Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, 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
Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, 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 79 countries. The highest value is 1.01 in Turkey; the lowest is 0.0636 in Belarus.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.9976, and the mean is 0.8308.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 16.
Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 24 fell. The largest increase was in Moldova (up 555.3%), and the largest decrease in Belarus (down 78.7%).
Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, Ratio of this level of: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkey | 1.01 | 2020 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 2 | Honduras | 1 | 2015 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Paraguay | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Palau | 1 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Peru | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Estonia | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Netherlands | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Mauritius | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Georgia | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Guatemala | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Lithuania | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Myanmar | 1 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Indonesia | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Ireland | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Iran | 1 | 2009 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Malta | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Israel | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Marshall Islands | 1 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Cyprus | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Armenia | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Australia | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | South Africa | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Uganda | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Thailand | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Brazil | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | El Salvador | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Chile | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Senegal | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Cape Verde | 1 | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Costa Rica | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 32 | Hungary | 1 | 2020 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 33 | Slovakia | 1 | 2020 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 34 | Mexico | 0.9998 | 2020 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 35 | Colombia | 0.9995 | 2020 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 36 | Greece | 0.9995 | 2020 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 37 | Romania | 0.9985 | 2020 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 38 | Bulgaria | 0.9978 | 2020 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 39 | Afghanistan | 0.9977 | 2017 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 40 | Serbia | 0.9976 | 2020 | up 63.0% | rising |
| 41 | Kiribati | 0.9952 | 2020 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 42 | Albania | 0.9938 | 2020 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 43 | Azerbaijan | 0.9929 | 2019 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 44 | Kenya | 0.9854 | 2020 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 45 | North Macedonia | 0.9836 | 2020 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 46 | Rwanda | 0.9808 | 2020 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 47 | Austria | 0.9476 | 2020 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 48 | Portugal | 0.9309 | 2020 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 49 | Italy | 0.9305 | 2020 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 50 | South Korea | 0.9003 | 2020 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 51 | Luxembourg | 0.8966 | 2020 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 52 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.877 | 2020 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 53 | United States | 0.7764 | 2020 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 54 | Belgium | 0.7737 | 2020 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 55 | Uzbekistan | 0.7222 | 2020 | up 70.7% | rising |
| 56 | Moldova | 0.6965 | 2020 | up 555.3% | volatile |
| 57 | Czechia | 0.6564 | 2020 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 58 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.652 | 2019 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 59 | Japan | 0.6495 | 2020 | up 8.5% | falling |
| 60 | China | 0.6292 | 2020 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 61 | Mongolia | 0.6287 | 2020 | down 24.8% | rising |
| 62 | Denmark | 0.6179 | 2020 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 63 | Canada | 0.6158 | 2020 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 64 | Poland | 0.6154 | 2020 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 65 | Slovenia | 0.6137 | 2020 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 66 | Kazakhstan | 0.5968 | 2020 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 67 | Norway | 0.5916 | 2020 | down 20.5% | rising |
| 68 | Ukraine | 0.5464 | 2020 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 69 | Iceland | 0.5315 | 2020 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 70 | France | 0.5315 | 2020 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 71 | Spain | 0.5139 | 2020 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 72 | Croatia | 0.4779 | 2020 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 73 | Germany | 0.4164 | 2020 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 74 | Finland | 0.3531 | 2020 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 75 | Switzerland | 0.3058 | 2020 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 76 | Latvia | 0.288 | 2020 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 77 | Sweden | 0.269 | 2020 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 78 | Russia | 0.093 | 2020 | up 32.4% | volatile |
| 79 | Belarus | 0.0636 | 2020 | down 78.7% | falling |
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.