Costa Rica - Tax revenue

Tax revenue (current LCU)

The value for Tax revenue (current LCU) in Costa Rica was 5,059,750,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5,059,750,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 940,000,000 in 1972.

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
1972 940,000,000
1973 1,270,000,000
1974 1,800,000,000
1975 2,090,000,000
1976 2,520,000,000
1977 3,240,000,000
1978 3,820,000,000
1979 4,110,000,000
1980 4,810,000,000
1981 7,070,000,000
1982 12,340,000,000
1983 19,680,000,000
1984 23,990,000,000
1985 26,270,000,000
1986 32,690,000,000
1987 41,070,000,000
1988 51,420,000,000
1989 58,370,000,000
1990 68,270,000,000
1991 93,270,000,000
1992 137,960,000,000
1993 163,970,000,000
1994 190,750,000,000
1995 254,680,000,000
1996 306,680,000,000
1997 370,090,000,000
1998 451,330,000,000
1999 534,850,000,000
2000 594,100,000,000
2001 702,000,000,000
2002 797,460,000,000
2003 935,400,000,000
2004 1,088,770,000,000
2005 1,305,870,000,000
2006 1,607,480,000,000
2007 2,063,420,000,000
2008 2,469,030,000,000
2009 2,323,670,000,000
2010 2,564,860,000,000
2011 2,856,250,000,000
2012 3,112,880,000,000
2013 3,416,320,000,000
2014 3,652,940,000,000
2015 3,998,980,000,000
2016 4,331,080,000,000
2017 4,548,510,000,000
2018 4,747,510,000,000
2019 5,059,750,000,000

Tax revenue (% of GDP)

Tax revenue (% of GDP) in Costa Rica was 13.45 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 15.23 in 2008, while its lowest value was 10.59 in 1991.

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
1972 11.44
1973 12.50
1974 13.62
1975 12.44
1976 12.19
1977 12.31
1978 12.65
1979 11.88
1980 11.62
1981 12.38
1982 12.66
1983 15.22
1984 14.72
1985 13.27
1986 13.26
1987 14.43
1988 14.70
1989 13.70
1990 13.06
1991 10.59
1992 11.98
1993 12.04
1994 11.58
1995 12.25
1996 12.64
1997 12.61
1998 12.82
1999 13.13
2000 12.84
2001 13.36
2002 13.37
2003 13.58
2004 13.36
2005 13.64
2006 13.84
2007 14.86
2008 15.23
2009 13.18
2010 12.95
2011 13.21
2012 13.11
2013 13.42
2014 13.05
2015 13.25
2016 13.51
2017 13.24
2018 13.18
2019 13.45

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance