium (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ireland 1.13 2020 up 9.0% rising
2 Türkiye 1.04 2020 up 8.5% rising
3 Afghanistan 1 2017 unchanged flat
3 Thailand 1 2020 unchanged flat
3 Myanmar 1 2019 unchanged flat
3 Malta 1 2020 unchanged flat
3 Kiribati 1 2020 unchanged flat
3 Cyprus 1 2020 unchanged flat
3 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1 2009 unchanged flat
10 El Salvador 0.995 2020 down 0.4% flat
11 Guatemala 0.9863 2020 up 1.9% flat
12 Mauritius 0.9812 2020 down 0.1% flat
13 Azerbaijan 0.9631 2019 up 0.8% flat
14 Greece 0.9533 2020 down 1.8% flat
15 Republic of Moldova 0.9447 2020 up 212.4% volatile
16 Hungary 0.9438 2020 up 47.1% rising
17 Israel 0.924 2020 up 2.0% flat
18 Albania 0.9196 2020 down 3.2% flat
19 Luxembourg 0.8966 2020 up 9.0% rising
20 Netherlands 0.8752 2020 up 8.5% rising
21 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.8742 2020 up 5.5% rising
22 Uzbekistan 0.8408 2020 up 466.8% volatile
23 Serbia 0.8385 2012 down 1.5% flat
24 Italy 0.8371 2020 up 5.2% rising
25 Romania 0.8369 2020 up 116.9% falling
26 Georgia 0.8362 2020 up 1.5% rising
27 Portugal 0.835 2020 down 1.3% falling
28 Kyrgyzstan 0.8204 2019 up 1.2% flat
29 Czechia 0.8058 2020 up 9.4% flat
30 Slovenia 0.8022 2020 up 2.6% falling
31 Armenia 0.777 2020 down 36.3% falling
32 France 0.7346 2020 up 2.8% falling
33 Poland 0.7176 2020 down 3.6% falling
34 Austria 0.6677 2020 down 1.7% falling
35 Denmark 0.5964 2020 up 5.7% rising
36 Latvia 0.5864 2020 down 6.4% falling
37 Estonia 0.5762 2020 up 34.0% rising
38 Finland 0.5714 2020 up 3.8% falling
39 Australia 0.57 2020 down 5.9% rising
40 Slovakia 0.496 2020 down 26.3% falling
41 South Africa 0.4725 2020 up 43.7% rising
42 United Arab Emirates 0.4535 2020 down 6.9% falling
43 Iceland 0.3542 2020 down 5.4% falling
44 Lithuania 0.3506 2020 down 0.9% flat
45 Bulgaria 0.3436 2020 down 13.0% rising
46 Norway 0.3321 2020 up 13.6% falling
47 Japan 0.3003 2020 up 2.0% flat
48 Kazakhstan 0.2977 2020 down 4.9% falling
49 Sweden 0.297 2020 up 8.7% falling
50 Indonesia 0.2878 2020 down 57.8% falling
51 Mongolia 0.2744 2020 down 72.3% volatile
52 Croatia 0.2571 2020 up 15.1% falling
53 Russian Federation 0.2286 2020 up 11.1% flat
54 Belarus 0.2267 2020 down 10.8% falling
55 Ukraine 0.2095 2020 down 41.9% falling
56 Switzerland 0.1156 2020 up 10.1% rising
57 Germany 0.102 2020 up 79.4% rising
58 China 0.0479 2020 down 31.8% falling
59 Spain 0.0349 2020 down 4.6% volatile
60 Belgium 0 2020 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Education, 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, 1,212 data points, 1990–2020
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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.