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

Taxes on goods and services (% of revenue) in Ireland was 30.34 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 40.97 in 1989, while its lowest value was 29.27 in 1981.

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 33.09
1973 33.73
1974 31.69
1975 30.60
1976 31.12
1977 31.20
1978 35.11
1979 32.04
1980 30.06
1981 29.27
1982 30.11
1983 31.88
1984 31.96
1985 30.94
1986 37.75
1987 35.83
1988 37.76
1989 40.97
1990 37.93
1991 35.28
1992 35.19
1993 32.95
1994 35.39
1995 35.82
1996 36.16
1997 35.80
1998 36.19
1999 35.85
2000 38.13
2001 37.10
2002 38.22
2003 38.27
2004 38.52
2005 39.09
2006 38.73
2007 37.83
2008 35.90
2009 33.07
2010 32.74
2011 30.38
2012 30.09
2013 30.84
2014 31.58
2015 31.09
2016 31.29
2017 31.50
2018 30.25
2019 30.34

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