Public Sector in Caribbean small states 40 indicators covering public sector for Caribbean small states. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Tax revenue 17.7% 2017 down 19.3% — Taxes on income, profits and capital gains 26.1% 2019 down 45.0% — Taxes on goods and services 20.8% 2019 up 34.9% — Net investment in nonfinancial assets 2.4% 2017 down 45.9% — Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) -5.5% 2017 down 820.8% — Interest payments 13.2% 2019 up 56.3% — Grants and other revenue 18.7% 2019 up 20.7% — Interest payments 9.6% 2019 up 9.6% — Other taxes 16.1% 2019 up 48.2% — Compensation of employees 32.1% 2019 up 25.7% — Goods and services expense 22.1% 2019 up 18.1% — Taxes on international trade 6.0% 2019 up 36.0% — Subsidies and other transfers 33.9% 2019 down 24.7% — Armed forces personnel, total 15,000 2020 up 34.0% — Armed forces personnel 0.9% 2020 up 32.5% — Other expense 2.3% 2019 up 15.7% — Social contributions 12.2% 2019 up 94.8% — Net incurrence of liabilities, total 2.9% 2016 up 1,932.1% — Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments 26.0% 2025 up 24.4% — Net acquisition of financial assets -0.5% 2016 down 185.7% — CPIA quality of budgetary and financial management rating 2.93 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 5.5% — CPIA business regulatory environment rating 3.07 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 21.2% — CPIA debt policy rating 3.36 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 11.9% — CPIA economic management cluster average 3.55 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 6.4% — CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating 3.64 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 7.1% — CPIA fiscal policy rating 3.36 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 1.7% — CPIA transparency, accountability, and corruption in the public sector 3.57 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 8.4% — CPIA gender equality rating 3.29 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 3.4% — CPIA building human resources rating 4.21 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 2.0% — IDA resource allocation index 3.45 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 2.5% — CPIA macroeconomic management rating 3.93 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 6.2% — CPIA quality of public administration rating 3.21 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 2.6% — CPIA equity of public resource use rating 3.21 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 2.6% — CPIA property rights and rule-based governance rating 3.43 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 7.3% — CPIA efficiency of revenue mobilization rating 3.21 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 15.4% — CPIA structural policies cluster average 3.45 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 7.5% — CPIA financial sector rating 3.36 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 1.3% — CPIA social protection rating 3.36 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 1.7% — CPIA policies for social inclusion/equity cluster average 3.54 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 0.1% — CPIA trade rating 3.93 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 0.7% —