Other expense, Ratio of this level of government's … total in Austria
Austria: Other expense, Ratio of this level of government's … total was 0.3379 in 2020. ▼ Falling
Other expense, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Austria, 1995–2020
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
In 2020, other expense, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Austria stood at 0.3379.
That represents a change of up 14.7% on the previous year and down 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other expense, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Austria peaked at 0.6967 in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.2862, in 2018.
That places Austria 55th out of 64 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Other expense, Ratio of this level of government's … total in Austria, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.496 | — |
| 1996 | 0.4196 | -15.4% |
| 1997 | 0.4206 | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 0.4534 | +7.8% |
| 1999 | 0.3729 | -17.7% |
| 2000 | 0.3641 | -2.4% |
| 2001 | 0.379 | +4.1% |
| 2002 | 0.315 | -16.9% |
| 2003 | 0.3031 | -3.8% |
| 2004 | 0.6967 | +129.9% |
| 2005 | 0.3731 | -46.4% |
| 2006 | 0.3521 | -5.6% |
| 2007 | 0.3422 | -2.8% |
| 2008 | 0.3549 | +3.7% |
| 2009 | 0.5088 | +43.3% |
| 2010 | 0.3417 | -32.8% |
| 2011 | 0.36 | +5.4% |
| 2012 | 0.383 | +6.4% |
| 2013 | 0.392 | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 0.5444 | +38.9% |
| 2015 | 0.2997 | -44.9% |
| 2016 | 0.2879 | -3.9% |
| 2017 | 0.3192 | +10.9% |
| 2018 | 0.2862 | -10.3% |
| 2019 | 0.2945 | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 0.3379 | +14.7% |
Austria compared with similar countries
- Austria's 0.3379 is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.6358, 53% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Austria's 0.3379 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.7658, 44% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Other expense, Ratio of this level of government's … total in Austria 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +129.9% | 0.3031 | 0.6967 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4325 | 0.3729 | 0.496 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.3989 | 0.3031 | 0.6967 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3509 | 0.2862 | 0.5444 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3379 | 0.3379 | 0.3379 | 1 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is other expense, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Austria?
- Other expense, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Austria was 0.3379 in 2020, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest other expense, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6967 in 2004.
- What is the lowest other expense, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2862 in 2018.
- How does Austria rank for other expense, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on?
- Austria ranks 55th out of 64 countries with data for 2020.
- Is other expense, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Austria data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Other expense, 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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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.