Brazil - Tax revenue

Tax revenue (current LCU)

The value for Tax revenue (current LCU) in Brazil was 498,160,000,000 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 506,884,000,000 in 2008 and a minimum value of 1,386,909 in 1990.

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
1990 1,386,909
1991 5,745,091
1992 62,389,620
1993 1,480,218,000
1994 41,541,700,000
1997 97,070,300,000
1998 119,804,000,000
1999 143,226,000,000
2000 165,173,000,000
2001 191,571,000,000
2002 234,039,000,000
2003 261,891,000,000
2004 308,400,000,000
2005 358,775,000,000
2006 389,906,000,000
2007 447,355,000,000
2008 506,884,000,000
2009 498,160,000,000

Tax revenue (% of GDP)

Tax revenue (% of GDP) in Brazil was 15.64 as of 2009. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 16.81 in 2007, while its lowest value was 9.53 in 1991.

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
1990 12.01
1991 9.53
1992 9.73
1993 10.50
1994 11.90
1997 10.34
1998 12.23
1999 13.45
2000 14.00
2001 14.71
2002 15.84
2003 15.41
2004 15.88
2005 16.71
2006 16.46
2007 16.81
2008 16.72
2009 15.64

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance