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Public order and safety, 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
58
Highest
1
Afghanistan
Lowest
0.115
Switzerland
Median
0.9357
Years covered
31
1990–2020
Data points
1,195

What the numbers show

Public order and safety, 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 58 countries. The highest value is 1 in Afghanistan; the lowest is 0.115 in Switzerland.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.9357, and the mean is 0.8429.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9.

Over the past decade 31 countries rose and 21 fell. The largest increase was in Germany (up 42.3%), and the largest decrease in United Arab Emirates (down 44.8%).

Public order and safety, Ratio of this level of government's: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Afghanistan 1 2017 unchanged flat
1 Kiribati 1 2020 unchanged flat
1 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1 2009 unchanged flat
1 El Salvador 1 2020 unchanged flat
1 Cyprus 1 2020 unchanged flat
1 Thailand 1 2020 unchanged flat
7 Armenia 1 2020 down 0.0% flat
8 Georgia 0.9995 2020 up 3.9% rising
9 Mongolia 0.9968 2020 down 0.3% rising
10 Republic of Moldova 0.9958 2020 up 24.3% rising
11 Serbia 0.9948 2012 down 0.1% flat
12 Greece 0.9929 2020 up 0.6% flat
13 Bulgaria 0.9923 2020 up 2.5% flat
14 Mauritius 0.9912 2020 down 0.3% flat
15 Estonia 0.9887 2020 up 0.2% flat
16 Ukraine 0.9885 2020 down 0.3% flat
17 Malta 0.9867 2020 up 0.8% flat
18 Israel 0.9866 2020 up 5.2% rising
19 Hungary 0.9831 2020 up 1.1% flat
20 Azerbaijan 0.9715 2019 up 0.7% flat
21 Belarus 0.9575 2020 up 1.4% rising
22 Luxembourg 0.9558 2020 up 2.9% flat
23 Slovakia 0.9535 2020 down 0.9% flat
24 Poland 0.9518 2020 up 2.7% falling
25 Türkiye 0.9486 2020 up 3.3% flat
26 Lithuania 0.9464 2020 up 4.2% falling
27 Guatemala 0.9448 2020 down 1.1% flat
28 Denmark 0.9381 2020 up 3.7% flat
29 Iceland 0.9377 2020 up 1.6% rising
30 Portugal 0.9336 2020 down 2.7% flat
31 Romania 0.9301 2020 down 2.5% falling
32 Latvia 0.9273 2020 up 1.1% falling
33 Russian Federation 0.927 2020 up 15.8% rising
34 Slovenia 0.9246 2020 down 1.9% flat
35 Albania 0.9246 2020 down 6.8% flat
36 Czechia 0.9072 2020 up 0.8% falling
37 Croatia 0.9051 2020 up 4.9% flat
38 Ireland 0.8966 2020 down 1.0% flat
39 Indonesia 0.8883 2020 down 23.4% falling
40 Italy 0.8829 2020 up 0.8% flat
41 Sweden 0.8742 2020 up 1.9% rising
42 Austria 0.869 2020 down 0.4% flat
43 Netherlands 0.8514 2020 down 2.3% falling
44 Norway 0.8484 2020 up 1.0% flat
45 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.8452 2020 up 15.3% rising
46 Myanmar 0.8281 2019 down 12.0% falling
47 Finland 0.8249 2020 up 1.0% flat
48 South Africa 0.8169 2020 up 4.1% falling
49 France 0.7999 2020 up 0.2% falling
50 Kazakhstan 0.7039 2020 down 16.2% falling
51 Belgium 0.6447 2020 up 6.5% rising
52 Spain 0.5395 2020 down 1.5% falling
53 Japan 0.23 2020 up 5.8% flat
54 United Arab Emirates 0.2291 2020 down 44.8% falling
55 Australia 0.1671 2020 down 3.4% rising
56 China 0.1324 2020 down 15.0% falling
57 Germany 0.1166 2020 up 42.3% rising
58 Switzerland 0.115 2020 up 14.7% rising

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Indicator
Public order and safety, 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
58 places, 1,195 data points, 1990–2020
Last refreshed

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.