Greece - Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of total taxes)

Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of total taxes) in Greece was 32.59 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 39.89 in 2000, while its lowest value was 18.34 in 1972.

Definition: Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains are levied on the actual or presumptive net income of individuals, on the profits of corporations and enterprises, and on capital gains, whether realized or not, on land, securities, and other assets. Intragovernmental payments are eliminated in consolidation.

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

See also:

Year Value
1972 18.34
1973 19.54
1974 24.70
1975 20.59
1976 24.47
1977 21.62
1978 22.72
1979 24.72
1980 27.35
1981 25.98
1982 30.62
1983 28.75
1984 32.45
1985 32.15
1986 30.76
1987 29.56
1988 31.09
1989 33.82
1990 33.97
1995 31.55
1996 30.33
1997 32.72
1998 37.51
1999 37.58
2000 39.89
2001 37.22
2002 37.45
2003 36.80
2004 37.56
2005 39.76
2006 36.99
2007 36.46
2008 36.05
2009 38.04
2010 34.92
2011 32.72
2012 35.50
2013 32.30
2014 34.51
2015 33.24
2016 33.59
2017 33.34
2018 34.04
2019 32.59

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.

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance