Botswana - Tax revenue

Tax revenue (current LCU)

The value for Tax revenue (current LCU) in Botswana was 37,956,640,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 29 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 39,884,400,000 in 2017 and a minimum value of 1,939,510,000 in 1990.

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
1990 1,939,510,000
1991 2,037,100,000
1992 2,435,900,000
1993 2,387,500,000
1994 2,277,400,000
1995 2,198,700,000
1996 2,407,100,000
2006 15,919,000,000
2007 17,266,840,000
2008 20,454,250,000
2009 20,044,980,000
2010 20,504,560,000
2011 24,846,060,000
2012 29,791,760,000
2013 32,052,910,000
2014 37,621,320,000
2015 36,060,110,000
2016 35,563,750,000
2017 39,884,400,000
2018 37,768,760,000
2019 37,956,640,000

Tax revenue (% of GDP)

Tax revenue (% of GDP) in Botswana was 21.27 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 27.85 in 1992, while its lowest value was 14.94 in 1996.

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
1990 27.50
1991 25.56
1992 27.85
1993 23.68
1994 19.92
1995 16.77
1996 14.94
2006 26.93
2007 25.71
2008 27.37
2009 27.29
2010 23.60
2011 23.67
2012 27.12
2013 25.61
2014 26.77
2015 26.22
2016 21.63
2017 23.96
2018 21.89
2019 21.27

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance