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Environmental protection, 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
Kiribati
Lowest
-2.98
Mauritius
Median
0.3801
Years covered
31
1990–2020
Data points
1,176

What the numbers show

Environmental protection, 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 in Kiribati; the lowest is -2.98 in Mauritius.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.3801, and the mean is 0.402.

Over the past decade 32 countries rose and 25 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 178.4%), and the largest decrease in Mauritius (down 437.0%).

Environmental protection, Ratio of this level of government's: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Kiribati 1 2020 unchanged flat
1 Thailand 1 2020 unchanged flat
1 Kyrgyzstan 1 2019 up 0.1% flat
4 Azerbaijan 0.9929 2019 up 10.3% falling
5 Russian Federation 0.9236 2020 up 86.1% rising
6 Malta 0.9214 2020 up 1.7% falling
7 Republic of Moldova 0.9156 2020 down 8.2% falling
8 Belarus 0.8429 2020 up 70.4% rising
9 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.8399 2009 up 46.1% rising
10 Latvia 0.7853 2020 up 15.1% rising
11 Slovenia 0.7774 2020 up 17.6% rising
12 Finland 0.7624 2020 up 4.3% rising
13 Ukraine 0.7328 2020 down 8.2% rising
14 Mongolia 0.7173 2020 — falling
15 Afghanistan 0.6904 2017 up 29.2% falling
16 Myanmar 0.6811 2019 down 31.9% falling
17 Hungary 0.6564 2020 up 98.1% rising
18 Croatia 0.6342 2020 up 7.5% rising
19 Guatemala 0.6103 2020 up 16.9% rising
20 South Africa 0.6062 2020 up 47.9% rising
21 Slovakia 0.5882 2020 up 21.8% falling
22 Iceland 0.5812 2020 up 6.3% rising
23 Estonia 0.5513 2020 down 71.9% volatile
24 Greece 0.5185 2020 up 33.1% rising
25 Ireland 0.4647 2020 down 14.6% rising
26 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.4472 2020 down 8.4% rising
27 Austria 0.4454 2020 down 5.4% rising
28 Serbia 0.427 2012 up 115.8% rising
29 Denmark 0.4154 2020 down 10.8% flat
30 Luxembourg 0.3807 2020 down 4.6% flat
31 Lithuania 0.3794 2020 up 157.9% volatile
32 Georgia 0.3792 2020 up 161.2% volatile
33 Australia 0.3619 2020 up 27.0% rising
34 Germany 0.3521 2020 up 55.3% rising
35 Cyprus 0.3199 2020 up 178.4% volatile
36 Portugal 0.3131 2020 up 73.2% falling
37 Indonesia 0.3082 2020 down 52.4% falling
38 Sweden 0.2976 2020 up 34.0% rising
39 Poland 0.2972 2020 up 41.9% rising
40 Norway 0.263 2020 down 21.4% rising
41 Albania 0.252 2020 down 74.8% falling
42 Czechia 0.2281 2020 up 78.0% falling
43 Romania 0.2266 2020 down 56.1% volatile
44 Kazakhstan 0.2238 2020 down 69.9% volatile
45 Armenia 0.2226 2020 down 30.9% falling
46 Switzerland 0.2104 2020 up 25.5% rising
47 Israel 0.1894 2020 down 15.9% rising
48 Bulgaria 0.1752 2020 up 15.1% rising
49 Belgium 0.1695 2020 down 15.0% volatile
50 El Salvador 0.1663 2020 down 66.5% volatile
51 Japan 0.1654 2020 up 22.9% falling
52 France 0.1637 2020 up 4.5% falling
53 Netherlands 0.1477 2020 down 3.8% falling
54 Italy 0.1212 2020 down 20.1% falling
55 Türkiye 0.0909 2020 down 3.2% falling
56 Spain 0.0585 2020 down 42.1% rising
57 United Arab Emirates 0.0492 2020 down 43.7% falling
58 China 0.0339 2020 up 21.8% volatile
59 Uzbekistan 0.0241 2020 down 97.6% volatile
60 Mauritius -2.98 2020 down 437.0% volatile

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Indicator
Environmental protection, 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, 1,176 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.