OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance 2018

Chapter 5. Subnational government finance and investment1

Subnational government spending

Subnational government expenditure by category

Subnational government expenditure by economic function

Spending responsibilities across levels of government

Subnational government investment

Subnational government investment by function

Subnational government investment: Trends and challenges

Subnational government revenue

Subnational government debt

Note

← 1. The data contained in Chapter 5 are derived mainly from the OECD National Accounts, harmonised according to the new standards of the System of National Accounts (SNA) 2008. Eurostat and International Monetary Fund (IMF) data were also used. General government includes four sub-sectors: central/federal government and related public entities; federated government (“states”) and related public entities; local government i.e. regional and local governments and related public entities, and social security funds. Data are consolidated within these four sub-sectors, as well as within each subsector (neutralisation of financial cross-flows). Subnational governments (SNG) are defined as the sum of state government (relevant only for countries having a federal or quasi-federal system of government) and local (regional and local) governments. For the United States, there is no breakdown available at subnational level between local and state government data.