The IMF’s Fiscal Decentralization Dataset compiles indicators widely used by academics and policymakers to assess recent trends, conduct benchmark analysis, and identify the causes, and consequences of fiscal decentralization for a global sample of IMF members.

[FREQ] Frequency

[A] Annual

[REF_AREA] Reference Area

[AE] United Arab Emirates
[AF] Afghanistan
[AL] Albania
[AM] Armenia
[AT] Austria
[AU] Australia
[AZ] Azerbaijan
[BA] Bosnia and Herzegovina
[BE] Belgium
[BG] Bulgaria
[BR] Brazil
[BY] Belarus
[CA] Canada
[CH] Switzerland
[CL] Chile
[CN] China
[CO] Colombia
[CR] Costa Rica
[CV] Cabo Verde
[CY] Cyprus
[CZ] Czech Republic
[DE] Germany
[DK] Denmark
[EE] Estonia
[ES] Spain
[FI] Finland
[FR] France
[GB] United Kingdom
[GE] Georgia
[GR] Greece
[GT] Guatemala
[HN] Honduras
[HR] Croatia
[HU] Hungary
[ID] Indonesia
[IE] Ireland
[IL] Israel
[IR] Iran, Islamic Republic of
[IS] Iceland
[IT] Italy
[JP] Japan
[KE] Kenya
[KG] Kyrgyzstan
[KH] Cambodia
[KI] Kiribati
[KR] Korea, Republic of
[KZ] Kazakhstan
[LT] Lithuania
[LU] Luxembourg
[LV] Latvia
[MD] Moldova, Republic of
[MH] Marshall islands
[MK] North Macedonia, Republic of
[MM] Myanmar
[MN] Mongolia
[MT] Malta
[MU] Mauritius
[MX] Mexico
[NA] Namibia
[NL] Netherlands
[NO] Norway
[NP] Nepal
[NZ] New Zealand
[PE] Peru
[PL] Poland
[PT] Portugal
[PW] Palau
[PY] Paraguay
[RO] Romania
[RS] Serbia
[RU] Russian Federation
[RW] Rwanda
[SE] Sweden
[SI] Slovenia
[SK] Slovakia
[SN] Senegal
[SO] Somalia
[SV] El Salvador
[TH] Thailand
[TN] Tunisia
[TR] Turkey
[UA] Ukraine
[UG] Uganda
[US] United States
[UZ] Uzbekistan
[ZA] South Africa

[INDICATOR] Indicator

[cfc] Consumption of fixed capital, share of general government
[comp] Compensation of employees, share of general government
[cs] Capital spending, share of general government
[debt] Debt, share of own revenue
[defense] Defense, share of general government
[deficit] Deficit, share of own spending
[ea] Economic affairs, share of general government
[edu] Education, share of general government
[ep] Environmental protection, share of general government
[exc] Excise, share of general government
[gps] General public services, share of general government
[gs] Goods and Services, share of general government
[hca] Housing & community ammenities, share of general government
[health] Health, share of general government
[interest] Interest, share of general government
[ipcg] Income, Profits, Capital Gains, share of general government
[it] International Trade, share of general government
[oe] Other expenses, share of general government
[or] Other revenue, share of general government
[ot] Other Taxes, share of general government
[payroll] Payroll, share of general government
[pos] Public order & safety, share of general government
[property] Property, share of general government
[rd] Revenue decentralization (ratio of own revenues to general government revenues)
[recreation] Recreation, share of general government
[sb] Social benefits, share of general government
[sc] Social contributions, share of general government
[sd] Expenditure decentralization (ratio of own spending to general government spending)
[sp] Social protection, share of general government
[subs] Subsidies, share of general government
[taxd] Tax revenue decentralization (share of general government)
[transferDep1] Transfer dependency method 1, ratio of net transfers to own spending
[transferDep2] Transfer dependency method 2, ratio of net transfers to own revenue
[ugs] Use of goods & services, share of general government
[vat] VAT, share of general government
[vfi] Vertical Fiscal Imbalance (1- ratio of own revenue to own spending)

[REF_SECTOR] Reporting Institutional Sector

[1C_CG] Central Government
[1C_LG] Local Government
[1C_SG] State Government
[1C_SNG] Subnational Government

Temporal Coverage: Annual data starting in 1972 and ending with Current Year - 2

Geographic Coverage: 75 economies

Methodology: Fiscal decentralization indicators are computed using fiscal data on flows and stocks of the general government sector disaggregated between central and subnational government subsectors (state/provincial/regional, and local) measured within the framework of the Government Finance Statistics Manual, 2014. Please refer to the methodological note "The IMF’s Fiscal Decentralization Dataset: A Primer to the 2018 Vintage" by Victor Lledo, Clement Ncuti, Moses Kabanda, Christina Hu and Yuan Xiang for a detailed description of the formulas used to compute each fiscal decentralization indicator.

Sectoral Coverage: Fiscal

Code: FISCALDECENTRALIZATION

Number of time series: 8398

Number of observations: 160957

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Frequency [FREQ] (1)

Reference Area [REF_AREA] (86)

Indicator [INDICATOR] (36)

Reporting Institutional Sector [REF_SECTOR] (4)

This dataset has 8,398 series:

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[A.AE.defense.1C_SG] Annual – United Arab Emirates – Defense, share of general government – State Government

from: 2011=0.324

to: 2020=0.729

min:: 0.324

max:: 0.735

avg:: 0.519

σ:: 0.166

[A.AE.defense.1C_SNG] Annual – United Arab Emirates – Defense, share of general government – Subnational Government

from: 2011=0.324

to: 2020=0.729

min:: 0.324

max:: 0.735

avg:: 0.519

σ:: 0.166

[A.AE.deficit.1C_CG] Annual – United Arab Emirates – Deficit, share of own spending – Central Government

from: 2011=-0.025

to: 2020=-0.01

min:: -0.076

max:: 0.233

avg:: 0.016

σ:: 0.081

[A.AE.deficit.1C_SG] Annual – United Arab Emirates – Deficit, share of own spending – State Government

from: 2011=0.135

to: 2020=-0.16

min:: -0.299

max:: 0.202

avg:: -0.001

σ:: 0.156

[A.AE.deficit.1C_SNG] Annual – United Arab Emirates – Deficit, share of own spending – Subnational Government

from: 2011=0.135

to: 2020=-0.16

min:: -0.299

max:: 0.202

avg:: -0.001

σ:: 0.156

[A.AE.ea.1C_CG] Annual – United Arab Emirates – Economic affairs, share of general government – Central Government

from: 2011=0.301

to: 2020=0.283

min:: 0.173

max:: 0.379

avg:: 0.25

σ:: 0.06

[A.AE.ea.1C_SG] Annual – United Arab Emirates – Economic affairs, share of general government – State Government

from: 2011=0.699

to: 2020=0.717

min:: 0.621

max:: 0.827

avg:: 0.75

σ:: 0.06

[A.AE.ea.1C_SNG] Annual – United Arab Emirates – Economic affairs, share of general government – Subnational Government

from: 2011=0.699

to: 2020=0.717

min:: 0.621

max:: 0.827

avg:: 0.75

σ:: 0.06

[A.AE.edu.1C_CG] Annual – United Arab Emirates – Education, share of general government – Central Government

from: 2011=0.487

to: 2020=0.453

min:: 0.418

max:: 0.487

avg:: 0.441

σ:: 0.02

[A.AE.edu.1C_SG] Annual – United Arab Emirates – Education, share of general government – State Government

from: 2011=0.513

to: 2020=0.547

min:: 0.513

max:: 0.582

avg:: 0.559

σ:: 0.02

Series code	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
[A.AE.defense.1C_SG]	0.32399907708168	0.399950921535492	0.342853128910065	0.393405675888062	0.426036477088928	0.429986953735352	0.673338890075684	0.734601676464081	0.733491480350494	0.728537321090698
[A.AE.defense.1C_SNG]	0.32399907708168	0.399950921535492	0.342853128910065	0.393405675888062	0.426036477088928	0.429986953735352	0.673338890075684	0.734601676464081	0.733491480350494	0.728537321090698
[A.AE.deficit.1C_CG]	-0.0248840600252151	-0.0762817785143852	0.0428714491426945	-0.0454262867569923	-0.0219677500426769	-0.00278821843676269	0.00885115005075932	0.0587645918130875	0.232724070549011	-0.0101321283727884
[A.AE.deficit.1C_SG]	0.135243833065033	0.201680317521095	0.119329236447811	-0.098901554942131	-0.298810988664627	-0.118535384535789	-0.0150823434814811	0.159044533967972	0.0672398209571838	-0.15975795686245
[A.AE.deficit.1C_SNG]	0.135243833065033	0.201680317521095	0.119329236447811	-0.098901554942131	-0.298810988664627	-0.118535384535789	-0.0150823434814811	0.159044533967972	0.0672398209571838	-0.15975795686245
[A.AE.ea.1C_CG]	0.301420629024506	0.379134863615036	0.26629438996315	0.274712324142456	0.197748064994812	0.200263008475304	0.17253652215004	0.199473112821579	0.228783145546913	0.28277525305748
[A.AE.ea.1C_SG]	0.698579370975494	0.620865106582642	0.733705580234528	0.725287675857544	0.802251935005188	0.799736976623535	0.827463448047638	0.800526916980743	0.771216869354248	0.717224717140198
[A.AE.ea.1C_SNG]	0.698579370975494	0.620865106582642	0.733705580234528	0.725287675857544	0.802251935005188	0.799736976623535	0.827463448047638	0.800526916980743	0.771216869354248	0.717224717140198
[A.AE.edu.1C_CG]	0.486894547939301	0.447919517755508	0.458369702100754	0.437823683023453	0.43093603849411	0.417889982461929	0.426707923412323	0.418648719787598	0.434988528490067	0.453472346067429
[A.AE.edu.1C_SG]	0.513105452060699	0.552080452442169	0.541630327701569	0.56217634677887	0.56906396150589	0.582109987735748	0.573292076587677	0.581351280212402	0.565011441707611	0.546527624130249

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