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Social benefits, 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
77
Highest
1
Malta
Lowest
0
El Salvador
Median
0.2952
Years covered
49
1972–2020
Data points
1,532

What the numbers show

Social benefits, 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 77 countries. The highest value is 1 in Malta; the lowest is 0 in El Salvador.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.2952, and the mean is 0.4104.

Over the past decade 35 countries rose and 38 fell. The largest increase was in Ukraine (up 1,093.5%), and the largest decrease in El Salvador (down 100.0%).

Social benefits, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Malta 1 2020 unchanged flat
1 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1 2009 up 96.4% rising
1 Korea 1 2020 unchanged flat
1 Kiribati 1 2020 unchanged flat
5 Chile 0.9969 2020 up 0.6% flat
6 Armenia 0.9956 2020 up 206.4% rising
7 Afghanistan 0.9925 2017 down 0.7% flat
8 Myanmar 0.9902 2019 up 0.9% flat
9 Kenya 0.9763 2020 down 2.4% falling
10 Australia 0.9638 2020 up 0.6% flat
11 Georgia 0.9585 2020 up 5.1% volatile
12 Indonesia 0.9387 2020 up 11.2% rising
13 Norway 0.9266 2020 up 0.3% flat
14 Mauritius 0.8714 2020 up 587.2% volatile
15 Brazil 0.8449 2020 up 0.9% flat
16 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.8364 2020 up 0.0% falling
17 Czechia 0.8062 2020 up 4.2% rising
18 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.8049 2020 up 213.6% rising
19 Thailand 0.7501 2020 up 148.0% rising
20 Guatemala 0.7144 2020 up 17.8% rising
21 Estonia 0.6705 2020 down 13.8% falling
22 Paraguay 0.6701 2020 down 0.4% falling
23 Canada 0.6462 2020 up 33.8% flat
24 Kazakhstan 0.6241 2020 down 29.3% falling
25 South Africa 0.6131 2020 down 12.6% volatile
26 Ireland 0.5951 2020 down 38.3% falling
27 Costa Rica 0.5515 2020 down 11.4% falling
28 Cape Verde 0.551 2016 down 0.6% flat
29 Senegal 0.4719 2020 up 16.6% volatile
30 Mongolia 0.4098 2020 down 19.5% volatile
31 Israel 0.4015 2020 down 7.8% rising
32 Portugal 0.3684 2020 down 4.7% falling
33 Mexico 0.3606 2020 up 7.1% falling
34 Sweden 0.3571 2020 down 15.8% falling
35 Cyprus 0.3531 2020 down 30.1% falling
36 Lithuania 0.3096 2020 up 41.4% rising
37 Romania 0.3072 2020 up 14.2% rising
38 Honduras 0.2959 2015 up 7.5% volatile
39 Peru 0.2952 2020 down 7.4% falling
40 Slovakia 0.2671 2020 down 9.9% rising
41 Austria 0.2427 2020 down 7.2% falling
42 Azerbaijan 0.2283 2019 up 15.3% flat
43 Latvia 0.2165 2020 up 36.8% rising
44 Slovenia 0.2151 2020 up 8.3% rising
45 Luxembourg 0.2117 2020 up 24.4% rising
46 France 0.2033 2020 up 15.2% falling
47 Türkiye 0.2004 2020 down 15.5% falling
48 Denmark 0.1767 2020 up 2.9% flat
49 Netherlands 0.1686 2020 down 6.0% rising
50 Kyrgyzstan 0.1658 2019 up 1.5% flat
51 United States of America 0.1632 2020 down 4.7% rising
52 Ukraine 0.1618 2020 up 1,093.5% volatile
53 Hungary 0.1609 2020 down 28.0% falling
54 United Arab Emirates 0.1378 2020 down 51.2% falling
55 Rwanda 0.1318 2020 down 57.5% falling
56 North Macedonia 0.1236 2020 down 41.7% falling
57 Poland 0.107 2020 up 22.2% falling
58 Uzbekistan 0.1055 2020 — rising
59 Serbia 0.1016 2020 down 45.8% falling
60 Croatia 0.0938 2020 down 0.0% falling
61 Belarus 0.0924 2020 down 36.5% falling
62 Finland 0.0883 2020 down 20.8% falling
63 Spain 0.0871 2020 up 0.1% falling
64 Iceland 0.0856 2020 down 53.8% flat
65 Germany 0.0754 2020 down 20.9% falling
66 Bulgaria 0.0674 2020 down 12.0% falling
67 Russian Federation 0.0637 2020 up 12.3% falling
68 Belgium 0.0505 2020 down 48.4% falling
69 Italy 0.0491 2020 up 263.2% volatile
70 Albania 0.044 2020 up 30.4% flat
71 Switzerland 0.03 2020 up 463.7% volatile
72 Republic of Moldova 0.0207 2020 down 75.2% falling
73 Greece 0.0123 2020 down 92.1% falling
74 Colombia 0.0098 2020 down 97.6% volatile
75 Uganda 0.0095 2020 down 99.0% volatile
76 Japan 0.009 2020 down 27.9% volatile
77 El Salvador 0 2020 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Social benefits, 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
79 places, 1,532 data points, 1972–2020
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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.