Tunisia - Tax revenue

Tax revenue (current LCU)

The value for Tax revenue (current LCU) in Tunisia was 14,864,400,000 as of 2012. As the graph below shows, over the past 40 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 14,864,400,000 in 2012 and a minimum value of 189,900,000 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 189,900,000
1973 218,200,000
1974 276,500,000
1975 352,200,000
1976 385,600,000
1977 466,200,000
1978 561,800,000
1979 636,900,000
1980 743,200,000
1981 900,600,000
1982 1,094,500,000
1983 1,307,500,000
1984 1,473,500,000
1985 1,544,000,000
1986 1,612,300,000
1987 1,652,200,000
1988 1,775,500,000
1989 1,932,500,000
1990 2,158,100,000
1991 2,452,000,000
1992 2,809,600,000
1993 3,080,400,000
1994 3,283,600,000
1995 3,493,200,000
1996 3,782,300,000
1997 4,231,000,000
1998 4,762,700,000
1999 5,206,700,000
2000 5,678,400,000
2001 6,221,500,000
2002 6,429,100,000
2003 6,630,800,000
2004 7,252,000,000
2005 7,904,200,000
2006 8,469,800,000
2007 9,508,100,000
2008 11,330,900,000
2009 11,763,700,000
2010 12,698,600,000
2011 13,667,900,000
2012 14,864,400,000

Tax revenue (% of GDP)

Tax revenue (% of GDP) in Tunisia was 20.12 as of 2012. Its highest value over the past 40 years was 23.07 in 1983, while its lowest value was 17.79 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, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1972 17.79
1973 18.95
1974 17.86
1975 20.23
1976 19.95
1977 21.27
1978 22.62
1979 21.80
1980 20.99
1981 21.64
1982 22.78
1983 23.07
1984 22.98
1985 22.00
1986 22.52
1987 20.56
1988 20.50
1989 20.15
1990 19.95
1991 20.38
1992 20.50
1993 21.01
1994 20.76
1995 20.49
1996 19.84
1997 18.44
1998 19.18
1999 19.13
2000 19.29
2001 19.60
2002 19.54
2003 18.75
2004 18.67
2005 18.88
2006 18.51
2007 19.07
2008 20.50
2009 20.05
2010 19.20
2011 20.17
2012 20.12

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance