Total Expenditure (highest government level) — Value US$ in Western Asia and Northern Africa
Western Asia and Northern Africa: Total Expenditure (highest government level) — Value US$ was 1.67 million million USD in 2024. ▲ Rising
Total Expenditure (highest government level) — Value US$ in Western Asia and Northern Africa, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million USD.
Analysis
Western Asia and Northern Africa recorded 1.67 million million USD for total expenditure (highest government level) — value us$ in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 15.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total expenditure (highest government level) — value us$ in Western Asia and Northern Africa peaked at 1.67 million million USD in 2024 and was at its lowest, 329,268 million USD, in 2001.
That places Western Asia and Northern Africa 14th out of 33 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Total Expenditure (highest government level) — Value US$ in Western Asia and Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | million USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 329,268 million USD | — |
| 2002 | 333,748 million USD | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 385,936 million USD | +15.6% |
| 2004 | 459,083 million USD | +19.0% |
| 2005 | 534,174 million USD | +16.4% |
| 2006 | 627,102 million USD | +17.4% |
| 2007 | 728,175 million USD | +16.1% |
| 2008 | 997,962 million USD | +37.0% |
| 2009 | 994,031 million USD | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 1.07 million million USD | +7.4% |
| 2011 | 1.22 million million USD | +14.8% |
| 2012 | 1.28 million million USD | +4.8% |
| 2013 | 1.37 million million USD | +6.6% |
| 2014 | 1.45 million million USD | +5.7% |
| 2015 | 1.28 million million USD | -11.3% |
| 2016 | 1.26 million million USD | -2.1% |
| 2017 | 1.25 million million USD | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 1.36 million million USD | +9.0% |
| 2019 | 1.40 million million USD | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 1.37 million million USD | -2.2% |
| 2021 | 1.41 million million USD | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 1.47 million million USD | +4.8% |
| 2023 | 1.65 million million USD | +11.9% |
| 2024 | 1.67 million million USD | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 598,831 million USD | 329,268 million USD | 997,962 million USD | 9 |
| 2010s | 1.29 million million USD | 1.07 million million USD | 1.45 million million USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.51 million million USD | 1.37 million million USD | 1.67 million million USD | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is total expenditure (highest government level) — value us$ in Western Asia and Northern Africa?
- Total expenditure (highest government level) — value us$ in Western Asia and Northern Africa was 1.67 million million USD in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest total expenditure (highest government level) — value us$ recorded in Western Asia and Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1.67 million million USD in 2024.
- What is the lowest total expenditure (highest government level) — value us$ recorded in Western Asia and Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 329,268 million USD in 2001.
- How does Western Asia and Northern Africa rank for total expenditure (highest government level) — value us$?
- Western Asia and Northern Africa ranks 14th out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is total expenditure (highest government level) — value us$ rising or falling in Western Asia and Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Asia and Northern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Total Expenditure (highest government level) — Value US$. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.