United States | 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
United States of America
Records
63
Source
United States | Tax revenue (% of GDP)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972 11.8199373
1973 11.49521249
1974 11.83762036
1975 11.1858005
1976 10.74883688
1977 11.61864632
1978 11.54235905
1979 12.00380766
1980 12.13835265
1981 12.55050996
1982 11.97862664
1983 10.34826823
1984 10.15971565
1985 10.38424016
1986 10.16304589
1987 10.94884573
1988 10.59594327
1989 10.78244038
1990 10.46528476
1991 10.32034243
1992 9.98416184
1993 10.30493432
1994 10.62350664
1995 10.98098904
1996 11.37391458
1997 11.82819655
1998 12.32982914
1999 12.25997931
2000 12.97080036
2001 11.8577039
2002 9.8680122
2003 9.3906991
2004 9.53747298
2005 10.68173114
2006 11.31047567
2007 11.28991352
2008 10.27619094
2009 7.90351822
2010 8.56322576
2011 9.53893099
2012 9.76391603
2013 10.48350933
2014 10.93543202
2015 11.23749406
2016 10.91826691
2017 11.58348316
2018 9.98924207
2019 9.95934418
2020 10.33846456
2021 11.4356105
2022 12.32360248
United States | 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
United States of America
Records
63
Source