Myanmar - Tax revenue

Tax revenue (current LCU)

The value for Tax revenue (current LCU) in Myanmar was 6,777,880,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 46 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6,777,880,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 1,106,000,000 in 1973.

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
1973 1,106,000,000
1974 1,473,000,000
1975 1,860,000,000
1976 2,415,000,000
1977 3,097,000,000
1978 3,183,000,000
1979 3,608,000,000
1980 3,711,000,000
1981 4,257,000,000
1982 4,602,000,000
1983 4,602,000,000
1984 4,601,000,000
1985 4,622,000,000
1986 4,375,000,000
1987 4,373,000,000
1988 3,426,000,000
1989 5,313,000,000
1990 9,417,000,000
1991 10,480,000,000
1992 12,563,000,000
1993 17,036,000,000
1994 20,101,000,000
1995 22,644,000,000
1996 31,357,000,000
1997 49,429,000,000
1998 56,653,000,000
1999 60,294,000,000
2000 75,727,000,000
2001 80,094,000,000
2002 112,564,000,000
2003 170,569,000,000
2004 297,104,000,000
2005 476,945,000,000
2012 2,319,020,000,000
2013 3,207,790,000,000
2014 3,808,570,000,000
2015 4,367,230,000,000
2016 5,718,470,000,000
2017 5,442,500,000,000
2018 2,763,710,000,000
2019 6,777,880,000,000

Tax revenue (% of GDP)

Tax revenue (% of GDP) in Myanmar was 6.44 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 10.86 in 1977, while its lowest value was 2.45 in 2002.

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
1973 9.83
1974 9.48
1975 8.69
1976 9.49
1977 10.86
1978 10.37
1979 10.75
1980 10.04
1981 10.45
1982 10.26
1983 9.52
1984 8.90
1985 8.44
1986 7.61
1987 6.85
1988 4.73
1989 5.29
1990 6.81
1991 6.19
1992 5.76
1993 5.59
1994 4.83
1995 4.20
1996 4.49
1997 5.17
1998 4.15
1999 3.17
2000 3.19
2001 2.63
2002 2.45
2003 2.56
2004 3.54
2005 4.46
2012 4.75
2013 5.87
2014 6.18
2015 6.33
2016 7.71
2017 6.58
2018 2.98
2019 6.44

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance