Forestry, Recurrent (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, Recurrent (central government expenditure) — Value Standard Local Currency is currently reported for 51 countries. The highest value is 279,000 million SLC in Viet Nam; the lowest is 0 million SLC in Mozambique.
The median across all reporting countries is 178 million SLC, and the mean is 13,948 million SLC.
Over the past decade 33 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Peru (up 19,853.3%), and the largest decrease in Argentina (down 98.3%).
Forestry, Recurrent (central government expenditure) — Value Standard: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viet Nam | 279,000 million SLC | 2022 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 2 | Guinea | 203,100 million SLC | 2020 | — | rising |
| 3 | United Republic of Tanzania | 49,792 million SLC | 2024 | up 1,807.2% | volatile |
| 4 | Russian Federation | 49,693 million SLC | 2021 | up 52.5% | rising |
| 5 | Chile | 38,440 million SLC | 2024 | up 120.8% | volatile |
| 6 | Paraguay | 32,690 million SLC | 2024 | up 1,245.2% | volatile |
| 7 | Kazakhstan | 12,824 million SLC | 2015 | up 2,780.8% | volatile |
| 8 | Senegal | 11,410 million SLC | 2024 | up 525.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Kenya | 8,471 million SLC | 2024 | up 2,051.2% | volatile |
| 10 | Bangladesh | 7,110 million SLC | 2024 | up 350.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Mexico | 3,197 million SLC | 2024 | down 57.8% | falling |
| 12 | Colombia | 3,003 million SLC | 2024 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 13 | Togo | 2,234 million SLC | 2018 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 14 | Armenia | 1,378 million SLC | 2022 | up 80.6% | rising |
| 15 | Guyana | 1,282 million SLC | 2023 | up 181.7% | rising |
| 16 | Angola | 1,221 million SLC | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 17 | Chad | 1,191 million SLC | 2020 | up 647.6% | rising |
| 18 | Sweden | 1,183 million SLC | 2024 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 19 | Kyrgyzstan | 833.9 million SLC | 2024 | up 282.7% | volatile |
| 20 | Albania | 740.75 million SLC | 2022 | up 13.6% | flat |
| 21 | Guinea-Bissau | 673.81 million SLC | 2015 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 22 | Australia | 478 million SLC | 2024 | up 11,850.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Namibia | 200 million SLC | 2024 | up 52.7% | volatile |
| 24 | Zambia | 194.06 million SLC | 2024 | up 482.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Mauritius | 181.37 million SLC | 2024 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 26 | Nicaragua | 178 million SLC | 2023 | down 38.7% | falling |
| 27 | Trinidad and Tobago | 115 million SLC | 2015 | up 68.4% | rising |
| 28 | Cuba | 114.94 million SLC | 2019 | — | rising |
| 29 | Guatemala | 106.12 million SLC | 2024 | up 2,039.5% | volatile |
| 30 | Peru | 59.86 million SLC | 2024 | up 19,853.3% | volatile |
| 31 | Lesotho | 58.4 million SLC | 2024 | up 12.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Turkmenistan | 36.75 million SLC | 2024 | up 161.0% | rising |
| 33 | Poland | 35 million SLC | 2023 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 34 | Republic of Moldova | 30 million SLC | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 35 | Brazil | 21.64 million SLC | 2024 | down 82.1% | falling |
| 36 | Slovakia | 16.8 million SLC | 2011 | up 53.0% | rising |
| 37 | Azerbaijan | 13.84 million SLC | 2022 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 38 | Fiji | 7 million SLC | 2023 | up 94.4% | rising |
| 39 | Eswatini | 6.97 million SLC | 2024 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 40 | Argentina | 6 million SLC | 2024 | down 98.3% | volatile |
| 41 | Saint Lucia | 3.13 million SLC | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 42 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.91 million SLC | 2024 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 43 | Samoa | 1.97 million SLC | 2024 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 44 | El Salvador | 1.3 million SLC | 2024 | up 129.5% | volatile |
| 45 | Grenada | 0.83 million SLC | 2024 | up 69.4% | falling |
| 46 | Israel | 0 million SLC | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 46 | Canada | 0 million SLC | 2014 | — | flat |
| 46 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 million SLC | 2015 | — | flat |
| 46 | Yemen | 0 million SLC | 2014 | — | flat |
| 46 | Bahamas | 0 million SLC | 2024 | — | flat |
| 46 | Mozambique | 0 million SLC | 2024 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- South Africa 823 million SLC
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.