Bhutan - Tax revenue

Tax revenue (current LCU)

The value for Tax revenue (current LCU) in Bhutan was 26,803,820,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 36 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 26,803,820,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 76,500,000 in 1982.

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
1982 76,500,000
1983 105,000,000
1984 138,600,000
1985 135,900,000
1986 171,500,000
1988 235,900,000
1989 232,500,000
1990 231,700,000
1991 281,600,000
1992 328,200,000
1993 447,100,000
1994 503,300,000
1995 649,800,000
1996 844,200,000
1997 868,900,000
1998 1,246,390,000
1999 1,265,800,000
2000 1,977,100,000
2001 1,916,900,000
2002 2,414,588,000
2003 2,713,560,000
2004 2,446,597,000
2005 3,014,127,000
2006 3,673,222,000
2007 3,718,873,000
2008 4,607,218,000
2009 5,654,082,000
2010 9,528,496,000
2011 11,474,690,000
2012 14,329,630,000
2013 15,151,180,000
2014 15,943,700,000
2015 17,046,310,000
2016 18,829,680,000
2017 20,012,780,000
2018 26,803,820,000

Tax revenue (% of GDP)

Tax revenue (% of GDP) in Bhutan was 16.02 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 36 years was 16.02 in 2018, while its lowest value was 4.60 in 1990.

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
1982 5.72
1983 6.63
1984 7.60
1985 6.73
1986 7.11
1988 6.22
1989 5.41
1990 4.60
1991 5.15
1992 5.27
1993 6.49
1994 6.19
1995 6.90
1996 7.85
1997 6.79
1998 8.31
1999 7.36
2000 10.36
2001 8.80
2002 9.54
2003 9.64
2004 7.91
2005 8.58
2006 9.27
2007 7.70
2008 8.63
2009 9.47
2010 13.46
2011 13.84
2012 15.05
2013 14.72
2014 13.70
2015 13.26
2016 12.98
2017 12.54
2018 16.02

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance