Ethiopia - Tax revenue

Tax revenue (current LCU)

The value for Tax revenue (current LCU) in Ethiopia was 179,251,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 29 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 179,251,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 1,647,000,000 in 1992.

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 2,177,300,000
1991 2,076,500,000
1992 1,647,000,000
1993 2,230,100,000
1994 3,076,400,000
1995 4,039,800,000
1996 4,835,100,000
1997 5,873,400,000
1998 6,059,600,000
1999 6,295,800,000
2001 5,541,400,000
2002 6,512,103,000
2003 6,746,100,000
2004 8,453,800,000
2005 9,360,400,000
2006 10,960,800,000
2007 13,539,800,000
2008 19,551,500,000
2009 22,242,100,000
2010 31,500,800,000
2011 47,435,430,000
2012 70,081,250,000
2013 75,983,250,000
2014 93,478,490,000
2015 108,397,000,000
2016 126,813,000,000
2017 139,364,000,000
2018 165,447,000,000
2019 179,251,000,000

Tax revenue (% of GDP)

Tax revenue (% of GDP) in Ethiopia was 6.66 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 11.26 in 1998, while its lowest value was 5.60 in 1992.

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 8.64
1991 7.45
1992 5.60
1993 5.91
1994 7.68
1995 8.43
1996 8.95
1997 10.52
1998 11.26
1999 10.88
2001 8.08
2002 9.71
2003 9.12
2004 9.68
2005 8.72
2006 8.26
2007 7.81
2008 7.81
2009 6.58
2010 8.16
2011 9.21
2012 9.38
2013 8.76
2014 8.81
2015 8.35
2016 8.09
2017 7.60
2018 7.52
2019 6.66

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance