Protection of Biodiversity and Landscape, 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
Protection of Biodiversity and Landscape, Recurrent (central government expenditure) — Value Standard Local Currency is currently reported for 70 countries. The highest value is 250,218 million SLC in Colombia; the lowest is 0 million SLC in Sao Tome and Principe.
The median across all reporting countries is 101.64 million SLC, and the mean is 11,133 million SLC.
Over the past decade 46 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Argentina (up 3,219.9%), 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 | Colombia | 250,218 million SLC | 2023 | up 62.1% | rising |
| 2 | Chile | 224,786 million SLC | 2024 | up 176.0% | volatile |
| 3 | Argentina | 98,113 million SLC | 2024 | up 3,219.9% | volatile |
| 4 | Uganda | 73,841 million SLC | 2024 | — | rising |
| 5 | Paraguay | 29,843 million SLC | 2018 | up 75.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Costa Rica | 26,690 million SLC | 2020 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 7 | Hungary | 22,422 million SLC | 2023 | up 89.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Russian Federation | 12,046 million SLC | 2021 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 9 | South Africa | 8,656 million SLC | 2023 | up 73.1% | volatile |
| 10 | Kenya | 7,429 million SLC | 2024 | up 320.5% | volatile |
| 11 | Chad | 2,382 million SLC | 2020 | up 647.6% | rising |
| 12 | Kyrgyzstan | 2,366 million SLC | 2024 | up 354.9% | volatile |
| 13 | Kazakhstan | 2,258 million SLC | 2015 | down 67.4% | falling |
| 14 | Sweden | 2,077 million SLC | 2024 | up 98.6% | rising |
| 15 | Brazil | 1,850 million SLC | 2024 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 16 | Armenia | 1,821 million SLC | 2022 | up 65.0% | rising |
| 17 | Senegal | 1,493 million SLC | 2024 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 18 | Mexico | 1,486 million SLC | 2024 | up 74.4% | rising |
| 19 | Burundi | 1,419 million SLC | 2019 | — | rising |
| 20 | Ukraine | 1,193 million SLC | 2024 | up 191.7% | rising |
| 21 | Australia | 865 million SLC | 2024 | up 88.0% | rising |
| 22 | Trinidad and Tobago | 841 million SLC | 2015 | up 65.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Dominican Republic | 798.49 million SLC | 2024 | up 63.9% | volatile |
| 24 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 682 million SLC | 2023 | up 22.7% | falling |
| 25 | Botswana | 548.81 million SLC | 2024 | up 53.3% | rising |
| 26 | Spain | 425 million SLC | 2023 | up 282.9% | rising |
| 27 | Poland | 408 million SLC | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 28 | Italy | 373 million SLC | 2023 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 29 | Seychelles | 312.45 million SLC | 2024 | up 92.1% | rising |
| 30 | Guatemala | 220.88 million SLC | 2024 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 31 | Peru | 218.68 million SLC | 2024 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 32 | Guyana | 161.9 million SLC | 2018 | up 547.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Finland | 126 million SLC | 2023 | up 65.8% | volatile |
| 34 | Nicaragua | 115 million SLC | 2023 | up 61.7% | rising |
| 35 | Namibia | 102 million SLC | 2024 | down 50.2% | volatile |
| 36 | Panama | 101.28 million SLC | 2023 | up 529.9% | volatile |
| 37 | Mauritius | 71.58 million SLC | 2024 | down 66.2% | falling |
| 38 | Croatia | 64.57 million SLC | 2023 | — | rising |
| 39 | Cuba | 63.48 million SLC | 2019 | — | falling |
| 40 | Angola | 61.19 million SLC | 2024 | down 97.1% | volatile |
| 41 | Bangladesh | 50 million SLC | 2009 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Israel | 40.12 million SLC | 2024 | up 648.5% | volatile |
| 43 | Malta | 39.03 million SLC | 2023 | up 141.4% | volatile |
| 44 | Slovenia | 27.95 million SLC | 2023 | up 13.5% | falling |
| 45 | Mozambique | 26.68 million SLC | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 46 | Slovakia | 23.6 million SLC | 2011 | up 173.5% | rising |
| 47 | Yemen | 23 million SLC | 2014 | down 62.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Eswatini | 19.17 million SLC | 2024 | — | rising |
| 49 | Albania | 17.68 million SLC | 2022 | up 149.0% | rising |
| 50 | Oman | 17 million SLC | 2014 | up 335.9% | volatile |
| 51 | Azerbaijan | 15.5 million SLC | 2022 | up 55.0% | volatile |
| 52 | El Salvador | 13.4 million SLC | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 53 | Estonia | 11.2 million SLC | 2023 | down 15.2% | volatile |
| 54 | Lesotho | 9.83 million SLC | 2024 | up 36.5% | volatile |
| 55 | Saint Lucia | 8.72 million SLC | 2024 | up 2,806.7% | volatile |
| 56 | Ecuador | 6.27 million SLC | 2024 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 57 | Latvia | 5.99 million SLC | 2023 | up 132.2% | volatile |
| 58 | Lithuania | 5.94 million SLC | 2023 | up 98.0% | rising |
| 59 | Cyprus | 5.8 million SLC | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Bahrain | 5 million SLC | 2018 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 61 | New Caledonia | 4 million SLC | 2016 | down 97.3% | volatile |
| 62 | Portugal | 3.96 million SLC | 2023 | up 28.2% | volatile |
| 63 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.47 million SLC | 2024 | up 49.7% | rising |
| 64 | Samoa | 1.92 million SLC | 2024 | up 37.1% | rising |
| 65 | Bahamas | 1.83 million SLC | 2024 | down 90.6% | volatile |
| 66 | Grenada | 1.41 million SLC | 2024 | up 88.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.04 million SLC | 2022 | — | rising |
| 68 | Canada | 0 million SLC | 2014 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 68 | Malawi | 0 million SLC | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 68 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 million SLC | 2017 | down 100.0% | 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 5 million SLC
- United Republic of Tanzania 0 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.