Interest, payable, 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
Interest, payable, 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 80 countries. The highest value is 1.4 in Kyrgyzstan; the lowest is 0.0062 in United Arab Emirates.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.9822, and the mean is 0.9235.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 225.
Over the past decade 38 countries rose and 36 fell. The largest increase was in Iran, Islamic Republic of (up 100.0%), and the largest decrease in China (down 30.9%).
Interest, payable, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.4 | 2019 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 2 | Mauritius | 1.31 | 2020 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 3 | Israel | 1.23 | 2020 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 4 | Guatemala | 1.12 | 2020 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 5 | Greece | 1.07 | 2020 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 6 | Honduras | 1.04 | 2015 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 7 | Türkiye | 1.03 | 2020 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 8 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1.03 | 2020 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 1.03 | 2020 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 10 | Portugal | 1.03 | 2020 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 11 | Cyprus | 1.01 | 2020 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 12 | Albania | 1 | 2020 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 13 | Hungary | 1 | 2020 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 14 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1 | 2009 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 14 | Kiribati | 1 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Marshall Islands | 1 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Palau | 1 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Azerbaijan | 1 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Afghanistan | 1 | 2017 | unchanged | flat |
| 20 | Myanmar | 1 | 2019 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 21 | Uganda | 0.9998 | 2020 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 22 | Armenia | 0.9996 | 2020 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 23 | Malta | 0.9992 | 2020 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 24 | Chile | 0.9992 | 2020 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 25 | Rwanda | 0.9991 | 2020 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 26 | Indonesia | 0.9982 | 2020 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 27 | Ireland | 0.998 | 2020 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 28 | Paraguay | 0.9965 | 2020 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 29 | North Macedonia | 0.996 | 2020 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 30 | Senegal | 0.9958 | 2020 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 31 | Georgia | 0.9931 | 2020 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 32 | Slovakia | 0.9913 | 2020 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 33 | Slovenia | 0.9912 | 2020 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 34 | Costa Rica | 0.9893 | 2020 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 35 | Lithuania | 0.9889 | 2020 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 36 | Peru | 0.9879 | 2020 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 37 | Ukraine | 0.9877 | 2020 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 38 | Republic of Moldova | 0.9868 | 2020 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 39 | Croatia | 0.9836 | 2020 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 40 | Thailand | 0.9833 | 2020 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 41 | Serbia | 0.9811 | 2020 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 42 | Kenya | 0.981 | 2020 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 43 | Brazil | 0.9766 | 2020 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 44 | Poland | 0.9729 | 2020 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 45 | Colombia | 0.9704 | 2020 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 46 | Czechia | 0.966 | 2020 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 47 | Romania | 0.9658 | 2020 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 48 | South Africa | 0.9573 | 2020 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 49 | Korea | 0.957 | 2020 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 50 | Mexico | 0.9553 | 2020 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 51 | Bulgaria | 0.9518 | 2020 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 52 | Mongolia | 0.9518 | 2020 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 53 | Austria | 0.9374 | 2020 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 54 | Belarus | 0.9367 | 2020 | up 14.6% | falling |
| 55 | Italy | 0.9335 | 2020 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 56 | Cape Verde | 0.9317 | 2016 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 57 | El Salvador | 0.9309 | 2020 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 58 | Uzbekistan | 0.9307 | 2020 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 59 | Denmark | 0.9118 | 2020 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 60 | Iceland | 0.8988 | 2020 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 61 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.8959 | 2020 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 62 | Latvia | 0.8933 | 2020 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 63 | Spain | 0.8907 | 2020 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 64 | Russian Federation | 0.8905 | 2020 | up 15.4% | flat |
| 65 | Finland | 0.8851 | 2020 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 66 | Japan | 0.8593 | 2020 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 67 | Luxembourg | 0.8375 | 2020 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 68 | Belgium | 0.8253 | 2020 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 69 | Netherlands | 0.8031 | 2020 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 70 | France | 0.7754 | 2020 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 71 | Estonia | 0.7477 | 2020 | up 49.5% | rising |
| 72 | Sweden | 0.7447 | 2020 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 73 | Australia | 0.6951 | 2020 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 74 | United States of America | 0.6405 | 2020 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 75 | China | 0.5654 | 2020 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 76 | Germany | 0.4889 | 2020 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 77 | Norway | 0.4811 | 2020 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 78 | Switzerland | 0.4464 | 2020 | down 18.5% | rising |
| 79 | Canada | 0.3464 | 2020 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 80 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0062 | 2020 | — | 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.