Taxes on international trade and transactions, Ratio of this level of government's revenue from this item to total general government revenue from this item, 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
Taxes on international trade and transactions, Ratio of this level of government's revenue from this item to total general government revenue from this item, Percent (Central government) is currently reported for 73 countries. The highest value is 1 in Marshall Islands; the lowest is 0.0021 in United Arab Emirates.
The median across all reporting countries is 1, and the mean is 0.973.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 471.
Over the past decade 5 countries rose and 3 fell. The largest increase was in United Arab Emirates (up 283.8%), and the largest decrease in Costa Rica (down 0.1%).
Taxes on international trade and transactions, Ratio of this level of: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marshall Islands | 1 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Palau | 1 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Peru | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Norway | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Netherlands | 1 | 2014 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Mauritius | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Mongolia | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Myanmar | 1 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Malta | 1 | 2014 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | North Macedonia | 1 | 2020 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 1 | Poland | 1 | 2004 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Mexico | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Moldova | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Latvia | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Lithuania | 1 | 2004 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | South Korea | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kiribati | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kenya | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Slovakia | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | South Africa | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United States | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Ukraine | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Uganda | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Turkey | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Thailand | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Slovenia | 1 | 2004 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Serbia | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | El Salvador | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Senegal | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Rwanda | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Russia | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Romania | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Paraguay | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Portugal | 1 | 2002 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cyprus | 1 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Albania | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Armenia | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Australia | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Austria | 1 | 2012 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bulgaria | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Belarus | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Brazil | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Canada | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Switzerland | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Chile | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | China | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cape Verde | 1 | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Afghanistan | 1 | 2017 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 1 | Czechia | 1 | 2004 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Honduras | 1 | 2015 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Japan | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Israel | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Iceland | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Iran | 1 | 2009 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Indonesia | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Hungary | 1 | 2010 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Croatia | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Denmark | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Greece | 1 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Georgia | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United Kingdom | 1 | 2020 | — | flat |
| 1 | Finland | 1 | 2013 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Estonia | 1 | 2004 | unchanged | flat |
| 68 | Colombia | 1 | 2020 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 69 | Guatemala | 0.9996 | 2020 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 70 | Azerbaijan | 0.9962 | 2019 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 71 | Costa Rica | 0.9911 | 2020 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 72 | France | 0.0387 | 2020 | up 109.1% | volatile |
| 73 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0021 | 2020 | up 283.8% | volatile |
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.