Other expense, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Paraguay
Paraguay: Other expense, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on was 0.5657 in 2020. ▼ Falling
Other expense, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Paraguay, 2005–2020
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
Paraguay recorded 0.5657 for other expense, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of down 18.1% on the previous year and down 30.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other expense, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Paraguay peaked at 0.8215 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.5657, in 2020.
That places Paraguay 45th out of 64 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
Other expense, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 0.6051 | — |
| 2006 | 0.6891 | +13.9% |
| 2007 | 0.7862 | +14.1% |
| 2008 | 0.7345 | -6.6% |
| 2009 | 0.7506 | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 0.8127 | +8.3% |
| 2011 | 0.8215 | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 0.6812 | -17.1% |
| 2013 | 0.6292 | -7.6% |
| 2014 | 0.6045 | -3.9% |
| 2015 | 0.7777 | +28.6% |
| 2016 | 0.6825 | -12.2% |
| 2017 | 0.7284 | +6.7% |
| 2018 | 0.7044 | -3.3% |
| 2019 | 0.6911 | -1.9% |
| 2020 | 0.5657 | -18.1% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 0.5657 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.8333, 68% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 0.5657 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.9357, 60% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7131 | 0.6051 | 0.7862 | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.7133 | 0.6045 | 0.8215 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5657 | 0.5657 | 0.5657 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
- 42 South Africa 0.6296 compare
- 43 Kazakhstan 0.6075 compare
- 44 Colombia 0.5847 compare
- 46 Ukraine 0.5575 compare
- 47 Russian Federation 0.4905 compare
- 48 Netherlands 0.483 compare
More public sector data for Paraguay
- Arms imports 5.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2021)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.748 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2021)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2021)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2013)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 5.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2021)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 59.74 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0093 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 4.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 413.97 million current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 12.58 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is other expense, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Paraguay?
- Other expense, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Paraguay was 0.5657 in 2020, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest other expense, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8215 in 2011.
- What is the lowest other expense, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5657 in 2020.
- How does Paraguay rank for other expense, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on?
- Paraguay ranks 45th out of 64 countries with data for 2020.
- Is other expense, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Paraguay 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.