Forestry (central 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 (central government expenditure) — Value Standard Local Currency is currently reported for 65 countries. The highest value is 6.90 million million SLC in Indonesia; the lowest is 0 million SLC in Ghana.
The median across all reporting countries is 289 million SLC, and the mean is 156,303 million SLC.
Over the past decade 42 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Peru (up 24,227.0%), and the largest decrease in Ghana (down 100.0%).
Forestry (central government expenditure) — Value Standard Local: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesia | 6.90 million million SLC | 2024 | up 2,622.6% | volatile |
| 1 | Viet Nam | 509,000 million SLC | 2022 | down 21.2% | volatile |
| 1 | Cabo Verde | 20.33 million SLC | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 2 | Republic of Korea | 2.38 million million SLC | 2023 | up 53.3% | rising |
| 2 | United Republic of Tanzania | 49,827 million SLC | 2024 | up 1,442.6% | volatile |
| 3 | Egypt | 58,384 million SLC | 2024 | up 983.6% | volatile |
| 3 | Republic of Moldova | 289 million SLC | 2024 | up 1,651.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Russian Federation | 49,693 million SLC | 2021 | up 56.8% | rising |
| 5 | Chile | 40,498 million SLC | 2024 | up 104.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Guinea | 35,000 million SLC | 2023 | down 58.9% | volatile |
| 7 | Paraguay | 32,829 million SLC | 2024 | up 1,110.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 18,500 million SLC | 2024 | up 878.8% | volatile |
| 9 | Senegal | 14,519 million SLC | 2024 | up 132.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Kazakhstan | 13,471 million SLC | 2015 | up 2,095.4% | volatile |
| 11 | Kenya | 11,469 million SLC | 2024 | up 1,001.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Gabon | 10,223 million SLC | 2023 | up 2,930.9% | volatile |
| 13 | Togo | 5,920 million SLC | 2018 | up 76.3% | rising |
| 14 | Mexico | 3,197 million SLC | 2024 | down 58.3% | falling |
| 15 | Colombia | 3,003 million SLC | 2024 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 16 | Iceland | 2,458 million SLC | 2024 | up 295.2% | rising |
| 17 | Armenia | 1,912 million SLC | 2022 | up 150.7% | rising |
| 18 | Chad | 1,796 million SLC | 2020 | up 108.6% | volatile |
| 19 | Guyana | 1,334 million SLC | 2023 | up 167.8% | rising |
| 20 | Angola | 1,221 million SLC | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 21 | Sweden | 1,195 million SLC | 2024 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 22 | Burundi | 1,155 million SLC | 2019 | — | falling |
| 23 | Israel | 1,017 million SLC | 2024 | up 90.8% | rising |
| 24 | Kyrgyzstan | 861.5 million SLC | 2024 | up 263.2% | volatile |
| 25 | South Africa | 853 million SLC | 2023 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 26 | Guinea-Bissau | 842.26 million SLC | 2015 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Albania | 833.67 million SLC | 2022 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 28 | Burkina Faso | 657.85 million SLC | 2024 | down 51.6% | volatile |
| 29 | Australia | 463 million SLC | 2024 | up 9,160.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Namibia | 325 million SLC | 2024 | up 14.8% | volatile |
| 31 | Cuba | 233.52 million SLC | 2019 | — | flat |
| 32 | Zambia | 194.9 million SLC | 2024 | up 479.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Nicaragua | 186 million SLC | 2023 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 34 | Mauritius | 184.5 million SLC | 2024 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 35 | Peru | 180.02 million SLC | 2024 | up 24,227.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Lebanon | 161.7 million SLC | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 37 | Guatemala | 106.47 million SLC | 2024 | up 2,046.6% | volatile |
| 38 | Papua New Guinea | 68.8 million SLC | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 39 | Lesotho | 68.3 million SLC | 2024 | down 62.4% | falling |
| 40 | Vanuatu | 62.65 million SLC | 2016 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 41 | Slovakia | 56.31 million SLC | 2011 | up 357.8% | volatile |
| 42 | Turkmenistan | 36.75 million SLC | 2024 | up 123.8% | rising |
| 43 | Brazil | 36.62 million SLC | 2024 | down 76.8% | falling |
| 44 | Poland | 30 million SLC | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 45 | Switzerland | 29.01 million SLC | 2023 | up 16.2% | volatile |
| 46 | Denmark | 23.93 million SLC | 2024 | up 498.2% | volatile |
| 47 | Azerbaijan | 13.84 million SLC | 2022 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 48 | Fiji | 11 million SLC | 2023 | up 161.9% | rising |
| 49 | Montenegro | 7.73 million SLC | 2024 | up 4,731.2% | volatile |
| 50 | Brunei Darussalam | 7.48 million SLC | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 51 | Argentina | 6 million SLC | 2024 | down 98.3% | volatile |
| 52 | Eswatini | 5.91 million SLC | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 53 | Saint Lucia | 3.75 million SLC | 2024 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 54 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.91 million SLC | 2024 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 55 | Samoa | 1.97 million SLC | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 56 | El Salvador | 1.3 million SLC | 2024 | up 128.9% | volatile |
| 57 | Tonga | 1.18 million SLC | 2020 | up 114.5% | rising |
| 58 | Grenada | 0.96 million SLC | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 59 | Central African Republic | 0.6 million SLC | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 60 | Mozambique | 0 million SLC | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Ghana | 0 million SLC | 2024 | down 100.0% | 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.