Public Sector in Africa Western and Central 41 indicators covering public sector for Africa Western and Central. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Arms imports 360.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values 2024 down 37.2% — Taxes on income, profits and capital gains 23.5% 2021 — — Taxes on goods and services 35.3% 2021 — — Interest payments 9.5% 2021 up 86.8% — Grants and other revenue 23.9% 2021 down 11.1% — Interest payments 10.5% 2021 up 93.5% — Other taxes 2.0% 2021 — — Compensation of employees 37.2% 2021 down 2.5% — Goods and services expense 23.2% 2021 down 0.5% — Taxes on international trade 11.8% 2021 — — Military expenditure 1.2% 2024 up 60.6% — Military expenditure 8.02 billion current USD 2024 up 24.2% — Armed forces personnel, total 532,000 2020 up 36.6% — Armed forces personnel 0.3% 2020 up 1.4% — Other expense 5.5% 2021 down 18.1% — Intentional homicides 11.9 per 100,000 people 2023 down 27.0% — Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments 21.1% 2025 up 40.0% — Military expenditure 7.0% 2006 up 4.5% — Internally displaced persons, new displacement associated with disaste 638,700 number of cases 2023 up 20.4% — CPIA quality of budgetary and financial management rating 3.17 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 2.4% — CPIA business regulatory environment rating 3.12 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 0.8% — CPIA debt policy rating 3.33 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 2.9% — CPIA economic management cluster average 3.49 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 2.4% — CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating 3.45 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 5.3% — CPIA fiscal policy rating 3.38 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 4.7% — CPIA transparency, accountability, and corruption in the public sector 2.9 1=low to 6=high 2025 unchanged — CPIA gender equality rating 3.25 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 5.7% — CPIA building human resources rating 3.73 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 10.4% — IDA resource allocation index 3.31 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 2.9% — CPIA macroeconomic management rating 3.77 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 5.6% — CPIA quality of public administration rating 2.98 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 2.6% — CPIA equity of public resource use rating 3.58 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 10.0% — CPIA property rights and rule-based governance rating 2.95 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 5.4% — CPIA efficiency of revenue mobilization rating 3.33 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 0.7% — CPIA structural policies cluster average 3.25 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 0.5% — CPIA financial sector rating 2.77 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 3.5% — CPIA social protection rating 3.2 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 7.6% — CPIA policies for social inclusion/equity cluster average 3.44 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 7.8% — CPIA trade rating 3.85 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 2.0% — Battle-related deaths 6,248 number of people 2024 up 119.1% — Internally displaced persons, new displacement associated with conflic 1.85 million number of cases 2023 up 113.7% —