Iran - Tax revenue

Tax revenue (current LCU)

The value for Tax revenue (current LCU) in Iran was 302,247,000,000,000 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 37 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 302,247,000,000,000 in 2009 and a minimum value of 107,400,000,000 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 107,400,000,000
1973 140,800,000,000
1974 169,300,000,000
1975 289,200,000,000
1976 363,000,000,000
1977 467,400,000,000
1978 487,600,000,000
1979 381,800,000,000
1980 349,200,000,000
1981 561,300,000,000
1982 630,000,000,000
1983 823,000,000,000
1984 960,000,000,000
1985 1,158,700,000,000
1986 1,085,900,000,000
1987 1,166,200,000,000
1988 1,190,200,000,000
1989 1,462,300,000,000
1990 2,116,700,000,000
1991 3,314,200,000,000
1992 4,944,900,000,000
1993 4,097,000,000,000
1994 6,108,000,000,000
1995 12,278,000,000,000
1996 21,489,000,000,000
1997 32,164,000,000,000
1998 30,562,000,000,000
1999 39,555,100,000,000
2000 36,813,000,000,000
2001 42,429,800,000,000
2002 51,123,100,000,000
2003 65,439,400,000,000
2004 85,049,100,000,000
2005 135,143,000,000,000
2006 151,849,000,000,000
2007 192,815,000,000,000
2008 240,954,000,000,000
2009 302,247,000,000,000

Tax revenue (% of GDP)

Tax revenue (% of GDP) in Iran was 7.36 as of 2009. Its highest value over the past 37 years was 10.16 in 1997, while its lowest value was 3.86 in 1993.

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
1972 8.27
1973 7.55
1974 5.42
1975 8.19
1976 7.56
1977 8.22
1978 8.87
1979 5.99
1980 5.17
1981 6.98
1982 5.92
1983 6.03
1984 6.44
1985 7.33
1986 6.78
1987 6.01
1988 5.43
1989 5.37
1990 5.57
1991 6.16
1992 6.88
1993 3.86
1994 4.37
1995 6.22
1996 7.95
1997 10.16
1998 8.64
1999 8.33
2000 5.86
2001 5.75
2002 4.99
2003 5.20
2004 5.20
2005 6.66
2006 6.22
2007 5.94
2008 6.20
2009 7.36

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance