Costa Rica | Tax revenue (% of GDP)
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. Limitations and exceptions: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Despite IMF efforts to standardize data collection, statistics are often incomplete, untimely, and not comparable across countries. Statistical concept and methodology: The IMF's Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014, harmonized with the 2008 SNA, recommends an accrual accounting method, focusing on all economic events affecting assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, not just those represented by cash transactions. It accounts for all changes in stocks, so stock data at the end of an accounting period equal stock data at the beginning of the period plus flows over the period. The 1986 manual considered only debt stocks. Government finance statistics are reported in local currency. Many countries report government finance data by fiscal year; see country metadata for information on fiscal year end by country.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Costa Rica
Records
63
Source
Costa Rica | Tax revenue (% of GDP)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
11.44136907 1972
12.49704782 1973
13.620164 1974
12.43707088 1975
12.1882799 1976
12.3050282 1977
12.65156228 1978
11.8839706 1979
11.61681397 1980
12.38120078 1981
12.65574835 1982
15.21876982 1983
14.71680728 1984
13.27305302 1985
13.25739833 1986
14.43415782 1987
14.70223261 1988
13.70475078 1989
13.05733465 1990
10.58635151 1991
11.97654825 1992
12.03526931 1993
11.58078693 1994
12.24503796 1995
12.64281524 1996
12.61316492 1997
12.82386493 1998
13.13375816 1999
12.83971283 2000
13.3610338 2001
13.3681089 2002
13.58495161 2003
13.3589275 2004
13.63539699 2005
13.84166374 2006
14.85647016 2007
15.23250991 2008
13.18307199 2009
12.95254206 2010
13.20898687 2011
13.10529607 2012
13.41682475 2013
13.04558896 2014
13.25399422 2015
13.51085434 2016
13.24410255 2017
13.18214869 2018
13.37420761 2019
12.27671604 2020
13.99919228 2021
2022
Costa Rica | Tax revenue (% of GDP)
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. Limitations and exceptions: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Despite IMF efforts to standardize data collection, statistics are often incomplete, untimely, and not comparable across countries. Statistical concept and methodology: The IMF's Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014, harmonized with the 2008 SNA, recommends an accrual accounting method, focusing on all economic events affecting assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, not just those represented by cash transactions. It accounts for all changes in stocks, so stock data at the end of an accounting period equal stock data at the beginning of the period plus flows over the period. The 1986 manual considered only debt stocks. Government finance statistics are reported in local currency. Many countries report government finance data by fiscal year; see country metadata for information on fiscal year end by country.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Costa Rica
Records
63
Source