Kuwait - Tax revenue

Tax revenue (current LCU)

The value for Tax revenue (current LCU) in Kuwait was 118,000,000 as of 1998. As the graph below shows, over the past 26 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,246,000,000 in 1974 and a minimum value of 5,000,000 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
1972 548,000,000
1973 597,000,000
1974 1,246,000,000
1977 187,000,000
1978 324,000,000
1979 149,000,000
1980 209,000,000
1981 261,000,000
1982 214,000,000
1983 197,000,000
1984 201,000,000
1985 125,000,000
1986 109,000,000
1987 79,000,000
1988 71,000,000
1989 84,000,000
1990 82,000,000
1991 8,000,000
1992 5,000,000
1993 79,000,000
1994 105,000,000
1995 93,000,000
1996 91,000,000
1997 108,000,000
1998 118,000,000

Tax revenue (% of GDP)

Tax revenue (% of GDP) in Kuwait was 1.49 as of 1998. Its highest value over the past 26 years was 37.43 in 1972, while its lowest value was 0.09 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
1972 37.43
1973 37.22
1974 32.68
1977 4.62
1978 7.60
1979 2.18
1980 2.70
1981 3.74
1982 3.44
1983 3.24
1984 3.13
1985 1.94
1986 2.10
1987 1.27
1988 1.23
1989 1.18
1990 1.55
1991 0.26
1992 0.09
1993 1.09
1994 1.42
1995 1.15
1996 0.97
1997 1.17
1998 1.49

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance