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...
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 of government's: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Türkiye | 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 of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 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 | Republic of 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, Islamic Republic of | 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 | 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 | Russian Federation | 0.5571 | 2020 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 73 | Belarus | 0.5497 | 2020 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 74 | United States of America | 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 |
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.