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

Taxes on goods and services (% of revenue) in Greece was 33.53 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 44.45 in 1990, while its lowest value was 30.01 in 2004.

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
1972 38.93
1973 37.70
1974 34.98
1975 36.32
1976 37.25
1977 37.84
1978 37.80
1979 36.82
1980 33.34
1981 34.54
1982 34.11
1983 32.76
1984 37.15
1985 37.09
1986 40.35
1987 41.76
1988 41.60
1989 42.56
1990 44.45
1995 34.74
1996 34.29
1997 32.36
1998 30.43
1999 31.86
2000 30.57
2001 31.23
2002 32.48
2003 31.32
2004 30.01
2005 30.19
2006 31.26
2007 31.19
2008 30.98
2009 30.77
2010 31.49
2011 31.55
2012 30.52
2013 30.01
2014 31.76
2015 31.42
2016 32.39
2017 33.01
2018 33.30
2019 33.53

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