Bahrain - Tax revenue (current LCU)

The value for Tax revenue (current LCU) in Bahrain was 208,500,000 as of 2004. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 208,500,000 in 2004 and a minimum value of 39,900,000 in 1980.

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
1974 56,400,000
1975 61,400,000
1976 48,300,000
1977 56,300,000
1978 56,200,000
1979 61,400,000
1980 39,900,000
1981 49,000,000
1982 56,700,000
1983 75,900,000
1984 83,900,000
1985 80,900,000
1986 73,800,000
1987 67,800,000
1988 67,900,000
1989 75,200,000
1990 82,500,000
1991 87,500,000
1992 96,300,000
1993 104,600,000
1994 108,300,000
1995 105,500,000
1996 115,700,000
1997 121,700,000
1998 131,700,000
1999 124,800,000
2000 127,200,000
2001 138,500,000
2002 129,100,000
2003 137,700,000
2004 208,500,000

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.

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance