Municipal finance data

This section presents municipal-level financial data for OECD and EU countries. The indicators cover key aspects of local government finances, including expenditure, revenue, and debt. Where available, the data are provided at the individual municipality level, allowing comparisons across municipalities and over time.

The dataset currently covers the period from 2010 to 2022.

OECD municipal debt per capita

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year

Type: 4-digit INTEGER
Description: Calendar year in which the boundary event took legal effect. When no change occurs, identifies the annual snapshot this record belongs to.
Example: 2015
Constraints: Ranges 2014–2024.

cname

Type: TEXT
Description: Country name under the criteria used in the Quality of Government Institute data provision
Example: France

munqog_code

Type: TEXT
Description: Project's stable identifier that remains constant across years, enabling the same geography to be traced through time
Example: fr-01015-1
Constraints: Format <ISO>-<original_code>-<revision>
Begins with the two-letter ISO country code
Continues with the unchanged original municipal code

mun_name

Type: TEXT
Description: Original municipality name exactly as provided in the source geospatial file
Example: L'Abergement-Clémenciat
Constraints: UTF-8; may include accents and special characters.

D1_USDPS

Type: Numeric
Description: OECD municipal debt per capita, expressed in PPP-adjusted US dollars (USD per capita).