Iceland | 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 Iceland
Records
63
Source
Iceland | Tax revenue (% of GDP)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
22.8181417 1972
22.8736844 1973
23.77127281 1974
22.88233219 1975
21.77024549 1976
20.74879635 1977
21.14889515 1978
21.89795822 1979
21.21163947 1980
22.55161853 1981
22.95069194 1982
20.5732603 1983
20.94470805 1984
20.1044476 1985
20.30388989 1986
20.69383402 1987
22.30586447 1988
23.44165487 1989
23.50750725 1990
22.8569209 1991
23.1609552 1992
22.50635057 1993
22.25478828 1994
22.51334735 1995
23.44783663 1996
21.99690358 1997
23.95537868 1998
25.86039431 1999
25.10557259 2000
22.76406737 2001
22.59271182 2002
23.67708233 2003
24.76632097 2004
27.24299312 2005
26.89713758 2006
25.95849178 2007
22.79777458 2008
19.93353865 2009
20.22643799 2010
20.58217743 2011
21.50330708 2012
21.6567855 2013
24.49195998 2014
22.68944412 2015
37.61284979 2016
23.9232132 2017
22.97836107 2018
21.93201342 2019
22.46828679 2020
21.5817595 2021
23.03344693 2022
Iceland | 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 Iceland
Records
63
Source