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World Development Report 1996. Statistical Annex


Table 14. Central government budget
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                                                 Percentage of  GNP                                              Overall
                                Total revenue /a       Total expenditure       Percentage of total expenditure/b deficit/surplus/c
                                                                                                        -
                           Tax           Nontax      Current        Capital     Defense      Social services/d    (% of GNP)
                         ------------- ------------- ------------ ------------              -------------
                          1980   1994   1980   1994   1980  1994   1980  1994   1980  1994   1980  1994           1980  1994
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Low-income economies
  Excluding China & India
 1   Rwanda               11.0   11.6    1.8    1.6    9.3  18.7    5.0   6.5     ..    ..     ..    ..           -1.7  -6.9
 2   Mozambique             ..     ..     ..     ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..             ..    ..
 3   Ethiopia             13.2 e 12.4    3.5 e  2.4     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..             ..    ..
 4   Tanzania             17.2     ..    0.7     ..   19.2    ..   10.4    ..    9.2    ..   21.9    ..           -7.0    ..
 5   Burundi              13.3     ..    0.8     ..   11.6    ..   11.0    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..           -3.9    ..
-----                                               -                         -                                        ---------------
 6   Sierra Leone  /f     15.2   15.2    1.7    0.6   22.6  17.6    5.8   7.8     ..    ..     ..    ..          -13.2  -6.1
 7   Malawi  /f           18.1     ..    2.7     ..   19.6    ..   18.0    ..   11.3    ..   14.2    ..          -17.3    ..
 8   Chad                   ..     ..     ..     ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..             ..    ..
 9   Uganda                3.0     ..    0.1     ..    5.3    ..    0.8    ..   24.4    ..   23.5    ..           -3.1    ..
 10  Madagascar           13.1    8.5    0.3    1.6     ..  12.6     ..   7.8     ..    ..     ..    ..             ..  -5.0
-----                                               -                         -                                        ---------------
 11  Nepal                 6.5     ..    1.3     ..    0.2    ..    0.2    ..     ..    ..   15.6    ..           -3.0    ..
 12  Vietnam                ..     ..     ..     ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..             ..    ..
 13  Bangladesh  /f        7.7     ..    3.6     ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..   15.8    ..            2.5    ..
 14  Haiti                 9.4     ..    1.3     ..   14.0    ..    3.5    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..           -4.7    ..
 15  Niger                12.4     ..    2.2     ..    9.6    ..    9.1    ..    3.6    ..   24.8    ..           -4.8    ..
-----                                               -                         -                                        ---------------
 16  Guinea-Bissau          ..     ..     ..     ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..             ..    ..
 17  Kenya  /f            19.8   22.4    2.9    2.5   20.0  25.3    6.1   6.1   15.3   6.1   30.3  25.7           -4.6  -3.6
 18  Mali                  9.6     ..    0.9     ..   12.4    ..    1.9    ..   10.5    ..   20.7    ..           -4.7    ..
 19  Nigeria  /f            ..     ..     ..     ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..             ..    ..
 20  Yemen, Rep.            ..     ..     ..     ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..  29.4     ..  27.0             ..    ..
-----                                               -                         -                                        ---------------
 21  Burkina Faso         10.5    8.7    1.2    2.9    9.8  11.3    2.3   4.5   17.7    ..   30.1    ..            0.2    ..
 22  Mongolia               ..   17.1     ..    4.0     ..  17.4     ..   3.2     ..   9.8     ..  28.1             ..  -1.8
 23  India                 9.7    9.6    1.9    3.2   11.7  14.6    1.6   2.0   14.1  12.8    5.5   9.3           -6.5  -6.0
 24  Lao PDR                ..     ..     ..     ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..             ..    ..
 25  Togo                 28.0     ..    4.5     ..   24.8    ..    9.3    ..    7.0    ..   39.9    ..           -2.0    ..
-----                                               -                         -                                        ---------------
 26  Gambia, The          21.0   22.1    3.6    1.4   17.5  16.0   16.2   4.7     ..    ..   23.7    ..           -4.7   3.6
 27  Nicaragua            21.6   28.8    2.5    1.7   26.3  31.3    6.0  11.1   10.9   5.7   33.2  45.5           -7.3  -5.7
 28  Zambia               25.0   10.6    2.0    0.4   35.7  13.9    4.3   7.1     ..    ..   17.4  29.3          -20.0  -7.3
 29  Tajikistan             ..     ..     ..     ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..             ..    ..
 30  Benin                  ..     ..     ..     ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..             ..    ..
-----                                               -                         -                                        ---------------
 31  Central African Repu 14.9     ..    1.5     ..   18.4    ..    1.3    ..    9.6    ..   28.6    ..           -3.5    ..
 32  Albania                ..     ..     ..     ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..             ..    ..
 33  Ghana   /f            6.4   13.1    0.5    3.8    9.8  17.9    1.1   3.1    3.7   4.8   35.1  38.5           -4.2  -2.5
 34  Pakistan             13.5   13.2    3.0    5.3   14.6  20.7    3.1   3.6     ..    ..     ..    ..           -5.8  -6.9
 35  Mauritania             ..     ..     ..     ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..             ..    ..
-----                                               -                         -                                        ---------------
 36  Azerbaijan             ..     ..     ..     ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..             ..    ..
 37  Zimbabwe             19.5     ..    4.9     ..   33.5    ..    1.8    ..   24.9    ..   28.5    ..          -11.1    ..
 38  Guinea                 ..   12.6     ..    1.4     ..  10.9     ..  11.0     ..    ..     ..    ..             ..  -3.3
 39  China  /f              ..    2.6     ..    0.5     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..  19.0     ..   3.3             ..  -2.1
 40  Honduras             14.4     ..    1.0     ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..             ..    ..
-----                                               -                         -                                        ---------------
 41  Senegal              21.5     ..    1.6     ..   23.1    ..    2.0    ..   16.7    ..   36.8    ..            0.9    ..
 42  Cote d'Ivoire        22.2     ..    1.8     ..   20.0    ..    9.5    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..          -11.4    ..
 43  Congo                29.9     ..    9.2     ..   23.6    ..   19.1    ..     ..    ..    7.0    ..           -5.8    ..
 44  Kyrgyz Republic        ..     ..     ..     ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..             ..    ..
 45  Sri Lanka            19.3   17.4    1.1    1.9   24.9  22.3   16.7   5.3    1.6  11.6   23.6  33.0          -18.4  -8.7
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 46  Armenia                ..     ..     ..     ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..             ..    ..
 47  Cameroon             14.8   10.9    1.3    4.9   10.4  16.1    5.1   1.7    9.1   9.3   25.4  25.5            0.5  -2.0
 48  Egypt, Arab Rep.     31.1   26.4   17.9   15.0   39.4  34.9    9.7   8.1   11.6   8.2   22.2  29.7           -6.8   2.1
 49  Lesotho              14.7     ..    2.4     ..   16.5    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..             ..    ..
 50  Georgia                ..     ..     ..     ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..             ..    ..
 51  Myanmar               9.7    4.9    6.4    2.6   12.1   6.7    3.8   3.5   21.9  39.1   26.5  24.6            1.2  -2.2
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Middle-income economies
  Lower-middle-income
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 52  Bolivia                ..   12.1     ..    5.7     ..  20.5     ..   5.6     ..   8.5     ..  42.0             ..  -3.7
 53  Macedonia, FYR         ..     ..     ..     ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..             ..    ..
 54  Moldova                ..     ..     ..     ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..             ..    ..
 55  Indonesia            21.1   16.3    1.1    2.8   12.2   8.9   10.9   8.1   12.7   6.2   11.8  14.4           -2.3   0.6
 56  Philippines  /f      12.5   15.1    1.5    1.8    9.9  15.0    3.5   2.9   13.5  10.2   20.8  23.1           -1.4  -1.4
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 57  Uzbekistan             ..     ..     ..     ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..             ..    ..
 58  Morocco              21.0   26.7    3.0    3.3   23.5  24.2   10.7   7.2   17.8  13.9   27.0  27.2          -10.0  -1.4
 59  Kazakstan              ..     ..     ..     ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..             ..    ..
 60  Guatemala             8.8    6.8    0.7    0.8    7.4   6.9    5.1   2.3   10.0  15.2   29.8  29.5           -3.5  -1.2
 61  Papua New Guinea  /f 21.1   20.8    2.5    3.4   29.9  28.8    5.4   3.6    4.3   3.3   27.2  30.7           -2.0  -4.5
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 62  Bulgaria               ..   29.3     ..    8.9     ..  42.8     ..   1.1     ..   6.1     ..  36.3             ..  -4.5
 63  Romania              10.3   26.5   36.0    3.5   30.5  27.8   15.3   4.3    3.8   7.3   18.8  46.9            0.5  -2.5
 64  Ecuador  /f          12.9   14.9    0.6    2.0   12.5  13.3    2.4   3.5   12.5    ..   43.9    ..           -1.5   0.0
 65  Dominican Republic / 11.4   16.1    3.3    1.4   11.7   9.0    5.3   8.7    7.8   4.7   35.5  39.8           -2.7   0.0
 66  Lithuania              ..   18.3     ..    0.8     ..  18.9     ..   1.6     ..    ..     ..    ..             ..    ..
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 67  El Salvador  /f      11.3   10.7    0.5    1.3   12.0  11.2    2.9   3.7    8.8   8.7   34.3  39.4           -5.9  -0.8
 68  Jordan  /f             ..   22.2     ..    8.4     ..  27.1     ..   6.7   22.4  21.3   23.0  40.7             ..   1.9
 69  Jamaica              30.4     ..    1.3     ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..          -16.9    ..
 70  Paraguay              9.7    9.0    0.9    5.0    7.4  11.0    2.4   1.9   11.7  10.7   33.6  46.3            0.3   1.2
 71  Algeria              -2.4     ..   -2.4     ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..             ..    ..
 72  Colombia             10.4   14.4    1.7    2.8   10.5  12.2    4.2   2.6    6.7   8.1   44.1  31.5           -1.8  -0.6
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Note:  For data comparability and coverage, see the technical notes.  Figures in italics are for years other than those specified.
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 73  Tunisia              24.6   24.3    7.1    5.4   22.8  26.2    9.7   6.9   11.1   5.4   34.2  43.0           -2.9  -2.6
 74  Ukraine                ..     ..     ..     ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..             ..    ..
 75  Namibia                ..   30.7     ..    3.8     ..  33.8     ..   6.0     ..    ..     ..    ..             ..  -4.7
 76  Peru  /f             16.5   13.7    1.4    1.3   15.8  12.9    4.6   2.9   21.0    ..   21.2    ..           -2.5   3.1
 77  Belarus                ..   30.8     ..    0.6     ..  31.9     ..   5.9     ..   4.1     ..  57.2             ..  -5.2
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 78  Slovak Republic        ..     ..     ..     ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..             ..    ..
 79  Latvia                 ..   25.3     ..    1.6     ..  27.8     ..   1.3     ..   3.1     ..  52.8             ..  -4.4
 80  Costa Rica           17.6   22.8    1.1    3.0   22.4  28.1    5.4   3.5    2.6   0.0   62.4  61.3           -7.8  -5.9
 81  Poland                 ..   37.9     ..    4.2     ..  43.1     ..   1.6     ..    ..     ..    ..             ..  -2.4
 82  Thailand             13.3   17.0    1.2    1.8   14.6  11.4    4.4   3.9   20.9  17.0   28.0  35.4           -4.9   1.9
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 83  Turkey               17.7   15.4    4.6    4.1   19.1  21.6    7.2   2.0   15.2   9.5   23.8  21.7           -3.8  -4.0
 84  Croatia                ..   41.7     ..    1.7     ..  38.8     ..   3.0     ..  20.2     ..  53.6             ..   1.7
 85  Panama               19.5   21.8    7.1   10.0   26.2  25.8    5.8   3.1    0.0   5.6   39.6  70.9           -5.4   4.6
 86  Russian Federation     ..   19.1     ..    1.4     ..  26.2     ..   1.3     ..  14.5     ..  54.1             .. -10.7
 87  Venezuela            18.9   15.4    3.4    4.2   14.9  16.9    4.0   2.6    4.9    ..   32.0    ..            0.0  -4.3
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 88  Botswana  /f         26.8   30.5    9.8   25.6   24.9  32.8   11.6   7.4    8.5  10.3   30.6  36.0           -0.2  11.2
 89  Estonia                ..   29.1     ..    1.5     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..   3.0     ..  56.4             ..   1.2
 90  Iran, Islamic Rep.    6.8    8.3   14.6   16.9   27.5  16.6    7.9   8.9   16.1   6.5   36.7  37.4          -13.7  -0.1
 91  Turkmenistan           ..     ..     ..     ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..             ..    ..
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  Upper-middle-income
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 92  Brazil               18.4   17.5    5.0    7.5   19.2  33.8    1.7   1.0    3.2   2.5   32.3  36.7           -2.5  -4.0
 93  South Africa         21.4   24.7    3.1    2.0   20.0  34.4    3.2   1.6     ..    ..     ..    ..           -2.5  -9.2
 94  Mauritius            18.5   20.0    2.4    3.0   22.8  18.9    4.6   4.5    0.7   1.4   40.7  48.6          -10.4  -0.3
 95  Czech Republic         ..   38.0     ..    3.0     ..  37.7     ..   4.9     ..   6.6     ..  60.6             ..   0.9
 96  Malaysia             24.4   22.5    2.9    7.7   19.9  21.4   10.3   5.0   13.1  12.0   26.8  39.5           -6.2   4.1
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 97  Chile                26.6   19.1    6.6    2.6   26.3  17.8    2.8   3.4   12.1   8.8   57.6  64.9            5.6   1.7
 98  Trinidad and Tobago  37.5     ..    7.2     ..   19.3    ..   12.6    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..            7.6    ..
 99  Hungary              46.5     ..    8.9     ..   50.6    ..    7.7    ..    4.3    ..   26.7    ..           -2.9    ..
100  Gabon  /e            26.1     ..   13.3     ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..            6.8    ..
101  Mexico               14.8     ..    0.8     ..   11.7    ..    5.7    ..    2.1    ..   36.1    ..           -3.1    ..
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102  Uruguay              21.8   31.7    1.3    2.3   20.9  34.3    1.8   2.8   13.1   7.3   61.1  73.1            0.0  -3.0
103  Oman                 12.1    9.1   30.8   26.5   34.0  41.7    9.1   7.8   49.6  36.7    9.4  30.0            0.5 -12.6
104  Slovenia               ..     ..     ..     ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..             ..    ..
105  Saudi Arabia           ..     ..     ..     ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..             ..    ..
106  Greece               26.5   25.8    3.1    2.1   30.1  38.6    5.4   4.3   12.5   8.9   51.2  30.6           -4.8 -15.6
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107  Argentina            10.5     ..    5.3     ..   18.4    ..     ..    ..   14.3    ..   28.6    ..           -2.6    ..
108  Korea, Rep.          15.8   18.1    2.2    2.8   15.1  16.0    2.5   2.9   29.3  18.7   22.0  32.0           -2.3   0.3
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Low- and middle-income
  Sub-Saharan Africa
  East Asia & Pacific
  South Asia
  Europe and Central Asia
  Middle East & N. Africa
  Latin America & Caribbean
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High-income economies
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109  Portugal             24.9   29.3    1.9    4.4   29.6  37.4    4.6   5.4    7.0    ..   46.0    ..           -8.7  -2.2
110  New Zealand          31.3   33.5    3.6    3.1   36.6  35.1    2.5   1.0    4.8   3.5   57.0  69.1           -6.8   0.8
111  Spain                22.4   30.1    1.9    2.5   24.0  34.0    3.0   2.5    4.1   3.4   64.8  48.6           -4.2  -4.8
112  Ireland              31.8   39.2    4.0    2.8   41.7  44.0    4.8   3.0    3.2   3.2   49.3  57.3          -12.9  -2.3
113 +Israel               44.6   33.5    7.3    4.8   69.3  39.8    2.9   4.4   36.8  19.2   25.7  49.1          -16.1  -3.0
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114  Australia            19.9   21.2    2.2    3.2   21.5  27.0    1.6   1.2    9.1   7.8   45.5  57.5           -1.5  -2.9
115  United Kingdom       30.6   31.9    4.6    3.1   36.4  39.9    1.8   2.8   13.1  10.4   43.7  52.2           -4.6  -6.6
116  Finland              25.5   29.6    2.1    5.3   25.6  46.0    3.0   1.8    5.3   3.7   50.3  59.3           -2.2 -14.1
117  Italy                29.1   38.8    2.5    1.1   37.5  48.5    2.1   1.9    3.3    ..   48.8    ..          -10.7 -10.6
118 +Kuwait                2.3    1.3   74.1     ..   16.1  43.6    7.6   6.3   11.0    ..   24.0    ..           50.2    ..
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119  Canada               16.6   19.5    2.6    2.5   21.6    ..    0.3    ..    7.4   6.9   43.8  51.4           -3.6  -4.5
120 +Hong Kong              ..     ..     ..     ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..     ..    ..             ..    ..
121  Netherlands          44.0   44.7    5.2    3.8   48.1  50.7    4.6   2.2    5.5   4.3   62.9  69.3           -4.5  -0.5
122 +Singapore            18.2   17.1    8.1   10.0   16.2  13.4    4.6   4.2   20.8  21.4   24.1  35.9            2.2  15.7
123  Belgium              42.1   42.8    1.9    1.8   47.0  48.4    4.3   2.0    5.5    ..   60.2    ..           -8.2  -6.1
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124  France               36.5   38.0    2.9    2.7   37.3  44.9    2.1   2.5    7.3   5.6   69.4  68.7           -0.1  -5.5
125  Sweden               30.2   31.7    4.9    6.9   37.7  50.3    1.8   0.7    7.0   5.3   58.2  56.8           -8.1 -13.4
126  Austria              32.2   33.7    2.7    3.1   34.3  38.4    3.4   3.2    3.0   2.2   70.0  70.1           -3.4  -5.1
127  Germany                ..   29.6     ..    2.0     ..  31.9     ..   1.7    9.0    ..   68.8    ..             ..  -2.5
128  United States        18.3   18.5    1.6    1.5   20.3  22.2    1.4   0.8   20.3  18.1   48.8  52.1           -2.8  -3.0
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129  Norway               38.6   37.0    3.8    9.5   37.9  47.9    1.3   1.9    6.8   6.5   47.4  55.6           -2.0  -7.5
130  Denmark              32.2   33.3    4.2    6.2   37.6  44.3    2.8   1.7    6.5   4.7   56.3  53.5           -2.7  -5.7
131  Japan                11.0   17.8    0.6    3.3   14.8    ..    3.6    ..     ..   4.2     ..  59.2           -7.0  -1.6
132  Switzerland          17.5   20.0    1.4     ..   18.2    ..    1.3    ..   10.1    ..   63.6    ..           -0.2    ..
133 +United Arab Emirates  0.0    0.5    0.2    1.7   10.7  11.0    0.9   0.4   41.4  37.1   20.5  29.9            2.0  -0.2
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World
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a.  Refers to current revenue.  b.  Includes lending minus repayments.  c.  Includes grants.  
d.  Refers to education, health, social security, welfare, housing, and community amenities.
e. Includes Eritrea.  f. Data are for budgetary accounts only.

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