Data on local government are not available for many countries, and in many countries lower levels of government are responsible for education and health, with the result that these social expenditures are missing from central government statistics.
许多国家没有提供关于地方政府的数据，由于在许多国家是由下一级政府负责教育和卫生部门，因此中央政府的统计资料就不列入这些社会支出。