http://www.fao.org/economic/ess/ess-events/sdg-indicator-2a1/en/

1. Workshop on SDG Indicator 2.a.1;
Turin, Italy, 27-28 March 2018
GFS METHODOLOGY – IDENTIFYING
GOVERNMENT SECTORS AND SUBSECTORS
Sangita Dubey, Senior Statistician/Team Leader, FAO
Titus Mwisomba, Manager of Agriculture Statistics, Tanzania Bureau of Statistics
Giulia Gonnella, Statistician, FAO

2. THE FAO GEA QUESTIONNAIRE
GFS Government
sectors &
subsectors

3. GFS & THE PUBIC SECTOR
Financial Non Financial
Central Bank
Other public financial
corporations
Public deposit-taking
corporations except the
central bank
Public Sector
General
Government
Public
Corporations
Central
government
Local
government
State
government

4. Central Government,
also referred to as
federal government.
State Government,
also known as
provincial or district
government.
Local Government,
also known as
municipal government.
Combined, all sectors of government are called
The General Government.
GFS & LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT

5. GFS & THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT SUBSECTORS
In the GFS Manual 2014
Budgetary
Central
Government
Central
government
Social
Security
Funds
Local
government
State
government
General
Government
Social
Security
Funds
Extrabudgetary
Central
Government
In the GEA
questionnaire

6. Levels of Government in Table A of the FAO GEA Questionnaire
LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT IN THE FAO GEA QUESTIONNAIRE

7. The Budgetary Central Government
lists all Central Government entities
covered by the official budget, such
as courts of law, ministries,
departments, and parliament, and
government boards, commissions, or
central government agencies.
Levels of Government in Table A of the FAO GEA Questionnaire
LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT IN THE FAO GEA QUESTIONNAIRE

8. The Extra-budgetary Central Government
list units or entities that operate under the
authority of the Central Government but are
not (fully) covered by the central government
budget, and have individual budgets,
separate banking and institutional
arrangements, separate governance
structures, or own-revenue sources.
Levels of Government in Table A of the FAO GEA Questionnaire
LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT IN THE FAO GEA QUESTIONNAIRE

9. Social Security Funds include units
operating one or more social security
schemes providing benefits in cash or
in kind for old age, disability, parental
leave, unemployment insurance, work-
related injury, pensions, etc.
Levels of Government in Table A of the FAO GEA Questionnaire
LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT IN THE FAO GEA QUESTIONNAIRE

10. The Consolidation Column
eliminates intragovernmental
transfers that occur between
Budgetary units, Extra-budgetary
units and Social Security Funds.
This ensures no double-counting.
Levels of Government in Table A of the FAO GEA Questionnaire
LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT IN THE FAO GEA QUESTIONNAIRE