Forestry (general government expenditure) — Value US$, 2015 prices by country
The Statistics Division of FAO collects annually data on Government Expenditure on Agriculture through a questionnaire, which was developed in partnership with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The IMF is the responsible institution for the Government Finance Statistics (GFS) methodology and annually collects...
What the numbers show
Forestry (general government expenditure) — Value US$, 2015 prices is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 1,954 million USD in Egypt; the lowest is 0 million USD in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 9.11 million USD, and the mean is 153.16 million USD.
Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Peru (up 31,337.5%), and the largest decrease in Canada (down 100.0%).
Forestry (general government expenditure) — Value US$, 2015 prices: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egypt | 1,954 million USD | 2024 | up 153.7% | rising |
| 2 | Russian Federation | 769.03 million USD | 2021 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 3 | Switzerland | 554.1 million USD | 2023 | up 9.8% | falling |
| 4 | Indonesia | 453.08 million USD | 2024 | up 1,765.3% | volatile |
| 5 | Australia | 272.83 million USD | 2024 | up 107.7% | rising |
| 6 | Myanmar | 219.97 million USD | 2020 | up 34.5% | volatile |
| 7 | Israel | 213.99 million USD | 2024 | up 52.5% | rising |
| 8 | Pakistan | 165.26 million USD | 2024 | up 175.0% | rising |
| 9 | Viet Nam | 148.42 million USD | 2022 | down 16.2% | rising |
| 10 | Sweden | 107.29 million USD | 2024 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 11 | Kazakhstan | 94.61 million USD | 2015 | up 183.1% | rising |
| 12 | Peru | 75.45 million USD | 2024 | up 31,337.5% | volatile |
| 13 | Slovakia | 66.18 million USD | 2011 | up 322.3% | volatile |
| 14 | Poland | 19.13 million USD | 2023 | down 35.6% | flat |
| 15 | Iceland | 12.49 million USD | 2024 | — | rising |
| 16 | Togo | 10.06 million USD | 2018 | up 69.6% | rising |
| 17 | Turkmenistan | 9.22 million USD | 2024 | up 95.3% | rising |
| 18 | Albania | 9 million USD | 2022 | up 48.3% | rising |
| 19 | Republic of Moldova | 8.35 million USD | 2024 | up 769.8% | volatile |
| 20 | Brazil | 7.29 million USD | 2024 | down 91.4% | falling |
| 21 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.35 million USD | 2024 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 22 | Azerbaijan | 6.24 million USD | 2022 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 23 | Paraguay | 5.34 million USD | 2020 | up 480.4% | rising |
| 24 | Zambia | 4.06 million USD | 2010 | up 272.5% | rising |
| 25 | Mauritius | 3.89 million USD | 2024 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 26 | Armenia | 3.2 million USD | 2022 | up 87.1% | rising |
| 27 | Denmark | 3.05 million USD | 2024 | up 408.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Angola | 1.73 million USD | 2024 | up 2,371.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.42 million USD | 2015 | down 21.5% | volatile |
| 30 | El Salvador | 1.06 million USD | 2024 | up 123.2% | volatile |
| 31 | Colombia | 0.87 million USD | 2024 | down 31.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Grenada | 0.3 million USD | 2024 | down 62.0% | falling |
| 33 | Canada | 0 million USD | 2014 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Yemen | 0 million USD | 2014 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- South Africa 44.38 million USD
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.