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Tax revenue decentralization, Ratio of this level of government's revenue from this item to total general government revenue from this item, 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
80
Highest
1
Marshall Islands
Lowest
0.0579
United Arab Emirates
Median
0.9105
Years covered
49
1972–2020
Data points
1,657

What the numbers show

Tax revenue decentralization, Ratio of this level of government's revenue from this item to total general government revenue from this item, Percent (Central government) is currently reported for 80 countries. The highest value is 1 in Marshall Islands; the lowest is 0.0579 in United Arab Emirates.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.9105, and the mean is 0.8345.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 17.

Over the past decade 38 countries rose and 40 fell. The largest increase was in United Arab Emirates (up 2,209.7%), and the largest decrease in France (down 16.7%).

Tax revenue decentralization, Ratio of this level … total: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Marshall Islands 1 2018 unchanged flat
1 Malta 1 2020 unchanged flat
3 Senegal 0.9994 2020 up 0.5% flat
4 Afghanistan 0.9988 2017 up 1.3% flat
5 Mauritius 0.9964 2020 up 1.0% flat
6 Palau 0.9964 2019 up 0.6% flat
7 Uganda 0.9962 2020 up 0.0% flat
8 Kenya 0.9932 2020 down 0.7% flat
9 Azerbaijan 0.9914 2019 up 0.5% flat
10 Ireland 0.9882 2020 up 2.4% flat
11 Estonia 0.9878 2020 up 1.1% flat
12 Cyprus 0.9847 2020 up 0.4% flat
13 Lithuania 0.9831 2020 up 1.4% flat
14 Turkey 0.9829 2020 up 0.8% flat
15 Kiribati 0.9819 2020 up 1.7% flat
16 El Salvador 0.9818 2020 up 3.9% flat
17 Rwanda 0.9815 2020 down 0.2% flat
18 Myanmar 0.9806 2019 down 0.7% flat
19 Armenia 0.9787 2020 up 0.2% flat
20 Peru 0.9743 2020 down 0.3% flat
21 Slovakia 0.9708 2020 up 1.4% rising
22 Honduras 0.9697 2015 up 2.5% flat
23 Paraguay 0.964 2020 up 0.0% flat
24 Cape Verde 0.9619 2016 down 0.4% flat
25 Guatemala 0.9615 2020 down 0.1% flat
26 Georgia 0.9605 2020 down 0.0% flat
27 Greece 0.959 2020 up 0.7% flat
28 Bulgaria 0.958 2020 down 0.2% rising
29 Serbia 0.9479 2020 up 9.2% rising
30 Netherlands 0.9468 2020 up 0.5% flat
31 Costa Rica 0.9458 2020 down 1.1% flat
32 Albania 0.9406 2020 down 2.1% flat
33 Luxembourg 0.9397 2020 up 0.1% flat
34 Mexico 0.9377 2020 down 0.2% rising
35 United Kingdom 0.9327 2020 down 1.0% rising
36 Romania 0.9251 2020 down 1.6% rising
37 Austria 0.9226 2020 down 1.5% flat
38 North Macedonia 0.9211 2020 down 1.9% flat
39 Thailand 0.9194 2020 down 1.0% flat
40 Hungary 0.9143 2020 up 1.7% rising
41 Chile 0.9066 2020 down 2.5% falling
42 Israel 0.9036 2020 up 1.6% flat
43 South Africa 0.9022 2020 down 2.8% flat
44 Moldova 0.9 2020 up 7.7% rising
45 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.8843 2020 down 0.1% flat
46 Portugal 0.8745 2020 down 1.2% flat
47 Kyrgyzstan 0.8712 2019 up 1.5% flat
48 Indonesia 0.8651 2020 down 6.8% falling
49 Italy 0.8586 2020 up 2.0% flat
50 Iran 0.8436 2009 up 2.2% volatile
51 Slovenia 0.8241 2020 up 0.7% falling
52 Croatia 0.8207 2020 up 0.2% falling
53 Mongolia 0.812 2020 down 10.2% rising
54 Australia 0.8109 2020 up 1.1% flat
55 Colombia 0.7989 2020 down 0.5% rising
56 Poland 0.7989 2020 down 1.0% falling
57 Uzbekistan 0.7883 2020 up 37.9% rising
58 Norway 0.7633 2020 down 7.5% flat
59 Ukraine 0.7533 2020 up 5.7% rising
60 Latvia 0.7352 2020 up 4.0% flat
61 South Korea 0.7346 2020 down 6.3% flat
62 Denmark 0.7291 2020 down 0.4% rising
63 Belgium 0.7221 2020 down 11.4% falling
64 Czechia 0.7196 2020 down 3.8% falling
65 Iceland 0.6754 2020 down 5.1% falling
66 Sweden 0.6735 2020 down 1.5% rising
67 Kazakhstan 0.6717 2020 down 16.4% falling
68 Finland 0.6581 2020 up 0.6% falling
69 Japan 0.6186 2020 up 10.3% flat
70 Spain 0.5918 2020 down 7.7% falling
71 Brazil 0.5639 2020 down 6.8% falling
72 Russia 0.5571 2020 down 2.7% falling
73 Belarus 0.5497 2020 down 11.3% falling
74 United States 0.5133 2020 up 3.6% falling
75 China 0.4914 2020 down 9.1% falling
76 France 0.4817 2020 down 16.7% falling
77 Germany 0.4593 2020 down 9.8% falling
78 Canada 0.4521 2020 up 2.3% falling
79 Switzerland 0.4455 2020 down 6.3% rising
80 United Arab Emirates 0.0579 2020 up 2,209.7% volatile

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Indicator
Tax revenue decentralization, Ratio of this level of government's revenue from this item to total general government revenue from this item, Percent (Central government)
Source
International Monetary Fund
Licence
IMF Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
80 places, 1,657 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.