Tunisia - Taxes on goods and services (% of revenue)

Taxes on goods and services (% of revenue) in Tunisia was 30.51 as of 2012. Its highest value over the past 40 years was 38.56 in 2000, while its lowest value was 20.72 in 1996.

Definition: Taxes on goods and services include general sales and turnover or value added taxes, selective excises on goods, selective taxes on services, taxes on the use of goods or property, taxes on extraction and production of minerals, and profits of fiscal monopolies.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1972 31.81
1973 31.85
1974 27.01
1975 26.09
1976 28.43
1977 30.43
1978 27.90
1979 25.58
1980 23.49
1981 25.16
1982 22.77
1983 23.35
1984 21.54
1985 21.54
1986 23.55
1987 23.85
1988 22.73
1989 20.79
1990 20.91
1991 24.32
1992 22.56
1993 22.21
1994 21.08
1995 21.18
1996 20.72
1997 34.02
1998 35.39
1999 37.95
2000 38.56
2001 38.44
2002 37.21
2003 36.52
2004 36.99
2005 36.29
2006 35.04
2007 33.96
2008 32.40
2009 33.14
2010 32.79
2011 28.72
2012 30.51

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: Median

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance