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...

Countries reporting
59
Highest
3.02
Guatemala
Lowest
-3.48
Israel
Median
0.2729
Years covered
31
1990–2020
Data points
1,195

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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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Indicator
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)
Source
International Monetary Fund
Licence
IMF Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
59 places, 1,195 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.