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Health, 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
1.01
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Lowest
0.0125
China
Median
0.5253
Years covered
31
1990–2020
Data points
1,212

What the numbers show

Health, 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 1.01 in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; the lowest is 0.0125 in China.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.5253, and the mean is 0.553.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 81.

Over the past decade 34 countries rose and 19 fell. The largest increase was in Republic of Moldova (up 284.1%), and the largest decrease in Denmark (down 87.1%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.01 2020 up 0.6% flat
2 Iceland 1.01 2020 down 1.3% rising
3 Afghanistan 1 2017 unchanged flat
3 Ireland 1 2020 unchanged rising
3 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1 2009 unchanged flat
3 Kiribati 1 2020 unchanged flat
3 Malta 1 2020 unchanged flat
3 Myanmar 1 2019 unchanged flat
3 Thailand 1 2020 unchanged flat
10 Armenia 0.9973 2020 down 0.0% flat
11 Israel 0.9952 2020 up 5.3% flat
12 Mauritius 0.9696 2020 up 1.9% flat
13 Azerbaijan 0.9657 2019 down 0.7% flat
14 Georgia 0.9602 2020 up 5.2% rising
15 Hungary 0.9509 2020 up 42.0% rising
16 Latvia 0.9467 2020 up 3.3% rising
17 Portugal 0.9405 2020 down 0.0% flat
18 Mongolia 0.8267 2020 down 17.3% volatile
19 Cyprus 0.8239 2020 down 17.6% flat
20 Kazakhstan 0.817 2020 up 22.7% rising
21 Albania 0.7443 2020 down 9.5% falling
22 Norway 0.741 2020 up 0.3% rising
23 Italy 0.7222 2020 up 14.0% falling
24 El Salvador 0.721 2020 up 12.4% rising
25 Ukraine 0.7094 2020 up 273.5% rising
26 Slovenia 0.6237 2020 up 11.9% rising
27 Australia 0.6049 2020 up 2.4% falling
28 Guatemala 0.5433 2020 up 6.6% flat
29 Russian Federation 0.5358 2020 up 218.2% rising
30 Türkiye 0.5357 2020 up 1.8% falling
31 Greece 0.515 2020 up 13.8% falling
32 Republic of Moldova 0.4948 2020 up 284.1% rising
33 Estonia 0.4934 2020 up 11.5% rising
34 Finland 0.4692 2020 up 6.1% rising
35 Czechia 0.4471 2020 up 8.9% flat
36 Bulgaria 0.4361 2020 down 13.3% rising
37 Slovakia 0.4051 2020 up 58.4% falling
38 Lithuania 0.3861 2020 down 1.9% falling
39 Romania 0.3788 2020 down 24.4% falling
40 Indonesia 0.3326 2020 down 33.5% falling
41 Japan 0.3291 2020 up 25.5% flat
42 Croatia 0.3183 2020 down 8.3% falling
43 Poland 0.2741 2020 up 16.3% falling
44 South Africa 0.262 2020 up 25.2% rising
45 Sweden 0.2502 2020 up 36.6% flat
46 Austria 0.2095 2020 up 23.8% rising
47 Netherlands 0.2071 2020 down 40.5% falling
48 Kyrgyzstan 0.1949 2019 down 5.9% falling
49 Belarus 0.1909 2020 down 13.0% falling
50 Luxembourg 0.18 2020 up 53.3% rising
51 Uzbekistan 0.1471 2020 up 47.1% rising
52 United Arab Emirates 0.1327 2020 up 2.6% rising
53 Germany 0.0965 2020 up 239.0% volatile
54 Denmark 0.0719 2020 down 87.1% volatile
55 France 0.0636 2020 up 70.2% rising
56 Switzerland 0.0612 2020 up 85.3% rising
57 Belgium 0.0472 2020 down 65.7% falling
58 Spain 0.0409 2020 up 4.7% falling
59 Serbia 0.038 2012 down 58.7% falling
60 China 0.0125 2020 down 13.1% falling

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Indicator
Health, 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.