dataset.json

{
  "attributes_labels": {
    "TIME_FORMAT": "Time format",
    "UNIT_MULT": "Scale"
  },
  "attributes_values_labels": {
    "TIME_FORMAT": {
      "P1D": "Daily",
      "P1M": "Monthly",
      "P1Y": "Annual",
      "P3M": "Quarterly",
      "P6M": "Bi-annual",
      "P7D": "Weekly"
    },
    "UNIT_MULT": {
      "0": "Units",
      "1": "Tens",
      "10": "Ten Billions",
      "11": "Hundred Billions",
      "12": "Trillions",
      "13": "Ten Trillions",
      "14": "Hundred Trillions",
      "15": "Quadrillions",
      "2": "Hundreds",
      "3": "Thousands",
      "4": "Ten Thousands",
      "5": "Hundred Thousands",
      "6": "Millions",
      "7": "Ten Millions",
      "8": "Hundred Millions",
      "9": "Billions",
      "N1": "Tenths",
      "N10": "Ten Billionths",
      "N11": "Hundred Billionths",
      "N12": "Trillionths",
      "N13": "Ten Trillionths",
      "N14": "Hundred Trillionths",
      "N15": "Quadrillionths",
      "N2": "Hundredths",
      "N3": "Thousandths",
      "N4": "Ten Thousandths",
      "N5": "Hundred Thousandths",
      "N6": "Millionths",
      "N7": "Ten Millionths",
      "N8": "Hundred Millionths",
      "N9": "Billionths"
    }
  },
  "code": "FISCALDECENTRALIZATION",
  "description": "The IMF’s Fiscal Decentralization Dataset compiles indicators widely used by academics and policymakers to assess recent trends, conduct benchmark analysis, and identify the causes, and consequences of fiscal decentralization for a global sample of IMF members.",
  "dimensions_codes_order": [
    "FREQ",
    "REF_AREA",
    "INDICATOR",
    "REF_SECTOR"
  ],
  "dimensions_labels": {
    "FREQ": "Frequency",
    "INDICATOR": "Indicator",
    "REF_AREA": "Reference Area",
    "REF_SECTOR": "Reporting Institutional Sector"
  },
  "dimensions_values_labels": {
    "FREQ": {
      "A": "Annual",
      "B": "Bi-annual",
      "D": "Daily",
      "M": "Monthly",
      "Q": "Quarterly",
      "W": "Weekly"
    },
    "INDICATOR": {
      "cfc": "Consumption of fixed capital, share of general government",
      "comp": "Compensation of employees, share of general government",
      "cs": "Capital spending, share of general government",
      "debt": "Debt, share of own revenue",
      "defense": "Defense, share of general government",
      "deficit": "Deficit, share of own spending",
      "ea": "Economic affairs, share of general government",
      "edu": "Education, share of general government",
      "ep": "Environmental protection, share of general government",
      "exc": "Excise, share of general government",
      "gps": "General public services, share of general government",
      "gs": "Goods and Services, share of general government",
      "hca": "Housing & community ammenities, share of general government",
      "health": "Health, share of general government",
      "interest": "Interest, share of general government",
      "ipcg": "Income, Profits, Capital Gains, share of general government",
      "it": "International Trade, share of general government",
      "oe": "Other expenses, share of general government",
      "or": "Other revenue, share of general government",
      "ot": "Other Taxes, share of general government",
      "payroll": "Payroll, share of general government",
      "pos": "Public order & safety, share of general government",
      "property": "Property, share of general government",
      "rd": "Revenue decentralization (ratio of own revenues to general government revenues)",
      "recreation": "Recreation, share of general government",
      "sb": "Social benefits, share of general government",
      "sc": "Social contributions, share of general government",
      "sd": "Expenditure decentralization (ratio of own spending to general government spending)",
      "sp": "Social protection, share of general government",
      "subs": "Subsidies, share of general government",
      "taxd": "Tax revenue decentralization (share of general government)",
      "transferDep1": "Transfer dependency method 1, ratio of net transfers to own spending",
      "transferDep2": "Transfer dependency method 2, ratio of net transfers to own revenue",
      "ugs": "Use of goods & services, share of general government",
      "vat": "VAT, share of general government",
      "vfi": "Vertical Fiscal Imbalance (1- ratio of own revenue to own spending)"
    },
    "REF_AREA": {
      "AE": "United Arab Emirates",
      "AF": "Afghanistan",
      "AL": "Albania",
      "AM": "Armenia",
      "AT": "Austria",
      "AU": "Australia",
      "AZ": "Azerbaijan",
      "BA": "Bosnia and Herzegovina",
      "BE": "Belgium",
      "BG": "Bulgaria",
      "BR": "Brazil",
      "BY": "Belarus",
      "CA": "Canada",
      "CH": "Switzerland",
      "CL": "Chile",
      "CN": "China",
      "CO": "Colombia",
      "CR": "Costa Rica",
      "CY": "Cyprus",
      "CZ": "Czech Republic",
      "DE": "Germany",
      "DK": "Denmark",
      "EE": "Estonia",
      "ES": "Spain",
      "FI": "Finland",
      "FR": "France",
      "GB": "United Kingdom",
      "GE": "Georgia",
      "GR": "Greece",
      "HN": "Honduras",
      "HR": "Croatia",
      "HU": "Hungary",
      "ID": "Indonesia",
      "IE": "Ireland",
      "IL": "Israel",
      "IR": "Iran, Islamic Republic of",
      "IS": "Iceland",
      "IT": "Italy",
      "JP": "Japan",
      "KE": "Kenya",
      "KG": "Kyrgyzstan",
      "KI": "Kiribati",
      "KR": "Korea, Republic of",
      "KZ": "Kazakhstan",
      "LT": "Lithuania",
      "LU": "Luxembourg",
      "LV": "Latvia",
      "MD": "Moldova, Republic of",
      "MK": "North Macedonia, Republic of",
      "MM": "Myanmar",
      "MN": "Mongolia",
      "MT": "Malta",
      "MU": "Mauritius",
      "NL": "Netherlands",
      "NO": "Norway",
      "NZ": "New Zealand",
      "PE": "Peru",
      "PL": "Poland",
      "PT": "Portugal",
      "PY": "Paraguay",
      "RO": "Romania",
      "RS": "Serbia",
      "RU": "Russian Federation",
      "SE": "Sweden",
      "SI": "Slovenia",
      "SK": "Slovakia",
      "SV": "El Salvador",
      "TH": "Thailand",
      "TN": "Tunisia",
      "TR": "Turkey",
      "UA": "Ukraine",
      "UG": "Uganda",
      "US": "United States",
      "UZ": "Uzbekistan",
      "ZA": "South Africa"
    },
    "REF_SECTOR": {
      "1C_CG": "Central Government",
      "1C_LG": "Local Government",
      "1C_SG": "State Government",
      "1C_SNG": "Subnational Government"
    }
  },
  "name": "Fiscal Decentralization",
  "notes": [
    "Temporal Coverage: Annual data starting in 1972 and ending with Current Year - 2",
    "Geographic Coverage: 75 economies",
    "Methodology: Fiscal decentralization indicators are computed using fiscal data on flows and stocks of the general government sector disaggregated between central and subnational government subsectors (state\/provincial\/regional, and local) measured within the framework of the Government Finance Statistics Manual, 2014.     \nPlease refer to the methodological note  \"The IMF’s Fiscal Decentralization Dataset: A Primer to the 2018 Vintage\" by Victor Lledo, Clement Ncuti, Moses Kabanda, Christina Hu and Yuan Xiang for a detailed description of the formulas used to compute each fiscal decentralization indicator.",
    "Sectoral Coverage: Fiscal",
    "Code: FISCALDECENTRALIZATION"
  ],
  "updated_at": "2020-10-09"
}