Namibia - Tax revenue

Tax revenue (current LCU)

The value for Tax revenue (current LCU) in Namibia was 55,004,720,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 29 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 55,004,720,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 1,661,000,000 in 1990.

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
1990 1,661,000,000
1991 2,230,800,000
1992 2,455,600,000
1993 2,776,100,000
1994 3,136,100,000
1995 3,610,300,000
1996 4,113,900,000
1997 5,106,000,000
1998 5,501,400,000
1999 6,597,700,000
2000 7,465,935,000
2001 8,057,482,000
2002 9,200,602,000
2003 8,644,059,000
2004 10,362,900,000
2005 11,892,910,000
2006 15,742,240,000
2007 19,034,820,000
2008 21,095,660,000
2009 22,148,500,000
2010 21,403,210,000
2011 27,015,400,000
2012 35,193,120,000
2013 38,727,000,000
2014 46,691,930,000
2015 48,802,920,000
2016 47,464,190,000
2017 54,378,490,000
2018 52,835,520,000
2019 55,004,720,000

Tax revenue (% of GDP)

Tax revenue (% of GDP) in Namibia was 30.46 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 34.63 in 2014, while its lowest value was 23.01 in 1990.

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
1990 23.01
1991 26.96
1992 25.11
1993 26.13
1994 24.09
1995 25.02
1996 23.99
1997 26.67
1998 25.69
1999 27.92
2000 27.43
2001 26.31
2002 26.06
2003 23.19
2004 24.27
2005 25.73
2006 29.07
2007 30.53
2008 29.70
2009 29.07
2010 25.54
2011 29.55
2012 32.93
2013 32.98
2014 34.63
2015 33.42
2016 30.10
2017 31.69
2018 29.18
2019 30.46

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance