Housing and community amenities, 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...
What the numbers show
Housing and community amenities, 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 59 countries. The highest value is 3.02 in Guatemala; the lowest is -3.48 in Israel.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.2729, and the mean is 0.3847.
Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 28 fell. The largest increase was in China (up 506.9%), and the largest decrease in Ukraine (down 98.2%).
Housing and community amenities, Ratio of this level of government's: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guatemala | 3.02 | 2020 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 2 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 2.74 | 2020 | up 60.9% | volatile |
| 3 | Cyprus | 1.11 | 2020 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 4 | Thailand | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 4 | Malta | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 6 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.9473 | 2009 | up 46.5% | rising |
| 7 | Azerbaijan | 0.9212 | 2019 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 8 | Afghanistan | 0.8985 | 2017 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 9 | Japan | 0.8559 | 2020 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 10 | Luxembourg | 0.824 | 2020 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 11 | Romania | 0.8016 | 2020 | up 116.4% | volatile |
| 12 | Albania | 0.778 | 2020 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 13 | Hungary | 0.7698 | 2020 | up 230.0% | volatile |
| 14 | Mauritius | 0.7095 | 2020 | down 18.6% | rising |
| 15 | Ireland | 0.6349 | 2020 | up 76.1% | rising |
| 16 | South Africa | 0.602 | 2020 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 17 | Croatia | 0.5232 | 2020 | up 19.7% | falling |
| 18 | Italy | 0.4992 | 2020 | down 26.5% | rising |
| 19 | Uzbekistan | 0.4819 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 20 | Slovenia | 0.4612 | 2020 | up 33.8% | falling |
| 21 | Türkiye | 0.456 | 2020 | down 8.2% | flat |
| 22 | El Salvador | 0.4381 | 2020 | down 54.8% | falling |
| 23 | Kazakhstan | 0.4206 | 2020 | down 16.1% | rising |
| 24 | Finland | 0.4092 | 2020 | down 31.7% | flat |
| 25 | Armenia | 0.3977 | 2020 | down 41.8% | falling |
| 26 | Denmark | 0.3939 | 2020 | down 58.5% | falling |
| 27 | Czechia | 0.3672 | 2020 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 28 | Iceland | 0.3587 | 2020 | up 390.8% | volatile |
| 29 | Russian Federation | 0.2852 | 2020 | up 40.7% | volatile |
| 30 | Australia | 0.2729 | 2020 | up 27.8% | volatile |
| 31 | Sweden | 0.2549 | 2020 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 32 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.2233 | 2019 | down 53.1% | falling |
| 33 | France | 0.2111 | 2020 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 34 | Republic of Moldova | 0.1946 | 2020 | down 14.7% | volatile |
| 35 | Lithuania | 0.1878 | 2020 | up 239.3% | volatile |
| 36 | Netherlands | 0.1785 | 2020 | down 37.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Myanmar | 0.1718 | 2019 | up 70.1% | falling |
| 38 | Germany | 0.1703 | 2020 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 39 | Slovakia | 0.1593 | 2020 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 40 | Austria | 0.1541 | 2020 | down 21.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Georgia | 0.1434 | 2020 | up 230.7% | volatile |
| 42 | Indonesia | 0.1143 | 2020 | down 69.8% | falling |
| 43 | Greece | 0.1116 | 2020 | down 71.9% | falling |
| 44 | Poland | 0.1026 | 2020 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 45 | Serbia | 0.0963 | 2012 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 46 | Bulgaria | 0.0687 | 2020 | down 60.3% | volatile |
| 47 | Portugal | 0.0595 | 2020 | down 75.7% | volatile |
| 48 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0516 | 2020 | up 10.1% | volatile |
| 49 | Belarus | 0.0462 | 2020 | down 22.4% | volatile |
| 50 | Latvia | 0.0323 | 2020 | down 94.6% | volatile |
| 51 | Norway | 0.0214 | 2020 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 52 | Switzerland | 0.0136 | 2020 | up 14.7% | volatile |
| 53 | Spain | 0.011 | 2020 | down 72.7% | falling |
| 54 | Estonia | 0.0092 | 2020 | down 64.1% | volatile |
| 55 | China | 0.0083 | 2020 | up 506.9% | volatile |
| 56 | Ukraine | 0.0027 | 2020 | down 98.2% | volatile |
| 57 | Mongolia | 0 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 57 | Belgium | 0 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Israel | -3.48 | 2020 | up 16.4% | volatile |
About this data
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.