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Social protection, 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
60
Highest
1
Afghanistan
Lowest
0.0178
Greece
Median
0.4713
Years covered
31
1990–2020
Data points
1,210

What the numbers show

Social protection, 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 60 countries. The highest value is 1 in Afghanistan; the lowest is 0.0178 in Greece.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.4713, and the mean is 0.521.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 56.

Over the past decade 29 countries rose and 28 fell. The largest increase was in Russian Federation (up 735.8%), and the largest decrease in Greece (down 89.7%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Afghanistan 1 2017 unchanged flat
1 Kiribati 1 2020 unchanged flat
1 Malta 1 2020 unchanged flat
4 Armenia 0.9941 2020 up 0.4% flat
5 Myanmar 0.9644 2019 down 3.6% flat
6 Georgia 0.9474 2020 up 5.4% rising
7 Czechia 0.9423 2020 up 0.9% flat
8 Indonesia 0.9397 2020 up 67.9% rising
9 Australia 0.9193 2020 up 2.2% flat
10 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.9161 2009 down 1.4% flat
11 Estonia 0.8887 2020 up 2.9% flat
12 Mauritius 0.873 2020 up 5.5% flat
13 Thailand 0.8528 2020 up 5.6% flat
14 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.8427 2020 down 5.7% falling
15 Norway 0.7999 2020 down 6.7% falling
16 Iceland 0.7844 2020 down 0.6% falling
17 Guatemala 0.7625 2020 up 10.3% rising
18 Luxembourg 0.7005 2020 down 1.2% flat
19 Israel 0.6698 2020 up 2.4% flat
20 South Africa 0.6152 2020 down 16.4% rising
21 Denmark 0.5883 2020 down 3.9% falling
22 Türkiye 0.5861 2020 up 30.0% rising
23 Serbia 0.5851 2012 up 17.6% rising
24 El Salvador 0.5806 2020 up 37.4% volatile
25 Albania 0.5659 2020 up 2.7% falling
26 Ireland 0.5612 2020 down 42.4% falling
27 Sweden 0.5262 2020 down 8.8% flat
28 Austria 0.5028 2020 down 4.0% falling
29 Ukraine 0.4895 2020 up 74.7% rising
30 Netherlands 0.4717 2020 up 12.9% rising
31 Azerbaijan 0.4709 2019 up 22.5% rising
32 Russian Federation 0.4664 2020 up 735.8% volatile
33 Poland 0.4657 2020 down 11.4% rising
34 Kazakhstan 0.4648 2020 down 45.8% falling
35 Slovakia 0.4609 2020 down 14.8% rising
36 Cyprus 0.4068 2020 down 15.0% flat
37 Republic of Moldova 0.4056 2020 up 309.4% rising
38 Italy 0.3968 2020 up 36.6% rising
39 Slovenia 0.3851 2020 down 6.6% flat
40 Lithuania 0.3593 2020 up 39.9% rising
41 Mongolia 0.3502 2020 down 36.0% volatile
42 Finland 0.3416 2020 down 3.4% falling
43 Switzerland 0.3154 2020 up 29.7% rising
44 Hungary 0.2991 2020 down 31.0% falling
45 Romania 0.2924 2020 down 5.8% rising
46 Japan 0.2914 2020 up 10.5% rising
47 Germany 0.2845 2020 down 22.4% rising
48 Portugal 0.2722 2020 down 3.3% falling
49 France 0.2327 2020 up 14.8% flat
50 United Arab Emirates 0.23 2020 down 20.1% rising
51 Belgium 0.2232 2020 up 42.7% rising
52 Latvia 0.2212 2020 up 85.4% rising
53 Kyrgyzstan 0.1791 2019 up 6.7% rising
54 Croatia 0.1208 2020 down 13.1% falling
55 Bulgaria 0.1191 2020 up 21.6% rising
56 Uzbekistan 0.1161 2020 up 123.4% rising
57 Belarus 0.0928 2020 down 34.1% falling
58 Spain 0.0869 2020 down 4.4% falling
59 China 0.0215 2020 down 53.9% volatile
60 Greece 0.0178 2020 down 89.7% falling

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Indicator
Social protection, 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
60 places, 1,210 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.