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...
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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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.