Agriculture, Recurrent (general 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
Agriculture, Recurrent (general government expenditure) — Value Standard Local Currency is currently reported for 32 countries. The highest value is 16.43 million million SLC in Viet Nam; the lowest is 0 million SLC in Canada.
The median across all reporting countries is 7,582 million SLC, and the mean is 712,151 million SLC.
Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 5 fell. The largest increase was in Pakistan (up 527.1%), and the largest decrease in Canada (down 100.0%).
Agriculture, Recurrent (general government expenditure) — Value: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viet Nam | 16.43 million million SLC | 2022 | up 111.3% | volatile |
| 1 | Colombia | 5.05 million million SLC | 2024 | up 151.5% | rising |
| 2 | Russian Federation | 488,365 million SLC | 2021 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 3 | Pakistan | 248,281 million SLC | 2024 | up 527.1% | volatile |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 220,099 million SLC | 2015 | up 277.5% | rising |
| 5 | Angola | 113,903 million SLC | 2024 | up 319.7% | volatile |
| 6 | Armenia | 48,552 million SLC | 2022 | up 273.6% | volatile |
| 7 | Brazil | 39,333 million SLC | 2024 | up 65.4% | rising |
| 8 | Poland | 22,412 million SLC | 2023 | up 104.6% | rising |
| 9 | South Africa | 19,736 million SLC | 2023 | up 76.8% | rising |
| 10 | Madagascar | 19,063 million SLC | 2018 | up 120.4% | rising |
| 11 | Dominican Republic | 17,830 million SLC | 2024 | up 78.0% | rising |
| 12 | Togo | 12,994 million SLC | 2018 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 13 | Ukraine | 12,083 million SLC | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 14 | Yemen | 10,839 million SLC | 2014 | up 141.3% | rising |
| 15 | Albania | 9,827 million SLC | 2022 | up 204.3% | rising |
| 16 | Australia | 5,337 million SLC | 2024 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 17 | Sweden | 5,267 million SLC | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 18 | Mauritius | 2,324 million SLC | 2024 | up 22.9% | flat |
| 19 | Israel | 1,692 million SLC | 2024 | up 78.2% | rising |
| 20 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,335 million SLC | 2015 | down 55.3% | falling |
| 21 | Azerbaijan | 957.54 million SLC | 2022 | up 105.2% | rising |
| 22 | Turkmenistan | 863.17 million SLC | 2024 | up 321.5% | volatile |
| 23 | Peru | 832.71 million SLC | 2024 | up 69.6% | rising |
| 24 | Slovakia | 689.83 million SLC | 2011 | up 90.9% | rising |
| 25 | Kyrgyzstan | 474.9 million SLC | 2024 | up 190.5% | volatile |
| 26 | El Salvador | 121.7 million SLC | 2024 | up 149.4% | rising |
| 27 | Seychelles | 88.78 million SLC | 2024 | up 174.4% | rising |
| 28 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 17.65 million SLC | 2022 | — | rising |
| 29 | United Arab Emirates | 6.83 million SLC | 2023 | down 98.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Grenada | 6.02 million SLC | 2024 | up 29.2% | falling |
| 31 | Canada | 0 million SLC | 2014 | 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.
- United States of America 35,400 million SLC
- Republic of Moldova 2,341 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.