France - Taxes on goods and services (% of revenue)

Taxes on goods and services (% of revenue) in France was 23.47 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 38.83 in 1972, while its lowest value was 21.87 in 2013.

Definition: Taxes on goods and services include general sales and turnover or value added taxes, selective excises on goods, selective taxes on services, taxes on the use of goods or property, taxes on extraction and production of minerals, and profits of fiscal monopolies.

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

See also:

Year Value
1972 38.83
1973 37.89
1974 35.61
1975 34.49
1976 34.01
1977 32.05
1978 32.84
1979 33.08
1980 31.49
1981 30.52
1982 30.67
1983 30.08
1984 29.41
1985 29.78
1986 29.57
1987 29.68
1988 29.56
1989 29.00
1990 28.40
1991 26.95
1992 26.79
1993 26.74
1994 27.73
1995 26.34
1996 26.62
1997 26.62
1998 26.59
1999 26.38
2000 25.82
2001 24.98
2002 25.38
2003 25.47
2004 25.00
2005 24.53
2006 24.05
2007 23.49
2008 22.72
2009 22.78
2010 22.12
2011 22.35
2012 22.09
2013 21.87
2014 21.99
2015 22.28
2016 22.46
2017 22.69
2018 22.89
2019 23.47

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.

Aggregation method: Median

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance