Arab Region | Tax revenues, percentage of GDP (Arab countries, 1990–2021)
Tax revenue refers to compulsory transfers to the central government for public purposes. Certain compulsory transfers such as fines, penalties, and most social security contributions are excluded. Refunds and corrections of erroneously collected tax revenue are treated as negative revenue.
Publisher
Arab Development Portal
Origin
Arab Region
Records
228
Source
| Year | Location |
value
Min
Max
|
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Egypt | 13.23 |
| 1993 | Egypt | 18.76 |
| 1995 | Egypt | 17.62 |
| 1997 | Egypt | 15.96 |
| 2002 | Egypt | 13.41 |
| 2003 | Egypt | 13.35 |
| 2005 | Egypt | 14.07 |
| 2010 | Egypt | 14.13 |
| 2011 | Egypt | 14.01 |
| 2013 | Egypt | 13.5 |
| 2014 | Egypt | 12.22 |
| 1998 | Morocco | 17.23 |
| 2002 | Morocco | 17.11 |
| 2003 | Morocco | 16.86 |
| 2006 | Morocco | 19.4 |
| 2009 | Morocco | 21.54 |
| 2015 | Morocco | 19.44 |
| 2017 | Morocco | 20.13 |
| 2019 | Morocco | 19.91 |
| 2020 | Morocco | 20.02 |
| 1999 | Lebanon | 13.37 |
| 2002 | Lebanon | 14.43 |
| 2003 | Lebanon | 15.38 |
| 2004 | Lebanon | 16.51 |
| 2005 | Lebanon | 15.17 |
| 2010 | Lebanon | 16.84 |
| 2011 | Lebanon | 16.38 |
| 2015 | Lebanon | 13.47 |
| 2016 | Lebanon | 13.53 |
| 2018 | Lebanon | 15.33 |
| 2019 | Lebanon | 15.41 |
| 2021 | Lebanon | 5.68 |
| 1990 | Tunisia | 19.95 |
| 1991 | Tunisia | 20.38 |
| 1992 | Tunisia | 20.5 |
| 1994 | Tunisia | 20.76 |
| 1996 | Tunisia | 19.84 |
| 2002 | Tunisia | 19.54 |
| 2004 | Tunisia | 18.67 |
| 2005 | Tunisia | 18.88 |
| 2009 | Tunisia | 20.05 |
| 2012 | Tunisia | 20.12 |
| 1990 | Jordan | 18.01 |
| 1992 | Jordan | 22.97 |
| 1993 | Jordan | 20.92 |
| 1995 | Jordan | 20.71 |
| 1998 | Jordan | 18.12 |
| 2002 | Jordan | 17.48 |
| 2005 | Jordan | 24.42 |
| 2008 | Jordan | 17.15 |
| 2013 | Jordan | 14.93 |
| 2014 | Jordan | 15.43 |
| 2015 | Jordan | 14.95 |
| 2017 | Jordan | 14.7 |
| 2020 | Jordan | 16.03 |
| 1991 | Kuwait | 0.26 |
| 1992 | Kuwait | 0.09 |
| 1993 | Kuwait | 1.09 |
| 1995 | Kuwait | 1.15 |
| 1997 | Kuwait | 1.17 |
| 2011 | United Arab Emirates | 0.32 |
| 2013 | United Arab Emirates | 0.36 |
| 2016 | United Arab Emirates | 0.04 |
| 2020 | United Arab Emirates | 0.68 |
| 2021 | United Arab Emirates | 0.54 |
| 1993 | Bahrain | 5.35 |
| 1995 | Bahrain | 4.8 |
| 1996 | Bahrain | 5.04 |
| 1997 | Bahrain | 5.1 |
| 1999 | Bahrain | 5.01 |
| 2000 | Bahrain | 3.73 |
| 2003 | Bahrain | 3.31 |
| 2004 | Bahrain | 4.22 |
| 2014 | Iraq | 0.91 |
| 2015 | Iraq | 1.32 |
| 2016 | Iraq | 2.08 |
| 2018 | Iraq | 1.98 |
| 2019 | Iraq | 1.34 |
| 2010 | Saudi Arabia | 2.53 |
| 2011 | Saudi Arabia | 2.31 |
| 2012 | Saudi Arabia | 2.52 |
| 2014 | Saudi Arabia | 2.73 |
| 2018 | Saudi Arabia | 8.29 |
| 2019 | Saudi Arabia | 7 |
| 2020 | Saudi Arabia | 8.24 |
| 2018 | Somalia | 0 |
| 2019 | Somalia | 0 |
| 2012 | Sudan | 6.89 |
| 2014 | Sudan | 7.98 |
| 1990 | Morocco | 18.68 |
| 1995 | Morocco | 18.35 |
| 1998 | Morocco | 17.23 |
| 2002 | Morocco | 17.11 |
| 2003 | Morocco | 16.86 |
| 2006 | Morocco | 19.4 |
| 2008 | Morocco | 24.07 |
| 2016 | Morocco | 19.87 |
| 2017 | Morocco | 20.13 |
| 2018 | Morocco | 20.29 |
| 2020 | Morocco | 20.02 |
Arab Region | Tax revenues, percentage of GDP (Arab countries, 1990–2021)
Tax revenue refers to compulsory transfers to the central government for public purposes. Certain compulsory transfers such as fines, penalties, and most social security contributions are excluded. Refunds and corrections of erroneously collected tax revenue are treated as negative revenue.
Publisher
Arab Development Portal
Origin
Arab Region
Records
228
Source