Korea, Rep. | 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 Korea
Records
63
Source
Korea, Rep. | Tax revenue (% of GDP)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972 11.15354875
1973 10.47527726
1974 11.57495256
1975 13.21180621
1976 14.46161075
1977 14.13362998
1978 14.55405593
1979 14.74586681
1980 14.66327335
1981 14.65276687
1982 14.6962815
1983 14.80168214
1984 13.89466773
1985 13.49942187
1986 13.23871835
1987 13.45628269
1988 13.37445811
1989 12.83580757
1990 13.41918126
1991 12.53582238
1992 12.73074085
1993 12.4997898
1994 12.68774158
1995 12.99209499
1996 13.23436506
1997 12.90180217
1998 12.62021875
1999 12.79189031
2000 14.26177808
2001 13.54878842
2002 13.24866679
2003 13.69345757
2004 12.96682783
2005 13.31307044
2006 13.72753521
2007 14.8173827
2008 14.49519999
2009 13.65096445
2010 13.43693029
2011 13.85096763
2012 14.0775915
2013 13.63062344
2014 13.24116166
2015 13.15814434
2016 13.98195298
2017 14.49381853
2018 15.53638373
2019 15.19956653
2020 14.86125767
2021 16.73473394
2022

Korea, Rep. | 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 Korea
Records
63
Source