Forestry, Capital (general government expenditure) — Value Standard Local Currency by country
The Statistics Division of FAO collects annually data on Government Expenditure on Agriculture through a questionnaire, which was developed in partnership with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The IMF is the responsible institution for the Government Finance Statistics (GFS) methodology and annually collects...
What the numbers show
Forestry, Capital (general government expenditure) — Value Standard Local Currency is currently reported for 22 countries. The highest value is 1.33 million million SLC in Viet Nam; the lowest is -16 million SLC in Poland.
The median across all reporting countries is 90.38 million SLC, and the mean is 61,162 million SLC.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 83,062.
Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in Armenia (up 190,682.0%), and the largest decrease in Australia (down 300.0%).
Forestry, Capital (general government expenditure) — Value Standard: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viet Nam | 1.33 million million SLC | 2022 | down 28.0% | rising |
| 1 | Pakistan | 9,384 million SLC | 2024 | up 816.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Togo | 3,685 million SLC | 2018 | up 152.6% | volatile |
| 2 | Republic of Moldova | 259 million SLC | 2024 | up 1,549.7% | volatile |
| 3 | Israel | 1,017 million SLC | 2024 | up 90.8% | rising |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 769.3 million SLC | 2015 | up 7,562.4% | volatile |
| 5 | Armenia | 534.19 million SLC | 2022 | up 190,682.0% | volatile |
| 6 | Peru | 255.42 million SLC | 2024 | up 56,660.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Russian Federation | 240.47 million SLC | 2021 | up 955.6% | volatile |
| 8 | Guinea-Bissau | 168.45 million SLC | 2015 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 9 | Albania | 141.23 million SLC | 2022 | up 50.2% | rising |
| 10 | Slovakia | 39.54 million SLC | 2011 | up 2,918.3% | volatile |
| 11 | South Africa | 30 million SLC | 2023 | down 62.0% | volatile |
| 12 | Kyrgyzstan | 27.6 million SLC | 2024 | up 43.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Brazil | 15.81 million SLC | 2024 | down 76.6% | falling |
| 14 | Sweden | 12 million SLC | 2024 | down 52.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Mauritius | 3.13 million SLC | 2024 | down 57.1% | volatile |
| 16 | Grenada | 0.13 million SLC | 2024 | down 92.8% | volatile |
| 17 | El Salvador | 0.1 million SLC | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 18 | Angola | 0 million SLC | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 22 | Australia | -12 million SLC | 2024 | down 300.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Poland | -16 million SLC | 2023 | up 46.7% | volatile |
About this data
The Statistics Division of FAO collects annually data on Government Expenditure on Agriculture through a questionnaire, which was developed in partnership with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The IMF is the responsible institution for the Government Finance Statistics (GFS) methodology and annually collects GFS data, including Expenditure by Functions of Government (COFOG). The Classification of the Functions of Government (COFOG) is an international classification developed by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and published by the United Nations Statistical Division (UNSD), with the aim of categorise governments' functions according to their purposes. The FAO questionnaire aligns with Table 7 of the IMF GFS questionnaire, replicates the relevant aggregates and drills down to request additional detail related to Agriculture. The FAO dataset consists of a time series, from 2001 onwards, of Total Government Expenditure and expenditure in: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, along with its three disaggregated subsectors of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing; and Environmental Protection. In addition, expenditure in each detailed function are further disaggregated into Recurrent and Capital expenditure. Additional indicators include the Agriculture Share of Government Expenditure, and the Agriculture Orientation Index (ratio between the Agriculture Share of Government Expenditure and the Agriculture Value Added as Share of GDP). Data are reported for the highest level of government available (Consolidated general government, consolidated central government or budgetary central government) and are available for about 100 countries on a regular basis.