India - Tax revenue

Tax revenue (current LCU)

The value for Tax revenue (current LCU) in India was 22,712,500,000,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 44 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 22,712,500,000,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 64,940,000,000 in 1974.

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
1974 64,940,000,000
1975 76,900,000,000
1976 84,300,000,000
1977 89,430,000,000
1978 104,810,000,000
1979 119,720,000,000
1980 132,740,000,000
1981 159,190,000,000
1982 179,130,000,000
1983 208,610,000,000
1984 234,700,000,000
1985 286,680,000,000
1986 331,970,000,000
1987 376,640,000,000
1988 444,680,000,000
1989 516,380,000,000
1990 575,740,000,000
1991 673,580,000,000
1992 746,370,000,000
1993 747,680,000,000
1994 922,940,000,000
1995 1,112,370,000,000
1996 1,287,620,000,000
1997 1,392,090,000,000
1998 1,437,890,000,000
1999 1,717,520,000,000
2000 1,885,270,000,000
2001 1,870,590,000,000
2002 2,162,660,000,000
2003 2,543,460,000,000
2004 3,049,580,000,000
2005 3,661,520,000,000
2006 4,735,120,000,000
2007 5,931,470,000,000
2008 6,052,980,000,000
2009 6,245,270,000,000
2010 7,930,720,000,000
2011 8,891,300,000,000
2012 10,776,100,000,000
2013 12,358,700,000,000
2014 12,448,800,000,000
2015 14,556,500,000,000
2016 17,158,200,000,000
2017 19,461,200,000,000
2018 22,712,500,000,000

Tax revenue (% of GDP)

Tax revenue (% of GDP) in India was 12.03 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 12.11 in 2007, while its lowest value was 8.08 in 2001.

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
1974 8.18
1975 9.02
1976 9.18
1977 8.60
1978 9.30
1979 9.69
1980 9.03
1981 9.21
1982 9.27
1983 9.27
1984 9.31
1985 10.08
1986 10.43
1987 10.41
1988 10.36
1989 10.47
1990 9.99
1991 10.17
1992 9.81
1993 8.54
1994 8.98
1995 9.23
1996 9.23
1997 9.01
1998 8.11
1999 8.64
2000 8.81
2001 8.08
2002 8.68
2003 9.11
2004 9.57
2005 10.08
2006 11.13
2007 12.11
2008 10.98
2009 9.81
2010 10.39
2011 10.18
2012 10.84
2013 11.00
2014 9.98
2015 10.57
2016 11.15
2017 11.39
2018 12.03

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance