Trinidad and Tobago - Tax revenue

Tax revenue (current LCU)

The value for Tax revenue (current LCU) in Trinidad and Tobago was 32,143,700,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 42 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 51,689,400,000 in 2008 and a minimum value of 1,802,100,000 in 1976.

Definition: 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.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

Year Value
1976 1,802,100,000
1977 2,457,300,000
1978 2,458,000,000
1979 3,223,400,000
1980 5,335,500,000
1981 5,847,200,000
2001 12,168,300,000
2002 11,514,400,000
2003 15,160,100,000
2004 18,424,500,000
2005 26,558,600,000
2006 35,084,000,000
2007 35,601,200,000
2008 51,689,400,000
2009 32,536,600,000
2010 37,074,400,000
2011 41,801,300,000
2012 43,568,900,000
2013 44,641,600,000
2014 47,286,600,000
2015 42,298,100,000
2016 29,732,700,000
2017 29,732,700,000
2018 32,143,700,000

Tax revenue (% of GDP)

Tax revenue (% of GDP) in Trinidad and Tobago was 20.05 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 42 years was 35.65 in 1980, while its lowest value was 19.59 in 2017.

Definition: 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.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1976 29.59
1977 32.62
1978 28.75
1979 29.18
1980 35.65
1981 34.84
2001 22.12
2002 20.46
2003 21.30
2004 22.03
2005 26.38
2006 30.26
2007 26.00
2008 29.49
2009 26.83
2010 26.24
2011 25.64
2012 26.30
2013 25.41
2014 26.72
2015 26.57
2016 19.92
2017 19.59
2018 20.05

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance