Greece - Tax revenue (current LCU)

The value for Tax revenue (current LCU) in Greece was 48,000,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 48,915,000,000 in 2008 and a minimum value of 191,724,100 in 1972.

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
1972 191,724,100
1973 242,435,800
1974 281,907,600
1975 340,983,100
1976 470,873,100
1977 546,118,800
1978 681,790,100
1979 822,949,400
1980 979,046,200
1981 1,048,863,000
1982 1,598,797,000
1983 1,992,223,000
1984 2,219,164,000
1985 2,677,036,000
1986 3,611,357,000
1987 4,267,205,000
1988 4,793,133,000
1989 4,905,268,000
1990 6,886,075,000
1995 17,292,000,000
1996 19,202,000,000
1997 22,394,000,000
1998 25,714,000,000
1999 28,675,000,000
2000 31,739,000,000
2001 31,866,000,000
2002 34,763,000,000
2003 35,258,000,000
2004 37,067,000,000
2005 40,499,000,000
2006 43,527,000,000
2007 47,104,000,000
2008 48,915,000,000
2009 46,974,000,000
2010 45,690,000,000
2011 45,699,000,000
2012 45,717,000,000
2013 43,394,000,000
2014 44,078,000,000
2015 43,883,000,000
2016 46,537,000,000
2017 46,806,000,000
2018 48,383,000,000
2019 48,000,000,000

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.

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance