Social benefits, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Brazil
Brazil: Social benefits, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on was 0.8449 in 2020. ▬ Flat
Social benefits, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Brazil, 2010–2020
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
The most recent figure for social benefits, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Brazil is 0.8449, measured in 2020. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.5% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, social benefits, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Brazil peaked at 0.8449 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.8166, in 2019.
Brazil ranks 15th of 79 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Social benefits, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Brazil, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.8373 | — |
| 2011 | 0.8344 | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.8302 | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 0.8309 | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.8281 | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.8228 | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.8259 | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.8297 | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.8169 | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 0.8166 | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.8449 | +3.5% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 0.8449 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.4098, 2.1× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 0.8449 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.4561, 1.9× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.8273 | 0.8166 | 0.8373 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8449 | 0.8449 | 0.8449 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
More public sector data for Brazil
- Arms imports 435.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 2.05 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 135.13 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 435.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 98.81 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0096 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate -3.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 20.95 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 22.13 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is social benefits, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Brazil?
- Social benefits, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Brazil was 0.8449 in 2020, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest social benefits, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8449 in 2020.
- What is the lowest social benefits, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8166 in 2019.
- How does Brazil rank for social benefits, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on?
- Brazil ranks 15th out of 79 countries with data for 2020.
- Is social benefits, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Brazil data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Social benefits, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item to total general government expenditure on this, Percent (Central government). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.