Tunisia - Revenue, excluding grants (% of GDP)

Revenue, excluding grants (% of GDP) in Tunisia was 29.88 as of 2012. Its highest value over the past 40 years was 35.48 in 1984, while its lowest value was 23.04 in 1972.

Definition: Revenue is cash receipts from taxes, social contributions, and other revenues such as fines, fees, rent, and income from property or sales. Grants are also considered as revenue but are excluded here.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1972 23.04
1973 24.21
1974 24.93
1975 27.89
1976 26.82
1977 28.16
1978 31.36
1979 32.14
1980 31.31
1981 31.91
1982 34.31
1983 32.58
1984 35.48
1985 33.17
1986 33.52
1987 31.08
1988 31.50
1989 30.52
1990 30.71
1991 28.96
1992 29.44
1993 30.28
1994 31.33
1995 30.02
1996 29.60
1997 26.16
1998 26.70
1999 26.33
2000 26.48
2001 26.66
2002 27.18
2003 26.79
2004 26.51
2005 26.15
2006 26.41
2007 26.98
2008 29.18
2009 28.66
2010 27.67
2011 31.16
2012 29.88

Limitations and Exceptions: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Despite IMF efforts to standardize data collection, statistics are often incomplete, untimely, and not comparable across countries.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The IMF's Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014, harmonized with the 2008 SNA, recommends an accrual accounting method, focusing on all economic events affecting assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, not just those represented by cash transactions. It accounts for all changes in stocks, so stock data at the end of an accounting period equal stock data at the beginning of the period plus flows over the period. The 1986 manual considered only debt stocks. Government finance statistics are reported in local currency. Many countries report government finance data by fiscal year; see country metadata for information on fiscal year end by country.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance