Equatorial Guinea - Tax revenue

Tax revenue (current LCU)

The value for Tax revenue (current LCU) in Equatorial Guinea was 619,358,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 13 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 999,280,000,000 in 2012 and a minimum value of 423,787,000,000 in 2017.

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
2006 509,951,000,000
2007 472,788,000,000
2008 688,634,000,000
2009 905,659,000,000
2010 612,377,000,000
2011 706,113,000,000
2012 999,280,000,000
2013 923,217,000,000
2014 891,871,000,000
2015 893,101,000,000
2016 425,289,000,000
2017 423,787,000,000
2018 448,769,000,000
2019 619,358,000,000

Tax revenue (% of GDP)

Tax revenue (% of GDP) in Equatorial Guinea was 9.26 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 13 years was 12.76 in 2009, while its lowest value was 5.98 in 2017.

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
2006 9.67
2007 7.55
2008 7.79
2009 12.76
2010 7.59
2011 7.02
2012 8.74
2013 8.52
2014 8.30
2015 11.46
2016 6.38
2017 5.98
2018 6.17
2019 9.26

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance