Sri Lanka - Tax revenue

Tax revenue (current LCU)

The value for Tax revenue (current LCU) in Sri Lanka was 1,734,930,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 29 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,734,930,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 61,206,000,000 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 61,206,000,000
1991 68,157,000,000
1992 76,353,000,000
1993 87,274,000,000
1994 99,417,000,000
1995 118,543,000,000
1996 130,203,000,000
1997 142,512,000,000
1998 147,368,000,000
1999 166,028,000,000
2000 182,392,000,000
2001 205,839,000,000
2002 221,786,000,000
2003 231,648,000,000
2004 281,552,000,000
2005 336,829,000,000
2006 428,379,000,000
2007 508,947,000,000
2008 585,621,000,000
2009 618,933,000,000
2010 724,746,000,000
2011 812,611,000,000
2012 908,911,000,000
2013 1,005,890,000,000
2014 1,050,360,000,000
2015 1,355,680,000,000
2016 1,463,690,000,000
2017 1,670,180,000,000
2018 1,712,320,000,000
2019 1,734,930,000,000

Tax revenue (% of GDP)

Tax revenue (% of GDP) in Sri Lanka was 11.56 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 19.02 in 1990, while its lowest value was 10.14 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, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1990 19.02
1991 18.30
1992 17.95
1993 17.47
1994 17.17
1995 17.75
1996 16.95
1997 16.01
1998 14.48
1999 15.01
2000 14.50
2001 14.63
2002 14.02
2003 12.71
2004 13.47
2005 13.73
2006 14.58
2007 14.22
2008 13.28
2009 12.80
2010 11.30
2011 11.26
2012 10.41
2013 10.49
2014 10.14
2015 12.38
2016 12.20
2017 12.53
2018 11.98
2019 11.56

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance