Switzerland - Tax revenue

Tax revenue (current LCU)

The value for Tax revenue (current LCU) in Switzerland was 71,086,260,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 71,086,260,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 9,561,000,000 in 1972.

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 9,561,000,000
1973 10,144,000,000
1974 11,269,000,000
1975 11,316,000,000
1976 13,155,000,000
1977 12,973,000,000
1978 13,819,000,000
1979 13,623,000,000
1980 14,976,000,000
1981 16,111,000,000
1982 17,753,000,000
1983 18,373,000,000
1984 20,042,000,000
1985 20,921,000,000
1986 23,780,000,000
1987 23,669,000,000
1988 26,300,000,000
1989 26,639,000,000
1990 29,365,040,000
1991 29,926,190,000
1992 31,172,610,000
1993 29,524,350,000
1994 32,380,650,000
1995 33,025,550,000
1996 35,050,520,000
1997 35,611,940,000
1998 40,748,430,000
1999 39,908,970,000
2000 47,306,530,000
2001 43,385,290,000
2002 43,173,410,000
2003 43,775,250,000
2004 45,306,340,000
2005 47,533,450,000
2006 50,909,370,000
2007 53,404,240,000
2008 58,904,140,000
2009 56,375,280,000
2010 58,482,450,000
2011 59,263,260,000
2012 59,016,340,000
2013 60,592,260,000
2014 60,487,000,000
2015 63,835,890,000
2016 63,748,940,000
2017 68,877,780,000
2018 68,759,900,000
2019 71,086,260,000

Tax revenue (% of GDP)

Tax revenue (% of GDP) in Switzerland was 9.78 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 10.01 in 2000, while its lowest value was 7.29 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 7.29
1981 7.30
1982 7.59
1983 7.63
1984 7.79
1985 7.67
1986 8.30
1987 7.96
1988 8.33
1989 7.82
1990 7.95
1991 7.75
1992 7.91
1993 7.33
1994 7.85
1995 7.91
1996 8.33
1997 8.31
1998 9.25
1999 8.90
2000 10.01
2001 8.95
2002 8.93
2003 8.95
2004 8.98
2005 9.08
2006 9.15
2007 9.01
2008 9.54
2009 9.28
2010 9.29
2011 9.24
2012 9.09
2013 9.17
2014 8.99
2015 9.45
2016 9.30
2017 9.93
2018 9.56
2019 9.78

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance