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Expenditure decentralization (ratio of own spending to general government spending), 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
65
Highest
0.9867
Afghanistan
Lowest
0.1336
Germany
Median
0.5851
Years covered
31
1990–2020
Data points
1,118

What the numbers show

Expenditure decentralization (ratio of own spending to general government spending), Percent (Central government) is currently reported for 65 countries. The highest value is 0.9867 in Afghanistan; the lowest is 0.1336 in Germany.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.5851, and the mean is 0.5851.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.

Over the past decade 32 countries rose and 31 fell. The largest increase was in Ukraine (up 54.5%), and the largest decrease in Belgium (down 27.3%).

Expenditure decentralization (ratio of own spending to general): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Afghanistan 0.9867 2017 down 0.4% flat
2 Kiribati 0.9797 2020 up 2.3% flat
3 Armenia 0.9603 2020 up 20.7% rising
4 Mauritius 0.9321 2020 up 13.6% rising
5 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.9311 2009 up 0.4% flat
6 Senegal 0.9224 2020 up 6.4% rising
7 Honduras 0.8868 2015 up 11.6% rising
8 Chile 0.8657 2020 down 1.8% flat
9 Myanmar 0.8638 2019 down 4.2% falling
10 Azerbaijan 0.8438 2019 up 1.7% flat
11 Georgia 0.8308 2020 up 7.8% rising
12 Marshall Islands 0.8157 2018 down 5.2% falling
13 Thailand 0.8083 2020 up 0.2% flat
14 Paraguay 0.8065 2020 down 0.8% falling
15 Kenya 0.7858 2020 down 2.7% flat
16 Rwanda 0.7829 2020 down 2.1% flat
17 Guatemala 0.7811 2020 up 4.2% flat
18 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.7747 2020 up 8.1% flat
19 Uganda 0.7625 2020 down 1.8% flat
20 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.7297 2020 up 44.8% rising
21 Costa Rica 0.7134 2014 up 0.1% flat
22 Cyprus 0.6962 2020 down 3.4% flat
23 Israel 0.6813 2020 down 8.9% falling
24 El Salvador 0.6571 2020 down 10.6% falling
25 Norway 0.6567 2020 up 3.3% flat
26 Palau 0.6556 2019 down 12.9% falling
27 Hungary 0.6408 2020 up 43.9% rising
28 Czechia 0.6225 2020 up 1.5% falling
29 Türkiye 0.6183 2020 down 0.1% flat
30 Brazil 0.6125 2020 up 4.0% flat
31 Mongolia 0.6088 2020 down 20.0% rising
32 Estonia 0.5978 2020 down 8.2% falling
33 Indonesia 0.5851 2020 down 7.3% falling
34 Portugal 0.5836 2018 down 3.4% flat
35 Bulgaria 0.5826 1994 — falling
36 Kyrgyzstan 0.5765 2019 up 0.4% flat
37 Australia 0.5722 2020 up 9.8% rising
38 Peru 0.5527 2020 up 9.1% falling
39 Republic of Korea 0.5431 2020 down 5.8% flat
40 Albania 0.5138 2020 down 14.3% falling
41 Uzbekistan 0.5112 2020 — rising
42 Kazakhstan 0.4818 2020 down 8.8% rising
43 Ukraine 0.4768 2020 up 54.5% falling
44 Latvia 0.475 2020 up 2.8% falling
45 Lithuania 0.47 2020 up 9.4% flat
46 Iceland 0.4698 2020 down 18.5% falling
47 South Africa 0.4626 2020 up 1.8% flat
48 Colombia 0.4484 2020 down 25.8% rising
49 North Macedonia 0.4375 2020 down 15.2% falling
50 Serbia 0.3926 2020 down 0.1% falling
51 Austria 0.3902 2020 up 1.8% falling
52 Mexico 0.3754 2020 down 6.2% falling
53 Canada 0.3668 2020 up 42.7% falling
54 Belarus 0.3667 2020 up 3.4% falling
55 Sweden 0.3484 2020 down 7.2% falling
56 United States of America 0.345 2020 up 13.6% falling
57 Russian Federation 0.3316 2020 up 2.1% falling
58 Republic of Moldova 0.31 2020 down 7.4% falling
59 Netherlands 0.2862 2020 up 1.0% falling
60 Spain 0.1943 2020 up 3.2% falling
61 Japan 0.1768 2020 up 9.8% falling
62 United Arab Emirates 0.1598 2020 down 6.8% falling
63 Belgium 0.1519 2020 down 27.3% falling
64 Switzerland 0.1495 2020 down 1.1% falling
65 Germany 0.1336 2020 down 27.2% falling

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Indicator
Expenditure decentralization (ratio of own spending to general government spending), Percent (Central government)
Source
International Monetary Fund
Licence
IMF Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
65 places, 1,118 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.