United Arab Emirates - Tax revenue

Tax revenue (current LCU)

The value for Tax revenue (current LCU) in United Arab Emirates was 14,924,510,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 22 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 14,924,510,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 570,323,400 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
1997 2,872,000,000
1998 2,990,000,000
1999 3,481,000,000
2011 4,139,235,000
2012 5,004,551,000
2013 5,307,334,000
2014 5,266,556,000
2015 759,347,300
2016 570,323,400
2017 941,124,400
2018 919,656,200
2019 14,924,510,000

Tax revenue (% of GDP)

Tax revenue (% of GDP) in United Arab Emirates was 0.97 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 22 years was 1.12 in 1999, while its lowest value was 0.04 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
1997 0.99
1998 1.08
1999 1.12
2011 0.32
2012 0.36
2013 0.37
2014 0.36
2015 0.06
2016 0.04
2017 0.07
2018 0.06
2019 0.97

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance