Bahrain - Tax revenue

Tax revenue (current LCU)

The value for Tax revenue (current LCU) in Bahrain was 208,500,000 as of 2004. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 208,500,000 in 2004 and a minimum value of 39,900,000 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.

Year Value
1974 56,400,000
1975 61,400,000
1976 48,300,000
1977 56,300,000
1978 56,200,000
1979 61,400,000
1980 39,900,000
1981 49,000,000
1982 56,700,000
1983 75,900,000
1984 83,900,000
1985 80,900,000
1986 73,800,000
1987 67,800,000
1988 67,900,000
1989 75,200,000
1990 82,500,000
1991 87,500,000
1992 96,300,000
1993 104,600,000
1994 108,300,000
1995 105,500,000
1996 115,700,000
1997 121,700,000
1998 131,700,000
1999 124,800,000
2000 127,200,000
2001 138,500,000
2002 129,100,000
2003 137,700,000
2004 208,500,000

Tax revenue (% of GDP)

Tax revenue (% of GDP) in Bahrain was 4.22 as of 2004. Its highest value over the past 24 years was 6.43 in 1986, while its lowest value was 3.31 in 2003.

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 3.45
1981 3.76
1982 4.14
1983 5.40
1984 5.71
1985 5.89
1986 6.43
1987 5.32
1988 4.88
1989 5.18
1990 5.19
1991 5.04
1992 5.39
1993 5.35
1994 5.17
1995 4.80
1996 5.04
1997 5.10
1998 5.66
1999 5.01
2000 3.73
2001 4.10
2002 3.58
2003 3.31
2004 4.22

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance