Revenue decentralization, 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...
What the numbers show
Revenue decentralization, Percent (Central government) is currently reported for 67 countries. The highest value is 0.9675 in Kenya; the lowest is 0.1435 in United Arab Emirates.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.6717, and the mean is 0.656.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.
Over the past decade 37 countries rose and 29 fell. The largest increase was in Marshall Islands (up 60.7%), and the largest decrease in China (down 16.3%).
Revenue decentralization, Percent: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenya | 0.9675 | 2020 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 2 | Myanmar | 0.9342 | 2019 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 3 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 0.933 | 2009 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 4 | Armenia | 0.9208 | 2020 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 5 | Uganda | 0.9138 | 2020 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 6 | Georgia | 0.9119 | 2020 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 7 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.9099 | 2020 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 8 | Chile | 0.9075 | 2020 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 9 | Azerbaijan | 0.9074 | 2019 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 10 | Mauritius | 0.8941 | 2020 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 11 | Thailand | 0.8694 | 2020 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 12 | Honduras | 0.8634 | 2015 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 13 | Senegal | 0.8403 | 2020 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 14 | Kiribati | 0.8371 | 2020 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 15 | Indonesia | 0.8239 | 2020 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 16 | Peru | 0.8184 | 2020 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 17 | Korea | 0.8133 | 2020 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 18 | Guatemala | 0.8003 | 2020 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 19 | El Salvador | 0.7835 | 2020 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 20 | Estonia | 0.7641 | 2020 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 21 | South Africa | 0.7599 | 2020 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 22 | Paraguay | 0.755 | 2020 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 23 | Mexico | 0.754 | 2020 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 24 | Israel | 0.7413 | 2020 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 25 | Türkiye | 0.7378 | 2020 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 26 | Australia | 0.7312 | 2020 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 27 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.7309 | 2020 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 28 | Kazakhstan | 0.7072 | 2020 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 29 | Iceland | 0.6996 | 2020 | down 7.0% | flat |
| 30 | Albania | 0.6955 | 2020 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 31 | Uzbekistan | 0.6923 | 2020 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 32 | Mongolia | 0.6882 | 2020 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 33 | Brazil | 0.6775 | 2020 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 34 | Rwanda | 0.6717 | 2020 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 35 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.6715 | 2019 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 36 | Colombia | 0.6546 | 2020 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 37 | Cabo Verde | 0.6469 | 2016 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 38 | Portugal | 0.6424 | 2020 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 39 | Ukraine | 0.636 | 2020 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 40 | Czechia | 0.6356 | 2020 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 41 | Hungary | 0.6273 | 2020 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 42 | Lithuania | 0.6261 | 2020 | up 17.0% | falling |
| 43 | Austria | 0.6145 | 2020 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 44 | Costa Rica | 0.6133 | 2020 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 45 | Republic of Moldova | 0.6043 | 2020 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 46 | Netherlands | 0.6008 | 2020 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 47 | Sweden | 0.598 | 2020 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 48 | North Macedonia | 0.5925 | 2020 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 49 | Serbia | 0.578 | 2020 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 50 | Italy | 0.5757 | 2020 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 51 | Bulgaria | 0.5615 | 1994 | — | falling |
| 52 | Latvia | 0.5253 | 2020 | up 7.1% | flat |
| 53 | Russian Federation | 0.513 | 2020 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 54 | Belgium | 0.4651 | 2020 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 55 | Marshall Islands | 0.4325 | 2018 | up 60.7% | rising |
| 56 | Belarus | 0.4313 | 2020 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 57 | Finland | 0.43 | 2020 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 58 | Palau | 0.4158 | 2019 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 59 | Spain | 0.3885 | 2020 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 60 | Japan | 0.3646 | 2020 | up 11.5% | falling |
| 61 | Canada | 0.3619 | 2020 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 62 | United States of America | 0.3516 | 2020 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 63 | China | 0.3493 | 2020 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 64 | Switzerland | 0.3123 | 2020 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 65 | Afghanistan | 0.2689 | 2017 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 66 | Germany | 0.2653 | 2020 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 67 | United Arab Emirates | 0.1435 | 2020 | up 30.1% | rising |
About this data
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.