Lesotho - Tax revenue

Tax revenue (current LCU)

The value for Tax revenue (current LCU) in Lesotho was 7,906,500,000 as of 2008. As the graph below shows, over the past 18 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 7,906,500,000 in 2008 and a minimum value of 558,033,000 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 558,033,000
1991 700,721,000
1992 881,282,000
1993 1,098,882,000
1994 1,268,800,000
1995 1,413,500,000
1996 1,553,900,000
1997 1,783,700,000
1998 1,690,800,000
1999 1,882,800,000
2000 1,934,700,000
2001 2,378,500,000
2002 2,575,900,000
2003 2,930,190,000
2004 3,724,576,000
2005 4,019,163,000
2006 5,904,161,000
2007 6,403,269,000
2008 7,906,500,000

Tax revenue (% of GDP)

Tax revenue (% of GDP) in Lesotho was 58.86 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 18 years was 61.02 in 2006, while its lowest value was 37.38 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
1990 39.89
1991 42.37
1992 43.63
1993 47.64
1994 48.40
1995 47.86
1996 45.40
1997 46.21
1998 38.23
1999 39.35
2000 37.38
2001 40.25
2002 38.27
2003 40.89
2004 46.72
2005 46.19
2006 61.02
2007 56.89
2008 58.86

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance