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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...

Countries reporting
67
Highest
0.9675
Kenya
Lowest
0.1435
United Arab Emirates
Median
0.6717
Years covered
49
1972–2020
Data points
1,262

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 (Central government): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Kenya 0.9675 2020 up 3.8% flat
2 Myanmar 0.9342 2019 down 2.5% flat
3 Iran 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 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 South 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 Turkey 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 Cape 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 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 Russia 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 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

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Indicator
Revenue decentralization, Percent (Central government)
Source
International Monetary Fund
Licence
IMF Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
67 places, 1,262 data points, 1972–2020
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.