R&D Environmental Protection, Capital (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
R&D Environmental Protection, Capital (central government expenditure) — Value Standard Local Currency is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 72,857 million SLC in Colombia; the lowest is -35 million SLC in Netherlands (Kingdom of the).
The median across all reporting countries is 11.45 million SLC, and the mean is 2,308 million SLC.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2,082.
Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Malta (up 84,600.0%), and the largest decrease in Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (down 775.0%).
R&D Environmental Protection, Capital (central government): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colombia | 72,857 million SLC | 2023 | up 112.8% | rising |
| 2 | Mozambique | 5,565 million SLC | 2024 | up 4,929.2% | volatile |
| 3 | Nepal | 1,790 million SLC | 2020 | up 1,391.6% | volatile |
| 4 | Poland | 711 million SLC | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 5 | Angola | 454.37 million SLC | 2024 | up 938.6% | volatile |
| 6 | Italy | 343 million SLC | 2023 | up 908.8% | volatile |
| 7 | France | 339 million SLC | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 8 | Guinea-Bissau | 224.93 million SLC | 2015 | up 81.5% | volatile |
| 9 | Argentina | 220.3 million SLC | 2024 | up 12,858.8% | volatile |
| 10 | Australia | 190 million SLC | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 11 | Hungary | 151 million SLC | 2023 | down 59.5% | volatile |
| 12 | Sweden | 101 million SLC | 2024 | up 16.1% | falling |
| 13 | Kenya | 32.9 million SLC | 2012 | down 47.3% | volatile |
| 14 | South Africa | 24 million SLC | 2023 | down 61.3% | volatile |
| 15 | Finland | 23 million SLC | 2023 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 16 | Slovenia | 17.22 million SLC | 2023 | up 287.0% | volatile |
| 17 | Ecuador | 12.82 million SLC | 2024 | up 1,005.2% | volatile |
| 18 | Spain | 12 million SLC | 2023 | up 71.4% | volatile |
| 19 | Estonia | 10.9 million SLC | 2023 | up 60.3% | volatile |
| 20 | Malta | 8.47 million SLC | 2023 | up 84,600.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Croatia | 4.68 million SLC | 2023 | — | rising |
| 22 | Brazil | 3.88 million SLC | 2024 | down 8.1% | volatile |
| 23 | Paraguay | 3.59 million SLC | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 24 | Guatemala | 3.51 million SLC | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 25 | Nicaragua | 3 million SLC | 2023 | down 77.8% | volatile |
| 26 | Peru | 1.98 million SLC | 2024 | down 60.5% | falling |
| 27 | Ukraine | 0.3 million SLC | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 28 | Latvia | 0.24 million SLC | 2023 | up 1,100.0% | volatile |
| 29 | El Salvador | 0.2 million SLC | 2023 | down 94.7% | volatile |
| 30 | Slovakia | 0 million SLC | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 30 | Seychelles | 0 million SLC | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Namibia | 0 million SLC | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 30 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 million SLC | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Israel | 0 million SLC | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 30 | Armenia | 0 million SLC | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 47 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | -35 million SLC | 2023 | down 775.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- United Republic of Tanzania 0 million SLC
- Republic of Moldova 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.