Saudi Arabia - Tax revenue

Tax revenue (current LCU)

The value for Tax revenue (current LCU) in Saudi Arabia was 220,053,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 9 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 263,261,000,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 50,106,000,000 in 2010.

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
2010 50,106,000,000
2011 58,699,000,000
2012 70,058,000,000
2013 76,548,000,000
2014 78,605,000,000
2015 81,810,000,000
2016 81,987,000,000
2017 87,403,180,000
2018 263,261,000,000
2019 220,053,000,000

Tax revenue (% of GDP)

Tax revenue (% of GDP) in Saudi Arabia was 7.40 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 9 years was 8.93 in 2018, while its lowest value was 2.33 in 2011.

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
2010 2.53
2011 2.33
2012 2.54
2013 2.73
2014 2.77
2015 3.33
2016 3.39
2017 3.38
2018 8.93
2019 7.40

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance