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General public services, 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
4.22
Lithuania
Lowest
0.0794
United Arab Emirates
Median
1.17
Years covered
31
1990–2020
Data points
1,211

What the numbers show

General public services, 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 4.22 in Lithuania; the lowest is 0.0794 in United Arab Emirates.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.17, and the mean is 1.49.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 53.

Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 31 fell. The largest increase was in United Arab Emirates (up 461.9%), and the largest decrease in Republic of Moldova (down 69.7%).

General public services, Ratio of this level of government's: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Lithuania 4.22 2020 up 64.6% rising
2 Spain 3.24 2020 up 20.3% rising
3 Bulgaria 3 2020 down 11.4% rising
4 China 2.89 2020 down 7.5% rising
5 Croatia 2.83 2020 up 14.8% falling
6 Belgium 2.81 2020 up 24.4% rising
7 Greece 2.72 2020 up 59.4% rising
8 Kyrgyzstan 2.63 2019 down 4.5% flat
9 Uzbekistan 2.53 2020 down 26.2% falling
10 Kazakhstan 2.42 2020 down 18.1% falling
11 Denmark 2.4 2020 up 54.6% rising
12 Estonia 2.18 2020 down 15.7% falling
13 Norway 2.01 2020 up 36.5% rising
14 Netherlands 1.97 2020 up 36.8% rising
15 Georgia 1.8 2020 down 12.9% flat
16 Portugal 1.79 2020 up 8.7% rising
17 Austria 1.74 2020 up 9.7% rising
18 Indonesia 1.68 2020 up 47.0% rising
19 South Africa 1.65 2020 down 25.0% falling
20 Ukraine 1.61 2020 down 34.8% rising
21 Japan 1.58 2020 up 11.1% rising
22 Belarus 1.56 2020 down 36.2% flat
23 Sweden 1.52 2020 up 11.5% rising
24 Myanmar 1.41 2019 up 16.6% rising
25 Australia 1.39 2020 down 3.6% flat
26 Slovakia 1.3 2020 down 1.8% rising
27 Romania 1.25 2020 down 7.8% rising
28 Mauritius 1.23 2020 down 8.0% falling
29 Mongolia 1.22 2020 down 30.0% rising
30 Luxembourg 1.17 2020 down 2.4% flat
31 Türkiye 1.17 2020 down 4.6% flat
32 Republic of Moldova 1.16 2020 down 69.7% volatile
33 Israel 1.15 2020 up 0.7% flat
34 Armenia 1.13 2020 up 15.7% rising
35 Latvia 1.13 2020 up 19.7% rising
36 Ireland 1.11 2020 up 1.8% flat
37 El Salvador 1.07 2020 up 28.9% rising
38 Italy 1.03 2020 down 4.6% flat
39 Azerbaijan 1.02 2019 down 45.5% falling
40 Poland 1.02 2020 up 7.7% flat
41 Malta 1.01 2020 down 1.3% flat
42 Afghanistan 1 2017 unchanged flat
42 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1 2009 unchanged flat
44 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.9841 2020 down 12.2% falling
45 France 0.9808 2020 down 22.9% falling
46 Kiribati 0.9726 2020 up 4.2% flat
47 Hungary 0.9559 2020 down 2.3% flat
48 Serbia 0.9199 2012 down 0.9% flat
49 Cyprus 0.9185 2020 down 3.8% falling
50 Iceland 0.9162 2020 down 6.0% flat
51 Albania 0.8849 2020 up 1.4% flat
52 Thailand 0.8748 2020 up 0.8% flat
53 Guatemala 0.8562 2020 up 1.6% flat
54 Slovenia 0.849 2020 up 3.0% flat
55 Czechia 0.8108 2020 down 5.1% falling
56 Finland 0.774 2020 down 1.1% falling
57 Switzerland 0.716 2020 up 4.4% rising
58 Germany 0.6267 2020 down 2.9% falling
59 Russian Federation 0.578 2020 down 64.5% falling
60 United Arab Emirates 0.0794 2020 up 461.9% rising

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Indicator
General public services, 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
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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.