El Salvador - Tax revenue

Tax revenue (current LCU)

The value for Tax revenue (current LCU) in El Salvador was 4,860,500,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 21 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,860,500,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 1,080,520,000 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 1,080,520,000
1999 1,177,140,000
2000 1,249,850,000
2001 1,634,400,000
2002 1,532,300,000
2003 1,679,100,000
2004 1,736,800,000
2005 2,132,800,000
2006 2,507,200,000
2007 2,848,600,000
2008 3,068,600,000
2009 2,636,200,000
2010 2,917,000,000
2011 3,112,350,000
2012 3,460,800,000
2013 3,750,500,000
2014 3,775,097,000
2015 3,926,534,000
2016 4,198,369,000
2017 4,434,743,000
2018 4,717,300,000
2019 4,860,500,000

Tax revenue (% of GDP)

Tax revenue (% of GDP) in El Salvador was 18.07 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 21 years was 18.13 in 2018, while its lowest value was 9.88 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, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1998 9.88
1999 10.43
2000 10.61
2001 13.31
2002 12.10
2003 12.68
2004 12.65
2005 14.51
2006 15.67
2007 16.74
2008 17.06
2009 14.98
2010 15.81
2011 15.34
2012 16.18
2013 17.05
2014 16.71
2015 16.75
2016 17.35
2017 17.75
2018 18.13
2019 18.07

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance