Timor-Leste - Tax revenue

Tax revenue (current LCU)

The value for Tax revenue (current LCU) in Timor-Leste was 463,693,700 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 9 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,713,446,000 in 2012 and a minimum value of 247,512,500 in 2016.

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
2010 971,622,300
2011 1,412,472,000
2012 1,713,446,000
2013 1,310,100,000
2014 908,917,000
2015 575,143,400
2016 247,512,500
2017 320,597,500
2018 392,890,500
2019 463,693,700

Tax revenue (% of GDP)

Tax revenue (% of GDP) in Timor-Leste was 22.64 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 9 years was 147.66 in 2012, while its lowest value was 15.00 in 2016.

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
2010 110.18
2011 135.50
2012 147.66
2013 93.88
2014 62.80
2015 36.07
2016 15.00
2017 19.84
2018 24.81
2019 22.64

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance