Egypt - Tax revenue

Tax revenue (current LCU)

The value for Tax revenue (current LCU) in Egypt was 305,957,000,000 as of 2015. As the graph below shows, over the past 40 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 305,957,000,000 in 2015 and a minimum value of 1,089,000,000 in 1975.

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
1975 1,089,000,000
1976 1,162,000,000
1977 2,095,000,000
1978 2,254,000,000
1979 2,685,000,000
1981 4,299,000,000
1982 4,872,000,000
1983 5,608,000,000
1984 5,829,000,000
1985 6,436,000,000
1986 7,197,000,000
1987 7,504,000,000
1988 8,839,000,000
1989 10,656,000,000
1990 12,679,000,000
1991 16,580,000,000
1992 25,706,000,000
1993 29,122,000,000
1994 33,333,000,000
1995 35,951,000,000
1996 40,060,000,000
1997 42,450,000,000
2002 50,802,000,000
2003 55,736,000,000
2004 67,146,000,000
2005 75,759,600,000
2006 97,778,900,000
2007 114,326,000,000
2008 137,195,000,000
2009 163,223,000,000
2010 170,494,000,000
2011 192,072,000,000
2012 207,410,000,000
2013 251,118,000,000
2014 260,289,000,000
2015 305,957,000,000

Tax revenue (% of GDP)

Tax revenue (% of GDP) in Egypt was 12.52 as of 2015. Its highest value over the past 40 years was 26.24 in 1981, while its lowest value was 12.22 in 2014.

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
1975 20.52
1976 17.33
1977 25.52
1978 23.07
1979 21.29
1981 26.24
1982 21.70
1983 21.08
1984 18.45
1985 17.25
1986 16.32
1987 14.57
1988 14.35
1989 13.84
1990 13.23
1991 14.74
1992 18.48
1993 18.76
1994 19.05
1995 17.62
1996 17.46
1997 15.96
2002 13.41
2003 13.35
2004 13.84
2005 14.07
2006 15.83
2007 15.35
2008 15.32
2009 15.66
2010 14.13
2011 14.01
2012 12.38
2013 13.50
2014 12.22
2015 12.52

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance