Protection of Biodiversity and Landscape, Recurrent (central government expenditure) — Value US$ 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
Protection of Biodiversity and Landscape, Recurrent (central government expenditure) — Value US$ is currently reported for 70 countries. The highest value is 737.43 million USD in Netherlands (Kingdom of the); the lowest is 0 million USD in Malawi.
The median across all reporting countries is 12.71 million USD, and the mean is 73.1 million USD.
Over the past decade 37 countries rose and 22 fell. The largest increase was in Saint Lucia (up 2,836.4%), and the largest decrease in Canada (down 100.0%).
Protection of Biodiversity and Landscape, Recurrent (central): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 737.43 million USD | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 2 | Australia | 570.82 million USD | 2024 | up 37.7% | rising |
| 3 | South Africa | 469.15 million USD | 2023 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 4 | Spain | 459.54 million USD | 2023 | up 211.7% | rising |
| 5 | Italy | 403.31 million USD | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 6 | Brazil | 343.22 million USD | 2024 | down 43.6% | falling |
| 7 | Chile | 238.23 million USD | 2024 | up 66.8% | rising |
| 8 | Sweden | 196.54 million USD | 2024 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 9 | Russian Federation | 163.54 million USD | 2021 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 10 | Finland | 136.24 million USD | 2023 | up 35.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Trinidad and Tobago | 131.87 million USD | 2015 | up 63.0% | volatile |
| 12 | Argentina | 107.26 million USD | 2024 | down 46.4% | falling |
| 13 | Panama | 101.28 million USD | 2023 | up 529.9% | volatile |
| 14 | Poland | 97.06 million USD | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 15 | Mexico | 81.17 million USD | 2024 | up 26.7% | flat |
| 16 | Croatia | 69.82 million USD | 2023 | — | flat |
| 17 | Hungary | 63.5 million USD | 2023 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 18 | Cuba | 63.48 million USD | 2019 | — | falling |
| 19 | Peru | 58.22 million USD | 2024 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 20 | Colombia | 57.84 million USD | 2023 | up 10.8% | falling |
| 21 | Kenya | 55.1 million USD | 2024 | up 174.3% | volatile |
| 22 | Costa Rica | 45.63 million USD | 2020 | up 10.7% | flat |
| 23 | Oman | 44.21 million USD | 2014 | up 336.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Malta | 42.2 million USD | 2023 | up 96.5% | volatile |
| 25 | Botswana | 40.46 million USD | 2024 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 26 | Slovakia | 32.85 million USD | 2011 | up 307.6% | rising |
| 27 | Slovenia | 30.22 million USD | 2023 | down 7.6% | volatile |
| 28 | Ukraine | 29.71 million USD | 2024 | up 97.5% | rising |
| 29 | Guatemala | 28.47 million USD | 2024 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 30 | Kyrgyzstan | 27.15 million USD | 2024 | up 180.2% | volatile |
| 31 | Seychelles | 21.5 million USD | 2024 | up 76.1% | rising |
| 32 | Uganda | 19.65 million USD | 2024 | — | rising |
| 33 | Dominican Republic | 13.41 million USD | 2024 | up 19.8% | volatile |
| 34 | El Salvador | 13.4 million USD | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 35 | Bahrain | 13.3 million USD | 2018 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 36 | Estonia | 12.11 million USD | 2023 | down 30.9% | volatile |
| 37 | Israel | 10.84 million USD | 2024 | up 622.7% | volatile |
| 38 | Kazakhstan | 10.19 million USD | 2015 | down 78.3% | volatile |
| 39 | Azerbaijan | 9.12 million USD | 2022 | down 28.4% | volatile |
| 40 | Latvia | 6.48 million USD | 2023 | up 88.9% | volatile |
| 41 | Lithuania | 6.42 million USD | 2023 | up 93.4% | rising |
| 42 | Ecuador | 6.27 million USD | 2024 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 42 | Cyprus | 6.27 million USD | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Namibia | 5.57 million USD | 2024 | down 70.5% | volatile |
| 45 | Paraguay | 5.21 million USD | 2018 | up 51.9% | volatile |
| 46 | Portugal | 4.28 million USD | 2023 | up 4.4% | volatile |
| 47 | Armenia | 4.18 million USD | 2022 | up 52.0% | rising |
| 48 | Chad | 4.14 million USD | 2020 | up 546.9% | rising |
| 49 | Saint Lucia | 3.23 million USD | 2024 | up 2,836.4% | volatile |
| 50 | Nicaragua | 3.16 million USD | 2023 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 51 | Senegal | 2.46 million USD | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 52 | Bahamas | 1.83 million USD | 2024 | down 90.6% | volatile |
| 53 | Mauritius | 1.55 million USD | 2024 | down 77.6% | falling |
| 54 | Eswatini | 1.05 million USD | 2024 | — | rising |
| 55 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.91 million USD | 2024 | up 49.2% | rising |
| 56 | Guyana | 0.78 million USD | 2018 | up 550.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Burundi | 0.77 million USD | 2019 | — | rising |
| 58 | Bangladesh | 0.72 million USD | 2009 | up 323.5% | volatile |
| 59 | Samoa | 0.7 million USD | 2024 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 60 | Lesotho | 0.54 million USD | 2024 | down 36.5% | volatile |
| 61 | Grenada | 0.52 million USD | 2024 | up 85.7% | volatile |
| 62 | Mozambique | 0.42 million USD | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 63 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.39 million USD | 2022 | — | rising |
| 64 | Albania | 0.16 million USD | 2022 | up 128.6% | rising |
| 65 | Yemen | 0.11 million USD | 2014 | down 67.6% | volatile |
| 66 | Angola | 0.07 million USD | 2024 | down 99.7% | volatile |
| 67 | New Caledonia | 0.04 million USD | 2016 | down 97.6% | volatile |
| 68 | Canada | 0 million USD | 2014 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 68 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 million USD | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 68 | Malawi | 0 million USD | 2015 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Republic of Moldova 0.28 million USD
- United Republic of Tanzania 0 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.