Housing and community amenities, Ratio of this level of government's in Japan
Japan: Housing and community amenities, Ratio of this level of government's was 0.8559 in 2020. ▲ Rising
Housing and community amenities, Ratio of this level of government's in Japan, 2005–2020
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
Japan recorded 0.8559 for housing and community amenities, ratio of this level of government's in 2020. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, housing and community amenities, ratio of this level of government's in Japan peaked at 0.8559 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.3055, in 2008.
That places Japan 9th out of 59 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Housing and community amenities, Ratio of this level of government's in Japan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 0.344 | — |
| 2006 | 0.3238 | -5.9% |
| 2007 | 0.3207 | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 0.3055 | -4.8% |
| 2009 | 0.8249 | +170.1% |
| 2010 | 0.7996 | -3.1% |
| 2011 | 0.7725 | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 0.6758 | -12.5% |
| 2013 | 0.8295 | +22.7% |
| 2014 | 0.7999 | -3.6% |
| 2015 | 0.8278 | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 0.779 | -5.9% |
| 2017 | 0.8074 | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 0.7721 | -4.4% |
| 2019 | 0.8496 | +10.0% |
| 2020 | 0.8559 | +0.7% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 0.8559 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.233, 3.7× the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Japan's 0.8559 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.1718, 5.0× the median. (7 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Housing and community amenities, Ratio of this level of government's in Japan changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +170.1% | 0.3055 | 0.8249 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.4238 | 0.3055 | 0.8249 | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.7913 | 0.6758 | 0.8496 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8559 | 0.8559 | 0.8559 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 6 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.9473 compare
- 7 Azerbaijan 0.9212 compare
- 8 Afghanistan 0.8985 compare
- 10 Luxembourg 0.824 compare
- 11 Romania 0.8016 compare
- 12 Albania 0.778 compare
More public sector data for Japan
- Arms imports 977.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 7.88 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 2.09 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 977.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 445.85 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0132 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 14.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 55.27 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 2,625 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is housing and community amenities, ratio of this level of government's in Japan?
- Housing and community amenities, ratio of this level of government's in Japan was 0.8559 in 2020, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest housing and community amenities, ratio of this level of government's recorded in Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8559 in 2020.
- What is the lowest housing and community amenities, ratio of this level of government's recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3055 in 2008.
- How does Japan rank for housing and community amenities, ratio of this level of government's?
- Japan ranks 9th out of 59 countries with data for 2020.
- Is housing and community amenities, ratio of this level of government's rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Japan data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of 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). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.