Central government accounting status by country
Government finance accounting status refers to the accounting basis for reporting central government financial data. For many countries’ government finance data, have been consolidated into one set of accounts capturing all the central government’s fiscal activities and following noncash recording basis. ...
Countries reporting
188
Highest
1
Albania
Lowest
0
Zimbabwe
Median
0.5
Years covered
8
2016–2023
Data points
1,520
What the numbers show
Central government accounting status is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 1 in Albania; the lowest is 0 in Zimbabwe.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.5, and the mean is 0.4521.
Over the past decade 4 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Czechia (up 100.0%), and the largest decrease in Bhutan (down 100.0%).
Central government accounting status: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albania | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Argentina | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Australia | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Austria | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Belgium | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Burkina Faso | 1 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Bulgaria | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Brazil | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Canada | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Switzerland | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Chile | 1 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Congo | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Colombia | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cyprus | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Czechia | 1 | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 1 | Germany | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Denmark | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Dominican Republic | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Spain | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Estonia | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Finland | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | France | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United Kingdom | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Greece | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Guatemala | 1 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Honduras | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Croatia | 1 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Hungary | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Indonesia | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Ireland | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Iceland | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Israel | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Italy | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Japan | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kenya | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | South Korea | 1 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Lithuania | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Luxembourg | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Latvia | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Malta | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Mongolia | 1 | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 1 | Mauritius | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Namibia | 1 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Netherlands | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Norway | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | New Zealand | 1 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Peru | 1 | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 1 | Poland | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Portugal | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Paraguay | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Palestine | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Romania | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Russia | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Rwanda | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 1 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Senegal | 1 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 1 | El Salvador | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | San Marino | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Slovakia | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Slovenia | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Sweden | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Thailand | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Turkey | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United States | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | South Africa | 1 | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 69 | Afghanistan | 0.5 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 69 | Armenia | 0.5 | 2023 | — | rising |
| 69 | Azerbaijan | 0.5 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 69 | Bahamas | 0.5 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 69 | Belarus | 0.5 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 69 | Barbados | 0.5 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 69 | China | 0.5 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 69 | Cape Verde | 0.5 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 69 | Costa Rica | 0.5 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 69 | Egypt | 0.5 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 69 | Georgia | 0.5 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 69 | Jordan | 0.5 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 69 | Kazakhstan | 0.5 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 69 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.5 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 69 | Kiribati | 0.5 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 69 | Kuwait | 0.5 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 69 | Moldova | 0.5 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 69 | Mexico | 0.5 | 2023 | — | rising |
| 69 | North Macedonia | 0.5 | 2023 | — | rising |
| 69 | Myanmar | 0.5 | 2023 | — | rising |
| 69 | Nepal | 0.5 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 69 | Panama | 0.5 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 69 | Singapore | 0.5 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 69 | Somalia | 0.5 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 69 | Serbia | 0.5 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 69 | Seychelles | 0.5 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 69 | East Timor | 0.5 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 69 | Tunisia | 0.5 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 69 | Uganda | 0.5 | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 69 | Ukraine | 0.5 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 69 | Uruguay | 0.5 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 69 | Uzbekistan | 0.5 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 69 | Samoa | 0.5 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 69 | Yemen | 0.5 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 103 | Angola | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Burundi | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Benin | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Bangladesh | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Bahrain | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Belize | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Bolivia | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Brunei | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Bhutan | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Botswana | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Central African Republic | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Cameroon | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Comoros | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Dominica | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Algeria | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Ecuador | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Eritrea | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Ethiopia | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Fiji | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Micronesia (country) | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Gabon | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Ghana | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 103 | Guinea | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Gambia | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Grenada | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Guyana | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Haiti | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | India | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Iran | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Iraq | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Jamaica | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Cambodia | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Laos | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Lebanon | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Liberia | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Libya | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Saint Lucia | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Sri Lanka | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Lesotho | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Morocco | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Madagascar | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Maldives | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Marshall Islands | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Mali | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Montenegro | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Mozambique | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Mauritania | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Malawi | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Malaysia | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Niger | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Nigeria | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Nicaragua | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Nauru | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Oman | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Pakistan | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Philippines | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Palau | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Papua New Guinea | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Qatar | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Sudan | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Solomon Islands | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Sierra Leone | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | South Sudan | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Suriname | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Eswatini | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Syria | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Chad | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Togo | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Tajikistan | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Turkmenistan | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Tonga | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 103 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Tuvalu | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Tanzania | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Venezuela | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Vietnam | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Vanuatu | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Zambia | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 103 | Zimbabwe | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Kosovo 0.5
About this data
Government finance accounting status refers to the accounting basis for reporting central government financial data. For many countries’ government finance data, have been consolidated into one set of accounts capturing all the central government’s fiscal activities and following noncash recording basis. Budgetary central government accounts do not necessarily include all central government units, the picture they provide of central government activities is usually incomplete.