Public Sector in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

46 indicators covering public sector for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income).

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Arms imports 611.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values 2024 down 36.1%
Tax revenue 14.6% 2024 up 13.4%
Taxes on income, profits and capital gains 29.3% 2024 up 6.7%
Taxes on goods and services 36.1% 2024 down 13.1%
Net investment in nonfinancial assets 0.5% 2024 down 42.0%
Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) -4.8% 2024 down 10.7%
Interest payments 13.9% 2024 up 63.0%
Grants and other revenue 11.9% 2024 down 22.8%
Interest payments 13.2% 2023 up 37.9%
Other taxes 1.2% 2024 up 40.5%
Compensation of employees 32.0% 2023 down 6.3%
Goods and services expense 14.0% 2023 down 11.5%
Taxes on international trade 4.5% 2024 up 15.3%
Subsidies and other transfers 37.0% 2023 up 15.9%
Military expenditure 1.1% 2024 down 12.2%
Military expenditure 66.10 billion current USD 2024 down 0.4%
Armed forces personnel, total 2.56 million 2020 up 11.8%
Armed forces personnel 0.9% 2020 up 4.4%
Other expense 6.0% 2023 down 26.6%
Social contributions 16.1% 2022 up 29.3%
Net incurrence of liabilities, total 6.5% 2024 up 48.5%
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments 37.6% 2025 up 29.0%
Military expenditure 3.1% 2024 down 10.5%
Internally displaced persons, new displacement associated with disaste 1.68 million number of cases 2023 up 382.9%
Net acquisition of financial assets 1.6% 2024 up 1,181.5%
Arms exports 32.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values 2019
CPIA quality of budgetary and financial management rating 2.78 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 9.3%
CPIA business regulatory environment rating 2.83 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 17.6%
CPIA debt policy rating 3.17 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 4.4%
CPIA economic management cluster average 3.43 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 1.5%
CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating 3.33 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 3.0%
CPIA fiscal policy rating 3.28 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 4.6%
CPIA transparency, accountability, and corruption in the public sector 3.06 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 12.7%
CPIA gender equality rating 3.33 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 4.8%
CPIA building human resources rating 3.72 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 5.5%
IDA resource allocation index 3.25 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 6.9%
CPIA macroeconomic management rating 3.83 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 4.0%
CPIA quality of public administration rating 2.89 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 9.4%
CPIA equity of public resource use rating 3.22 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 11.1%
CPIA property rights and rule-based governance rating 2.94 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 7.6%
CPIA efficiency of revenue mobilization rating 3.17 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 14.1%
CPIA structural policies cluster average 3.24 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 10.6%
CPIA financial sector rating 3.06 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 6.0%
CPIA social protection rating 3.28 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 2.8%
CPIA policies for social inclusion/equity cluster average 3.38 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 4.5%
CPIA trade rating 3.83 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 8.5%