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

Taxes on goods and services (% of revenue) in Egypt was 26.11 as of 2015. Its highest value over the past 40 years was 27.61 in 2011, while its lowest value was 9.07 in 1981.

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
1975 11.19
1976 11.76
1977 10.81
1978 12.26
1979 15.95
1981 9.07
1982 9.51
1983 12.72
1984 12.48
1985 12.07
1986 11.18
1987 11.69
1988 11.24
1989 11.76
1990 13.24
1991 10.11
1992 13.49
1993 13.14
1994 12.53
1995 13.34
1996 16.10
1997 16.82
2002 22.14
2003 21.50
2004 21.65
2005 23.88
2006 19.91
2007 19.40
2008 20.21
2009 21.90
2010 24.23
2011 27.61
2012 27.28
2013 26.47
2014 20.55
2015 26.11

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