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Other expense, 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
64
Highest
1
Mongolia
Lowest
0.0576
United Arab Emirates
Median
0.8069
Years covered
31
1990–2020
Data points
1,068

What the numbers show

Other expense, 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 64 countries. The highest value is 1 in Mongolia; the lowest is 0.0576 in United Arab Emirates.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.8069, and the mean is 0.7078.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 17.

Over the past decade 34 countries rose and 28 fell. The largest increase was in Thailand (up 392.5%), and the largest decrease in Indonesia (down 59.4%).

Other expense, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mongolia 1 2017 up 23.5% falling
1 Kiribati 1 2020 unchanged flat
3 Marshall Islands 0.9993 2018 up 0.2% flat
4 Afghanistan 0.9977 2017 down 0.2% flat
5 United States of America 0.9869 2020 up 0.9% flat
6 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.9868 2009 up 21.2% rising
7 Palau 0.9863 2019 down 0.8% flat
8 Chile 0.9849 2020 down 0.7% flat
9 Mauritius 0.9812 2020 down 0.1% flat
10 Armenia 0.981 2020 up 14.0% rising
11 Azerbaijan 0.9707 2019 up 1.5% flat
12 Guatemala 0.9672 2020 up 4.4% rising
13 Honduras 0.9633 2015 up 58.6% rising
14 Peru 0.9489 2020 up 22.8% rising
15 Myanmar 0.9465 2019 down 4.9% flat
16 Cyprus 0.9413 2020 down 2.1% flat
17 Hungary 0.9391 2020 up 25.9% rising
18 Costa Rica 0.9377 2020 up 11.1% rising
19 El Salvador 0.9338 2020 up 0.1% rising
20 Thailand 0.9321 2020 up 392.5% rising
21 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.9307 2020 up 2.7% flat
22 Senegal 0.9281 2020 up 5.6% flat
23 Israel 0.9268 2020 down 0.9% flat
24 Uganda 0.9061 2020 down 6.3% falling
25 Republic of Moldova 0.883 2020 down 2.2% rising
26 North Macedonia 0.8828 2020 down 6.8% falling
27 Latvia 0.8566 2020 up 3.5% rising
28 Georgia 0.8449 2020 up 37.8% rising
29 Türkiye 0.8333 2020 down 6.8% rising
30 Serbia 0.8316 2020 up 60.9% rising
31 Estonia 0.8132 2020 up 14.4% falling
32 Norway 0.8077 2020 up 19.2% rising
33 Rwanda 0.8061 2020 up 76.5% rising
34 Iceland 0.7795 2020 down 6.1% falling
35 Kyrgyzstan 0.7696 2019 up 44.0% rising
36 Uzbekistan 0.7658 2020 — falling
37 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.7468 2020 up 13.5% rising
38 Cape Verde 0.73 2016 down 6.9% rising
39 Belarus 0.6851 2020 up 11.9% falling
40 Czechia 0.6529 2020 down 10.5% falling
41 Spain 0.6358 2020 up 70.0% rising
42 South Africa 0.6296 2020 up 27.7% rising
43 Kazakhstan 0.6075 2020 up 44.0% rising
44 Colombia 0.5847 2020 down 22.4% falling
45 Paraguay 0.5657 2020 down 30.4% falling
46 Ukraine 0.5575 2020 up 72.5% falling
47 Russian Federation 0.4905 2020 up 9.5% rising
48 Netherlands 0.483 2020 up 30.3% rising
49 Portugal 0.4767 2018 down 15.1% rising
50 Australia 0.4727 2020 up 16.3% rising
51 Sweden 0.4675 2020 up 6.1% falling
52 Indonesia 0.391 2020 down 59.4% falling
53 Albania 0.3444 2020 down 37.9% falling
54 Kenya 0.3411 2020 down 52.3% volatile
55 Austria 0.3379 2020 down 1.1% falling
56 Japan 0.3276 2020 down 15.9% falling
57 Korea 0.3102 2020 down 47.8% falling
58 Germany 0.3101 2020 down 42.6% falling
59 Brazil 0.2856 2020 up 18.9% rising
60 Canada 0.2812 2020 up 26.6% flat
61 Switzerland 0.2313 2020 down 12.6% rising
62 Belgium 0.1748 2020 down 47.6% falling
63 Mexico 0.1686 2020 down 35.4% falling
64 United Arab Emirates 0.0576 2020 down 7.1% volatile

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Indicator
Other expense, 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
64 places, 1,068 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.