Public Sector in South Asia

51 indicators covering public sector for South Asia.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Arms imports 1.26 billion SIPRI trend indicator values 2024 down 63.2%
Tax revenue 6.9% 2022 down 35.0%
Taxes on income, profits and capital gains 28.2% 2023 up 28.5%
Taxes on goods and services 42.0% 2023 up 21.4%
Net investment in nonfinancial assets 1.0% 2022 up 105.9%
Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) -5.4% 2022 down 55.0%
Interest payments 43.9% 2023 up 105.1%
Grants and other revenue 14.1% 2023 down 18.1%
Interest payments 32.3% 2022 up 63.8%
Other taxes 0.5% 2023 down 74.8%
Compensation of employees 18.6% 2022 down 19.0%
Goods and services expense 5.6% 2022 down 43.9%
Taxes on international trade 14.7% 2023 down 13.3%
Subsidies and other transfers 32.3% 2022 down 13.2%
Military expenditure 2.1% 2024 down 13.3%
Military expenditure 91.92 billion current USD 2024 up 65.6%
Armed forces personnel, total 3.72 million 2020 up 15.4%
Armed forces personnel 0.6% 2020 up 0.9%
Other expense 11.1% 2022 up 79.7%
Intentional homicides 2.8 per 100,000 people 2023 down 17.6%
Social contributions 1.0% 2022 up 46.0%
Net incurrence of liabilities, total 6.9% 2022 up 46.0%
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments 11.2% 2025 down 37.5%
Military expenditure 7.6% 2024 down 20.4%
Internally displaced persons, new displacement associated with disaste 2.45 million number of cases 2023 down 32.8%
Net acquisition of financial assets 1.5% 2022 up 66.9%
Arms exports 25.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values 2024 down 37.5%
Intentional homicides, male 3.2 per 100,000 male 2023 down 22.0%
Intentional homicides, female 2.3 per 100,000 female 2023 down 14.8%
CPIA quality of budgetary and financial management rating 3.5 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 9.4%
CPIA business regulatory environment rating 3.3 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 5.7%
CPIA debt policy rating 3.4 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 2.9%
CPIA economic management cluster average 3 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 6.2%
CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating 3.4 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 3.0%
CPIA fiscal policy rating 2.7 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 3.6%
CPIA transparency, accountability, and corruption in the public sector 3.1 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 3.1%
CPIA gender equality rating 3.7 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 5.1%
CPIA building human resources rating 4.3 1=low to 6=high 2025 unchanged
IDA resource allocation index 3.29 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 2.6%
CPIA macroeconomic management rating 2.9 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 12.1%
CPIA quality of public administration rating 3.1 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 3.1%
CPIA equity of public resource use rating 3.6 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 2.7%
CPIA property rights and rule-based governance rating 3.1 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 3.1%
CPIA efficiency of revenue mobilization rating 3.1 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 11.4%
CPIA structural policies cluster average 3.33 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 1.0%
CPIA financial sector rating 3 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 3.2%
CPIA social protection rating 3.3 1=low to 6=high 2025 unchanged
CPIA policies for social inclusion/equity cluster average 3.66 1=low to 6=high 2025 down 1.1%
CPIA trade rating 3.7 1=low to 6=high 2025 up 5.7%
Battle-related deaths 439 number of people 2024 down 7.2%
Internally displaced persons, new displacement associated with conflic 67,000 number of cases 2023 up 4.7%