Bangladesh - Tax revenue

Tax revenue (current LCU)

The value for Tax revenue (current LCU) in Bangladesh was 1,518,860,000,000 as of 2016. As the graph below shows, over the past 15 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,518,860,000,000 in 2016 and a minimum value of 192,608,000,000 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.

Year Value
2001 192,608,000,000
2002 210,297,000,000
2003 242,612,000,000
2004 270,086,000,000
2005 304,746,000,000
2006 339,725,000,000
2007 380,311,000,000
2008 481,321,000,000
2009 528,671,000,000
2010 624,846,000,000
2011 795,482,000,000
2012 952,276,000,000
2013 1,074,520,000,000
2014 1,160,310,000,000
2015 1,288,180,000,000
2016 1,518,860,000,000

Tax revenue (% of GDP)

Tax revenue (% of GDP) in Bangladesh was 8.77 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 15 years was 9.02 in 2012, while its lowest value was 6.61 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
2001 6.61
2002 6.69
2003 6.97
2004 7.05
2005 7.14
2006 7.04
2007 6.92
2008 7.66
2009 7.50
2010 7.83
2011 8.69
2012 9.02
2013 8.96
2014 8.64
2015 8.50
2016 8.77

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance