Colombia - Tax revenue

Tax revenue (current LCU)

The value for Tax revenue (current LCU) in Colombia was 159,925,000,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 21 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 159,925,000,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 19,307,700,000,000 in 1998.

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
1998 19,307,700,000,000
1999 20,426,300,000,000
2000 23,396,700,000,000
2003 30,662,900,000,000
2008 62,102,200,000,000
2009 63,575,600,000,000
2010 66,060,700,000,000
2011 90,228,100,000,000
2012 88,158,800,000,000
2013 100,131,000,000,000
2014 119,774,000,000,000
2015 127,119,000,000,000
2016 124,257,000,000,000
2017 136,697,000,000,000
2018 146,105,000,000,000
2019 159,925,000,000,000

Tax revenue (% of GDP)

Tax revenue (% of GDP) in Colombia was 15.07 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 21 years was 15.80 in 2015, while its lowest value was 11.22 in 2000.

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
1998 13.74
1999 13.48
2000 11.22
2003 11.26
2008 13.03
2009 12.68
2010 12.14
2011 14.58
2012 13.23
2013 14.02
2014 15.70
2015 15.80
2016 14.39
2017 14.85
2018 14.79
2019 15.07

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance