Maldives - Tax revenue

Tax revenue (current LCU)

The value for Tax revenue (current LCU) in Maldives was 2,732,000,000 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3,366,800,000 in 2008 and a minimum value of 7,200,000 in 1979.

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
1979 7,200,000
1980 16,400,000
1981 23,300,000
1982 42,000,000
1983 51,500,000
1984 71,500,000
1985 90,200,000
1986 104,400,000
1987 160,000,000
1988 200,900,000
1989 258,500,000
1990 286,800,000
1991 366,200,000
1992 450,400,000
1993 485,200,000
1994 536,400,000
1995 638,500,000
1996 713,100,000
1997 864,100,000
1998 902,700,000
1999 977,300,000
2000 1,013,800,000
2001 1,046,600,000
2002 1,091,700,000
2003 1,268,700,000
2004 1,647,200,000
2005 1,722,800,000
2006 2,370,400,000
2007 2,905,100,000
2008 3,366,800,000
2009 2,732,000,000

Tax revenue (% of GDP)

Tax revenue (% of GDP) in Maldives was 9.10 as of 2009. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 15.09 in 1989, while its lowest value was 5.12 in 1980.

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
1980 5.12
1981 6.89
1982 12.22
1983 12.63
1984 9.26
1985 9.99
1986 10.29
1987 12.28
1988 13.57
1989 15.09
1990 13.96
1991 14.61
1992 14.96
1993 13.73
1994 13.00
1995 13.60
1996 13.45
1997 14.45
1998 14.20
1999 14.09
2000 13.80
2001 9.83
2002 9.51
2003 9.42
2004 10.49
2005 11.57
2006 11.76
2007 12.15
2008 11.58
2009 9.10

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance