Lesotho - Taxes on income

Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (current LCU)

The value for Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (current LCU) in Lesotho was 4,052,098,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 37 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,099,699,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 16,848,000 in 1983.

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.

Year Value
1982 17,144,000
1983 16,848,000
1984 19,672,000
1985 26,523,000
1986 27,737,000
1987 36,562,000
1988 43,979,000
1989 59,366,000
1991 150,268,500
1992 174,319,600
1993 168,012,300
1994 232,652,800
1995 266,792,700
1996 302,377,900
1997 347,952,700
1998 391,639,700
1999 401,926,500
2000 425,688,500
2001 613,640,900
2002 666,892,800
2003 908,400,000
2004 897,200,000
2005 920,100,000
2006 970,741,500
2007 1,216,425,000
2008 1,538,505,000
2009 1,772,353,000
2010 1,972,713,000
2011 2,395,012,000
2012 2,348,631,000
2013 2,680,218,000
2014 3,058,589,000
2015 3,643,702,000
2016 3,726,454,000
2017 3,568,718,000
2018 4,099,699,000
2019 4,052,098,000

Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of revenue)

Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of revenue) in Lesotho was 24.62 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 35 years was 26.52 in 2016, while its lowest value was 8.22 in 1984.

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
1984 8.22
1986 9.66
1987 10.09
1988 9.54
1989 8.77
1991 17.32
1992 17.23
1993 13.31
1994 15.28
1995 14.84
1996 16.22
1997 16.06
1998 18.52
1999 19.56
2000 17.37
2001 21.50
2002 20.66
2003 24.80
2004 21.21
2005 19.77
2006 14.64
2007 16.70
2008 16.92
2009 18.78
2010 21.65
2011 24.88
2012 17.87
2013 20.19
2014 20.97
2015 23.78
2016 26.52
2017 23.41
2018 25.44
2019 24.62

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

Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of total taxes) in Lesotho was 36.05 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 37 years was 42.33 in 2011, while its lowest value was 10.34 in 1984.

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
1982 15.62
1983 11.19
1984 10.34
1985 12.45
1986 12.01
1987 13.97
1988 13.42
1989 13.36
1991 27.84
1992 25.99
1993 20.74
1994 24.98
1995 25.54
1996 27.57
1997 25.90
1998 30.42
1999 29.15
2000 30.14
2001 33.48
2002 33.71
2003 38.25
2004 31.73
2005 30.10
2006 23.48
2007 26.11
2008 27.55
2009 30.05
2010 39.80
2011 42.33
2012 30.31
2013 32.68
2014 31.78
2015 35.84
2016 40.91
2017 35.18
2018 38.09
2019 36.05

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance