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Recreation, culture and religion, 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
59
Highest
1
Afghanistan
Lowest
0.0551
Belgium
Median
0.5336
Years covered
31
1990–2020
Data points
1,203

What the numbers show

Recreation, culture and religion, 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 59 countries. The highest value is 1 in Afghanistan; the lowest is 0.0551 in Belgium.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.5336, and the mean is 0.5286.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 18.

Over the past decade 34 countries rose and 24 fell. The largest increase was in Germany (up 73.8%), and the largest decrease in United Arab Emirates (down 51.0%).

Recreation, culture and religion, Ratio of this level of government's: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Afghanistan 1 2017 up 0.9% flat
1 Thailand 1 2020 unchanged flat
3 El Salvador 0.9973 2020 up 0.4% rising
4 Malta 0.9822 2020 up 3.1% flat
5 Azerbaijan 0.9581 2019 down 0.7% flat
6 Hungary 0.8765 2020 up 38.9% rising
7 Bulgaria 0.8708 2020 up 49.1% rising
8 Myanmar 0.8511 2019 down 14.1% falling
9 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.8404 2009 up 45.3% rising
10 Mauritius 0.8087 2020 up 11.6% falling
11 Türkiye 0.786 2020 up 1.1% flat
12 Armenia 0.7517 2020 up 0.3% flat
13 Kyrgyzstan 0.7475 2019 down 0.0% flat
14 Ireland 0.7105 2020 up 0.5% rising
15 Cyprus 0.7078 2020 down 4.3% flat
16 Italy 0.7072 2020 up 29.4% rising
17 Albania 0.6616 2020 down 5.7% falling
18 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.6611 2020 up 12.5% rising
19 Mongolia 0.6494 2020 down 34.3% rising
20 Slovakia 0.6441 2020 up 27.8% falling
21 Israel 0.6313 2020 down 4.8% rising
22 Guatemala 0.6295 2020 down 0.6% flat
23 Slovenia 0.5862 2020 up 12.6% falling
24 Denmark 0.5793 2020 up 4.2% rising
25 Estonia 0.5788 2020 down 7.0% falling
26 Georgia 0.5765 2020 up 8.6% falling
27 Latvia 0.5495 2020 up 9.8% falling
28 Indonesia 0.5486 2020 down 21.6% falling
29 Luxembourg 0.5377 2020 up 3.0% flat
30 Norway 0.5336 2020 up 11.6% flat
31 Lithuania 0.5135 2020 up 2.0% falling
32 Austria 0.497 2020 up 4.1% falling
33 Finland 0.4834 2020 up 19.7% rising
34 Republic of Moldova 0.4764 2020 up 21.3% falling
35 Uzbekistan 0.4371 2020 down 22.2% falling
36 Czechia 0.4281 2020 up 8.6% falling
37 Croatia 0.424 2020 up 22.0% falling
38 Sweden 0.4199 2020 down 0.4% rising
39 Portugal 0.4171 2020 up 1.3% falling
40 Greece 0.3986 2020 down 49.2% falling
41 Poland 0.3705 2020 up 34.3% falling
42 Belarus 0.3607 2020 up 3.3% falling
43 Netherlands 0.3306 2020 up 16.5% falling
44 Romania 0.33 2020 down 12.5% falling
45 Iceland 0.3229 2020 down 0.3% falling
46 South Africa 0.3121 2020 up 67.9% flat
47 Ukraine 0.3099 2020 down 29.9% flat
48 France 0.2991 2020 down 8.1% falling
49 Russian Federation 0.2975 2020 down 2.2% flat
50 Kazakhstan 0.2951 2020 down 50.4% rising
51 Switzerland 0.2838 2020 up 5.2% falling
52 Serbia 0.2547 2012 down 40.6% falling
53 Australia 0.2168 2020 down 15.3% falling
54 United Arab Emirates 0.194 2020 down 51.0% falling
55 Spain 0.178 2020 up 7.5% falling
56 Japan 0.141 2020 up 53.5% rising
57 Germany 0.1198 2020 up 73.8% rising
58 China 0.0593 2020 down 33.6% falling
59 Belgium 0.0551 2020 down 8.0% falling

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Indicator
Recreation, culture and religion, 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
59 places, 1,203 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.