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Session Two B: World Observatory On Subnational Government Finance And Investment Key Findings, Meeting 2019
1. The World Observatory on
Subnational Government Finance
and Investment: key findings
Annual Meeting of the OECD Network on Fiscal Relations across Levels of
Government
2 December 2019
Dorothée Allain-Dupré
Head of Unit
Economic Analysis and Multi-level Governance Division (CFE)
OECD
2. • A joint initiative of OECD and
UCLG supported by technical and
financial partners
• 2 main objectives:
bridging the gap in access to data
Providing qualitative information
on MLG frameworks
• Guided by a multi-stakeholders
steering committee
• Launching conference in June 2019
Introduction to the World Observatory on Subnational
Government Finance and Investment (SNG-WOFI)
4. SNG-WOFI reports
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1. Main features of the MLG
framework and decentralisation
reforms
2. Territorial organisation and reforms
3. Subnational government
responsibilities
4. Subnational government finance
Fiscal decentralisation framework
SNG expenditure: economic and
functional classification; Focus on
direct investment
SNG revenues: grants, taxes, tariffs
and fees, property income.
SNG fiscal rules and debt
Synthesis: key findings Country profiles
5. Observatory country profiles: some trends in multi-
level governance
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Decentralisation policies imply a renewed role for central governments
- more strategic
Decentralisation also goes hand in hand with an upscale in
subnational governance through municipal cooperation or mergers,
new metropolitan governance mechanisms, and the strengthening of
regions
Subnational governance is increasingly differentiated. Asymmetric
decentralisation is increasing in unitary countries, based on new motivations
6. In many countries, SNGs play a significant role
in public policies
AUT
BEL
DEU
ESP
CHE
ARG
AUS
CAN
USA
BIH
BRA
MEX
RUS
ZAF
MYS
NGA
IND
ETH
HRV
CYP
CZE
DNK
EST
FIN
FRA
GRC
HUN
ISL
IRL
ITA
LVA
LTU
LUX
MLT
NLD
NOR
POL
PRT
SVN
SVK
SWE
GBR
CHL
PAN
URY
ISR
JPN
KOR
NZL
BGR
ROU
ALBMKD
MNE
SRB
COL
CRI
DOM
ECU
GTM
JAM
PRY
PER
JOR
TUR
KAZ
ARM
AZE
BLR
BWA
MUS NAM
CHN
THA
XKO
BOL
SLV
HND
NIC
PSE
GEO
KGZ
MDA
UKR
UZB
AGO
CPV
KEN
MAR
SWZ
TUN
KHM
IDN
MNG
PHL
LKA
VNM
TJK
BEN
BDI
MOZ
RWA
SEN
TZAUGA
ZWE
ALL 106 (UWA)
FED 18
UNIT 88
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40%
SNGexpenditureasa%ofgeneralgovernmentexpenditure
SNG expenditure as a % of GDP
SNG expenditure as a percentage of GDP and total public expenditure (2016)
World average:
24.1% of public
expenditure
8.6% of GDP
Source: based on SNG-WOFI database [2016 data]
7. SNG spending varies greatly across geographic
areas and country income groups
5 412
1 200
441
81
5 023
2 191
1 178
865
285
0
1 000
2 000
3 000
4 000
5 000
6 000
Source: based on SNG-WOFI database [2016 data]
Subnational government expenditure in USD PPP per capita (2016)
8. At global level, wealthier countries tend
to be more decentralised…
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BDI SENBEN
ZWE
UGA
TZA
MOZRWA
ETHTJK
SWZKHM AGO
SLV TUNHND LKA
PHLCPVMARKGZPSE
KEN NICNGA
GEO
XKO
IDNMDA
MNG
BOLUZB
UKR
VNM
IND
JAM DOMAZE
CRI MUSPRY
GTMJOR MYSARMNAM
BWA TURTHABIHALB MKD
ECU MNE
BGRSRBPER
KAZROU
MEX
COL
BLR
BRA
ZAF
CHN RUS
MLTPAN
CYP
URY GRCCHL
NZL
ISRPRTHUN
SVK
LTUSVN
ESTLVA
GBRCZE
FRAHRV
ISLPOL
NLDKORITA
JPN
AUS NOR
ARG AUT USA
ESP CHEDEU
FIN
SWE
BEL
CAN
DNK
R² = 0,3442
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
0 10 000 20 000 30 000 40 000 50 000 60 000 70 000
Subnationalgovernmentexpenditure(%GDP)
GDP per capita (USD PPP)
Low income Lower middle income Upper middle income High income Linear (all)
Comparing subnational government expenditure as a percentage
of GDP and GDP per capita (and by income group)
Source: based on SNG-WOFI database [2016 data]
9. SNGs spend a large share of their budget on education,
economic affairs/transport, social protection and health
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Education, 24%
General public
service, 19%
Economic affairs
(inc. Transport),
14%
Social protection,
12%
Health, 11%
Housing and
community
amenities, 8%
Recreation, culture
and religion, 6%
Environmental
protection, 5%
Public order and
safety, 2%
Defence, 0%
SNG expenditure by functional areas (% of SNG expenditure)
Source: based on SNG-WOFI database [2016 data]
10. Subnational governments are key investors, but
there are important variations across countries
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AUT
BEL
DEUESP
CHE
ARG
AUS
CAN
USA
BIH
BRA
MEX
RUS
ZAF
MYS
NGA
IND
ETH
HRV
CYP
CZEDNK
EST
FIN
FRA
GRC
HUN
ISL
IRL
ITA
LVA
LTU
LUX
MLT
NLD
NOR
POL
PRT
SVN
SVK
SWE
GBR
CHL
PAN
URY
ISR JPN
KOR
NZL
BGR
ROU
ALB
MKD
MNE
SRB
COL
CRI
DOM
ECU
GTM
PRY
PER
JOR
TUR
KAZ
ARM
AZE
BLR
MUS
THA
XKO
BOL
SLV
HND
NIC
PSE
GEO
KGZ
MDA
UKR
UZB
AGO
CPV
KEN
MARTUN
KHM
IDN
MNG
PHL
LKA
VNM
TJK
BENBDI
RWA
SEN
TZA
UGA
ALL 99 (UWA)
FED 18
UNIT 81
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
0% 1% 2% 3% 4% 5% 6% 7%
SNGinvestmentasa%ofpublicinvestment
SNG investmentas a % of GDP
World average:
37% of public
investment
1.3% of GDP
Source: based on SNG-WOFI database [2016 data]
SNG investment as a percentage of GDP and public investment (2016)
11. The share of SNG investment in GDP remains low on
world average (1.3% of GDP) and in many countries
11
SNG investment as a % of GDP by income groups and geographical areas
(2016)
Source: based on SNG-WOFI database [2016 data]
1,1% 1,1%
1,3%
1,5%
0,9%
1,2%
1,3%
1,5%
1,8%
0,0%
0,2%
0,4%
0,6%
0,8%
1,0%
1,2%
1,4%
1,6%
1,8%
2,0%
Uppermiddleincome
Lowincome
Highincome
Lowermiddleincome
Africa
Euro-Asia&Mewa
Europe&NorthAmerica
LatinAmerica
Asia-Pacific
12. Grants represent more than half of subnational
government revenues (51%), before taxes (33%)
12
31%
33%
42%
53%
51%
42%
9%
9%
10%
5%
5%
3%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
MLT
UGA
EST
LTU
PER
ZAF
NAM
AUT
ROU
GTM
TUR
MWI
BGR
ALB
CPV
ARM
XKO
CYP
PHL
GRC
LKA
BOL
MKD
COL
UNIT 84
POL
KOR
THA
HUN
MNG
PRY
NOR
MNE
GEO
PRT
SVN
FED 16
JOR
ISR
CZE
CHN
BRA
FRA
SRB
CHE
SWE
BIH
UZB
KGZ
ISL
TJK
ZWE
Tax revenue Grants & subsidies User charges & fees Property income Others revenues
SNG revenue by category as a percentage of total SNG revenue
World Average
Source: based on SNG-WOFI database [2016 data]
13. SNG debt is very uneven
• Data on SNG debt are
difficult to collect (76
countries).
• SNG debt is higher in
federal countries vs
unitary countries
(Golden Rule)
• SNG debt varies
greatly across
countries, geographical
area and income
groups
Source: based on SNG-WOFI database [2016 data]
AUT
BEL
DEU
ESP
CHE
ARG
AUS
CAN
USA
BIH
BRA
RUS
MYS
NGA
IND
ZAF
HRV
CYP
CZE
DNK
EST
FIN
FRA
GRCHUN
ISL
IRL
ITA
LVA
LTU
LUX
MLT
NLD
NOR
POL
PRT
SVN
SVK
SWE
GBR
URY
ISR
JPN
KOR
NZL
BGR
ROU
ALB
MNE
SRB
COL
CRIGTM
PER
TUR
KAZBLR
CHN
THA
BOLSLV
HND
NIC
KGZ
MDA
UKRKEN
MAR
BGD
IDNPHL
VNM
RWA
SEN
TZAUGA
ALL 76 (UWA)
FED 16
UNIT 60
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
Subnationalgovernmentdebtasa%ofgeneralgovernmentdebt
Subnational government debt as a % of GDP
World average:
7.5% of GDP and
11.5% of total
public debt