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Use of goods and services, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item to total general government expenditure on this, 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
79
Highest
0.9964
Afghanistan
Lowest
0.1251
Spain
Median
0.5826
Years covered
48
1973–2020
Data points
1,598

What the numbers show

Use of goods and services, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item to total general government expenditure on this, Percent (Central government) is currently reported for 79 countries. The highest value is 0.9964 in Afghanistan; the lowest is 0.1251 in Spain.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.5826, and the mean is 0.5763.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.

Over the past decade 38 countries rose and 40 fell. The largest increase was in North Macedonia (up 57.8%), and the largest decrease in United Arab Emirates (down 36.1%).

Use of goods and services, Ratio of this level of government's: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Afghanistan 0.9964 2017 up 0.4% flat
2 Kiribati 0.9819 2020 up 2.2% flat
3 Malta 0.9676 2020 up 3.4% flat
4 Azerbaijan 0.9505 2019 up 2.8% flat
5 Uganda 0.9294 2020 up 9.7% rising
6 Myanmar 0.9256 2019 up 12.0% rising
7 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.9179 2009 down 1.3% volatile
8 Senegal 0.9141 2020 down 5.5% flat
9 Cape Verde 0.9118 2016 up 11.4% flat
10 Armenia 0.9072 2020 up 1.4% falling
11 Mauritius 0.901 2020 up 0.8% flat
12 Honduras 0.8739 2015 up 12.1% flat
13 Cyprus 0.8633 2020 down 3.3% flat
14 Marshall Islands 0.8418 2018 down 5.4% falling
15 Ireland 0.8398 2020 up 5.9% rising
16 Georgia 0.8394 2020 up 8.4% rising
17 Palau 0.8279 2019 down 5.1% falling
18 Rwanda 0.8262 2020 down 5.0% flat
19 Israel 0.8238 2020 down 0.0% falling
20 Ukraine 0.7864 2020 up 29.9% flat
21 Hungary 0.7696 2020 up 37.5% rising
22 Thailand 0.7371 2020 down 9.3% falling
23 Chile 0.7088 2020 up 1.5% falling
24 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.7066 2020 up 16.5% falling
25 Slovenia 0.7064 2020 up 5.8% rising
26 Portugal 0.6892 2020 up 1.3% falling
27 Albania 0.6842 2020 down 9.6% falling
28 Türkiye 0.6764 2020 up 5.2% flat
29 El Salvador 0.6758 2020 down 2.0% falling
30 Mongolia 0.6643 2020 down 23.1% rising
31 Slovakia 0.6633 2020 up 2.3% falling
32 Paraguay 0.6549 2020 down 5.8% falling
33 Greece 0.6432 2020 down 4.9% falling
34 North Macedonia 0.6369 2020 up 57.8% rising
35 Guatemala 0.6364 2020 down 1.9% flat
36 Luxembourg 0.6236 2020 up 3.7% flat
37 Latvia 0.6197 2020 down 6.9% falling
38 Bulgaria 0.6176 2020 up 6.0% falling
39 Kenya 0.6066 2020 down 29.7% falling
40 Colombia 0.5826 2020 down 0.2% rising
41 Estonia 0.5813 2020 up 3.4% falling
42 Kyrgyzstan 0.5613 2019 up 3.2% rising
43 Lithuania 0.5577 2020 down 5.8% falling
44 Croatia 0.544 2020 down 1.8% flat
45 Belarus 0.5393 2020 up 34.8% flat
46 Kazakhstan 0.5037 2020 down 8.7% rising
47 Peru 0.5018 2020 down 14.0% falling
48 Norway 0.4963 2020 up 3.5% flat
49 Czechia 0.496 2020 up 2.1% flat
50 Indonesia 0.4934 2020 down 9.9% flat
51 Korea 0.4876 2020 down 5.8% falling
52 Costa Rica 0.4474 2020 up 1.2% rising
53 Iceland 0.4429 2020 down 11.3% falling
54 Poland 0.4339 2020 up 18.6% falling
55 Uzbekistan 0.4267 2020 — falling
56 Romania 0.4246 2020 down 11.9% falling
57 Australia 0.4112 2020 up 1.4% rising
58 Austria 0.4042 2020 down 6.5% rising
59 Russian Federation 0.3729 2020 down 24.1% falling
60 Netherlands 0.364 2020 up 14.8% falling
61 United States of America 0.3505 2020 down 11.5% falling
62 Denmark 0.3415 2020 down 1.5% flat
63 Serbia 0.3313 2020 down 15.9% falling
64 Mexico 0.3307 2020 down 20.4% falling
65 South Africa 0.3208 2020 down 19.0% falling
66 France 0.3175 2020 up 6.5% falling
67 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.304 2020 up 6.6% falling
68 Japan 0.2943 2020 up 14.9% falling
69 Switzerland 0.2664 2020 up 5.0% falling
70 Finland 0.2616 2020 down 0.8% falling
71 United Arab Emirates 0.2343 2020 down 36.1% falling
72 Italy 0.2336 2020 down 9.0% falling
73 Germany 0.233 2020 up 17.4% flat
74 Republic of Moldova 0.2285 2020 down 12.0% falling
75 Belgium 0.223 2020 up 5.4% flat
76 Sweden 0.2228 2020 down 13.1% falling
77 Brazil 0.1598 2020 down 14.8% falling
78 Canada 0.1276 2020 down 12.5% falling
79 Spain 0.1251 2020 down 14.6% falling

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Indicator
Use of goods and services, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item to total general government expenditure on this, Percent (Central government)
Source
International Monetary Fund
Licence
IMF Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
79 places, 1,598 data points, 1973–2020
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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.