Egypt - Revenue, excluding grants (% of GDP)

Revenue, excluding grants (% of GDP) in Egypt was 20.99 as of 2015. Its highest value over the past 40 years was 48.13 in 1981, while its lowest value was 19.88 in 2014.

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
1975 37.41
1976 32.83
1977 39.48
1978 38.04
1979 34.43
1981 48.13
1982 40.57
1983 39.90
1984 37.82
1985 34.92
1986 33.65
1987 30.10
1988 30.70
1989 27.69
1990 23.05
1991 29.39
1992 32.65
1993 34.83
1994 36.91
1995 34.77
1996 28.66
1997 26.01
2002 24.35
2003 25.43
2004 24.64
2005 24.29
2006 28.14
2007 27.12
2008 27.62
2009 26.92
2010 24.78
2011 21.93
2012 20.23
2013 21.42
2014 19.88
2015 20.99

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