Kenya - Tax revenue

Tax revenue (current LCU)

The value for Tax revenue (current LCU) in Kenya was 1,545,910,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 5 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,545,910,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 911,804,000,000 in 2014.

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
2014 911,804,000,000
2015 1,021,600,000,000
2016 1,136,560,000,000
2017 1,276,960,000,000
2018 1,341,390,000,000
2019 1,545,910,000,000

Tax revenue (% of GDP)

Tax revenue (% of GDP) in Kenya was 15.07 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 5 years was 15.19 in 2014, while its lowest value was 14.36 in 2018.

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
2014 15.19
2015 14.84
2016 14.97
2017 15.05
2018 14.36
2019 15.07

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance