South Africa - Revenue, excluding grants (current LCU)

The value for Revenue, excluding grants (current LCU) in South Africa was 1,645,410,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,645,410,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 3,293,000,000 in 1972.

Definition: Revenue is cash receipts from taxes, social contributions, and other revenues such as fines, fees, rent, and income from property or sales. Grants are also considered as revenue but are excluded here.

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

Year Value
1972 3,293,000,000
1973 4,183,000,000
1974 5,112,000,000
1975 5,987,000,000
1976 6,668,000,000
1977 7,598,000,000
1978 8,921,000,000
1979 10,706,000,000
1980 14,387,000,000
1981 16,027,000,000
1982 19,192,000,000
1983 21,747,000,000
1984 26,465,000,000
1985 33,119,000,000
1986 37,750,000,000
1987 43,068,000,000
1988 53,611,000,000
1989 72,144,000,000
1990 76,173,000,000
1991 84,590,000,000
1992 87,647,000,000
1993 104,031,000,000
1994 116,208,000,000
1995 137,185,000,000
1996 161,168,000,000
1997 179,516,000,000
1998 199,577,000,000
1999 222,957,000,000
2000 242,957,000,000
2001 279,849,000,000
2002 308,897,000,000
2003 338,358,000,000
2004 397,919,000,000
2005 472,663,000,000
2006 554,095,000,000
2007 639,657,000,000
2008 701,779,000,000
2009 688,803,000,000
2010 772,464,000,000
2011 852,608,000,000
2012 925,957,000,000
2013 1,043,480,000,000
2014 1,179,570,000,000
2015 1,284,180,000,000
2016 1,361,480,000,000
2017 1,447,620,000,000
2018 1,523,730,000,000
2019 1,645,410,000,000

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.

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance