Transfer dependency method 1, Ratio of net transfers to own spending, 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
64
Highest
0.7329
Afghanistan
Lowest
-2.39
Belgium
Median
-0.2389
Years covered
32
1989–2020
Data points
1,123

What the numbers show

Transfer dependency method 1, Ratio of net transfers to own spending, Percent (Central government) is currently reported for 64 countries. The highest value is 0.7329 in Afghanistan; the lowest is -2.39 in Belgium.

The median across all reporting countries is -0.2389, and the mean is -0.3756.

Over the past decade 23 countries rose and 39 fell. The largest increase was in Senegal (up 538.5%), and the largest decrease in Kyrgyzstan (down 3,604.3%).

Transfer dependency method 1, Ratio of net transfers to own spending: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Afghanistan 0.7329 2017 down 0.9% flat
2 Marshall Islands 0.4678 2018 down 34.0% falling
3 Palau 0.3618 2019 down 25.1% falling
4 Kiribati 0.192 2020 up 73.5% volatile
5 United Arab Emirates 0.1632 2020 down 37.2% falling
6 Senegal 0.0462 2020 up 538.5% volatile
7 Armenia 0.0185 2020 up 160.2% volatile
8 Rwanda 0.0035 2020 down 98.0% volatile
9 Iran -0.0031 2009 down 35.5% volatile
10 Honduras -0.0073 2015 up 89.3% volatile
11 Mauritius -0.0261 2020 up 85.7% volatile
12 Bosnia and Herzegovina -0.0271 2020 up 73.5% rising
13 Paraguay -0.0325 2020 up 3.5% volatile
14 Costa Rica -0.0417 2014 down 71.4% falling
15 Hungary -0.0424 2020 up 89.7% volatile
16 Azerbaijan -0.0596 2019 up 28.1% falling
17 Chile -0.0815 2020 down 33.0% falling
18 Myanmar -0.1012 2019 down 63.5% falling
19 Georgia -0.1027 2020 up 24.4% volatile
20 Czechia -0.1066 2020 down 23.4% volatile
21 Tunisia -0.115 1999 up 31.4% rising
22 Guatemala -0.1222 2020 up 13.1% rising
23 Thailand -0.1476 2020 down 24.0% falling
24 Israel -0.1548 2020 down 262.6% falling
25 Mongolia -0.1904 2020 down 1,764.8% volatile
26 Kyrgyzstan -0.1905 2019 down 3,604.3% falling
27 Kenya -0.2069 2020 up 16.5% rising
28 Portugal -0.2091 2018 down 2.8% flat
29 United Kingdom -0.211 2020 up 27.0% rising
30 Belarus -0.2258 2020 up 39.0% falling
31 Latvia -0.2266 2020 down 72.6% falling
32 Uganda -0.2363 2020 down 24.7% falling
33 Turkey -0.2415 2020 down 16.4% falling
34 Bulgaria -0.2451 1994 falling
35 Brazil -0.2523 2020 down 1.4% rising
36 Australia -0.2537 2020 up 34.8% rising
37 Estonia -0.2846 2020 down 57.0% falling
38 United States -0.3052 2020 up 8.7% falling
39 El Salvador -0.3064 2020 down 420.8% volatile
40 Canada -0.3248 2020 up 34.3% falling
41 Uzbekistan -0.3729 2020 falling
42 Ukraine -0.4039 2020 up 52.0% falling
43 Indonesia -0.4659 2020 up 5.1% falling
44 Albania -0.4701 2020 down 33.4% falling
45 South Korea -0.4899 2020 down 31.4% falling
46 Lithuania -0.4921 2020 down 72.1% volatile
47 North Macedonia -0.5494 2020 down 88.1% falling
48 Iceland -0.573 2020 down 68.3% volatile
49 Russia -0.609 2020 up 11.1% falling
50 Kazakhstan -0.6181 2020 down 17.5% falling
51 Serbia -0.6287 2020 down 17.4% falling
52 Colombia -0.6433 2020 down 117.1% rising
53 Peru -0.6664 2020 down 3.1% falling
54 Austria -0.6832 2020 up 5.0% falling
55 South Africa -0.7239 2020 up 11.1% rising
56 Sweden -0.7825 2020 down 22.4% volatile
57 Mexico -1.12 2020 down 16.0% falling
58 Moldova -1.16 2020 down 60.5% falling
59 Germany -1.2 2020 down 46.3% falling
60 Netherlands -1.25 2020 down 9.0% falling
61 Switzerland -1.37 2020 down 20.0% falling
62 Spain -1.41 2020 down 8.4% falling
63 Japan -1.87 2020 down 6.7% falling
64 Belgium -2.39 2020 down 46.5% falling

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Indicator
Transfer dependency method 1, Ratio of net transfers to own spending, Percent (Central government)
Source
International Monetary Fund
Licence
IMF Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
64 places, 1,123 data points, 1989–2020
Last refreshed

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.