Transfer dependency method 2, Ratio of net transfers to own revenue, 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 2, Ratio of net transfers to own revenue, Percent (Central government) is currently reported for 66 countries. The highest value is 2.67 in Afghanistan; the lowest is -1.15 in Japan.
The median across all reporting countries is -0.2361, and the mean is -0.2274.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 46 fell. The largest increase was in Senegal (up 627.7%), and the largest decrease in Kyrgyzstan (down 2,945.3%).
Transfer dependency method 2, Ratio of net transfers to own revenue: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afghanistan | 2.67 | 2017 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 2 | Marshall Islands | 0.8595 | 2018 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 3 | Palau | 0.5789 | 2019 | down 43.2% | falling |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates | 0.1974 | 2020 | down 45.7% | falling |
| 5 | Kiribati | 0.1716 | 2020 | up 54.2% | falling |
| 6 | Senegal | 0.0642 | 2020 | up 627.7% | volatile |
| 7 | Armenia | 0.0229 | 2020 | up 174.2% | volatile |
| 8 | Cape Verde | 0.0096 | 2017 | down 88.6% | volatile |
| 9 | Rwanda | 0.0052 | 2020 | down 98.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Iran | -0.003 | 2009 | down 33.6% | volatile |
| 11 | Honduras | -0.0077 | 2015 | up 88.6% | volatile |
| 12 | New Zealand | -0.0181 | 2005 | — | falling |
| 13 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.0302 | 2020 | up 70.0% | rising |
| 14 | Mauritius | -0.0358 | 2020 | up 79.6% | rising |
| 15 | Paraguay | -0.0458 | 2020 | down 52.1% | volatile |
| 16 | Azerbaijan | -0.0476 | 2019 | up 21.4% | falling |
| 17 | Hungary | -0.0513 | 2020 | up 84.6% | volatile |
| 18 | Costa Rica | -0.0769 | 2020 | down 100.9% | falling |
| 19 | Chile | -0.1028 | 2020 | down 74.6% | falling |
| 20 | Tunisia | -0.1148 | 1999 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 21 | Myanmar | -0.1159 | 2019 | down 116.5% | falling |
| 22 | Czechia | -0.1188 | 2020 | down 30.8% | rising |
| 23 | Georgia | -0.1244 | 2020 | up 12.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Guatemala | -0.149 | 2020 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 25 | Kyrgyzstan | -0.161 | 2019 | down 2,945.3% | falling |
| 26 | Thailand | -0.1672 | 2020 | down 41.6% | falling |
| 27 | Kenya | -0.1724 | 2020 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 28 | Portugal | -0.1826 | 2018 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 29 | Israel | -0.1868 | 2020 | down 286.5% | volatile |
| 30 | Belarus | -0.1997 | 2020 | up 33.9% | falling |
| 31 | Mongolia | -0.2125 | 2020 | down 2,170.9% | volatile |
| 32 | Turkey | -0.2296 | 2020 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 33 | Latvia | -0.2301 | 2020 | down 50.8% | falling |
| 34 | Australia | -0.2422 | 2020 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 35 | United Kingdom | -0.2522 | 2020 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 36 | Estonia | -0.2542 | 2020 | down 62.4% | falling |
| 37 | Uganda | -0.2824 | 2020 | down 49.9% | falling |
| 38 | Bulgaria | -0.2843 | 1994 | — | volatile |
| 39 | Uzbekistan | -0.2949 | 2020 | — | falling |
| 40 | Brazil | -0.2995 | 2020 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 41 | Ukraine | -0.3439 | 2020 | up 40.7% | falling |
| 42 | South Korea | -0.3528 | 2020 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 43 | El Salvador | -0.3535 | 2020 | down 439.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Canada | -0.4139 | 2020 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 45 | Russia | -0.4218 | 2020 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 46 | Albania | -0.4359 | 2020 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 47 | Lithuania | -0.4449 | 2020 | down 62.0% | falling |
| 48 | United States | -0.4497 | 2020 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 49 | Iceland | -0.4641 | 2020 | down 53.7% | volatile |
| 50 | Sweden | -0.4823 | 2020 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 51 | Serbia | -0.4928 | 2020 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 52 | Indonesia | -0.5032 | 2020 | down 46.0% | falling |
| 53 | Austria | -0.5077 | 2020 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 54 | North Macedonia | -0.5172 | 2020 | down 132.6% | falling |
| 55 | Colombia | -0.5485 | 2020 | down 93.6% | rising |
| 56 | South Africa | -0.5752 | 2020 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 57 | Kazakhstan | -0.5896 | 2020 | down 115.8% | volatile |
| 58 | Netherlands | -0.6511 | 2020 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 59 | Peru | -0.6531 | 2020 | down 70.0% | falling |
| 60 | Mexico | -0.6564 | 2020 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 61 | Germany | -0.6596 | 2020 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 62 | Moldova | -0.6941 | 2020 | down 49.2% | falling |
| 63 | Switzerland | -0.7129 | 2020 | down 40.6% | falling |
| 64 | Spain | -0.8953 | 2020 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 65 | Belgium | -0.9243 | 2020 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 66 | Japan | -1.15 | 2020 | down 3.1% | 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.