Australia - Tax revenue

Tax revenue (current LCU)

The value for Tax revenue (current LCU) in Australia was 455,632,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 455,632,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 7,948,000,000 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 7,948,000,000
1973 8,479,000,000
1974 10,900,000,000
1975 14,162,000,000
1976 16,920,000,000
1977 19,755,000,000
1978 21,438,000,000
1979 23,477,000,000
1980 27,478,000,000
1981 32,700,000,000
1982 37,961,000,000
1983 41,131,000,000
1984 44,902,000,000
1985 52,971,000,000
1986 58,840,000,000
1987 66,469,000,000
1988 75,073,000,000
1989 83,393,000,000
1990 90,774,000,000
1991 92,737,000,000
1992 87,365,000,000
1993 88,759,000,000
1994 93,359,000,000
1995 104,919,000,000
1996 115,698,000,000
1997 124,557,000,000
1998 130,981,000,000
1999 139,378,000,000
2000 152,575,000,000
2001 175,845,000,000
2002 178,129,000,000
2003 195,155,000,000
2004 209,613,000,000
2005 229,089,000,000
2006 245,016,000,000
2007 261,794,000,000
2008 285,561,000,000
2009 277,782,000,000
2010 267,099,000,000
2011 288,287,000,000
2012 316,642,000,000
2013 337,344,000,000
2014 350,220,000,000
2015 355,227,000,000
2016 369,251,000,000
2017 388,558,000,000
2018 427,289,000,000
2019 455,632,000,000

Tax revenue (% of GDP)

Tax revenue (% of GDP) in Australia was 23.41 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 24.89 in 2001, while its lowest value was 17.02 in 1973.

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 17.84
1973 17.02
1974 18.05
1975 19.87
1976 20.29
1977 20.53
1978 20.40
1979 19.76
1980 20.41
1981 21.46
1982 21.58
1983 21.71
1984 21.01
1985 22.50
1986 22.57
1987 23.22
1988 23.14
1989 22.65
1990 22.44
1991 22.33
1992 20.64
1993 19.98
1994 20.01
1995 21.17
1996 21.89
1997 22.39
1998 22.24
1999 22.45
2000 23.06
2001 24.89
2002 23.58
2003 24.32
2004 24.28
2005 24.78
2006 24.54
2007 24.07
2008 24.23
2009 22.04
2010 20.50
2011 20.33
2012 21.11
2013 21.96
2014 21.91
2015 21.88
2016 22.27
2017 22.09
2018 23.19
2019 23.41

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance