South Asia (IDA & IBRD) | 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
South Asia (IDA & IBRD)
Records
63
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South Asia (IDA & IBRD) | Tax revenue (% of GDP)
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1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974 8.55881047
1975 9.23052288
1976 9.38013462
1977 8.85684073
1978 9.54217152
1979 9.96700752
1980 9.48280095
1981 9.67241284
1982 9.63512684
1983 9.64761465
1984 9.72859242
1985 10.31361119
1986 10.75004828
1987 10.41141539
1988 10.65907821
1989 10.81748571
1990 10.28487438
1991 10.42531366
1992 10.06415762
1993 8.8401528
1994 9.26436306
1995 9.53350945
1996 9.50697791
1997 9.61849251
1998 8.81393869
1999 9.31079985
2000 8.86586419
2001 8.18769645
2002 8.69413188
2003 9.05169014
2004 9.49137778
2005 9.95776969
2006 10.85892379
2007 11.68169886
2008 10.74138621
2009 9.73193531
2010 10.22545444
2011 10.08755899
2012 10.65805404
2013 10.80402016
2014 9.88645966
2015 10.4608428
2016 10.89045989
2017 11.1004979
2018 11.72060241
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2020
2021
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South Asia (IDA & IBRD) | 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
South Asia (IDA & IBRD)
Records
63
Source