Ireland - Tax revenue

Tax revenue (current LCU)

The value for Tax revenue (current LCU) in Ireland was 63,210,200,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 63,210,200,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 702,165,200 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 702,165,200
1973 859,612,700
1974 943,415,400
1975 1,159,271,000
1976 1,580,824,000
1977 1,844,929,000
1978 2,144,588,000
1979 2,496,305,000
1980 3,255,608,000
1981 4,127,919,000
1982 5,068,794,000
1983 5,842,065,000
1984 6,622,954,000
1985 6,948,007,000
1986 7,411,461,000
1987 7,954,909,000
1988 9,051,962,000
1989 9,079,897,000
1990 9,599,220,000
1991 10,066,480,000
1992 10,822,110,000
1993 11,647,310,000
1994 13,115,890,000
1995 14,525,630,000
1996 16,366,780,000
1997 18,650,460,000
1998 21,309,600,000
1999 24,729,660,000
2000 28,588,440,000
2001 29,555,640,000
2002 31,982,420,000
2003 35,172,440,000
2004 39,173,940,000
2005 43,355,230,000
2006 49,592,340,000
2007 51,114,220,000
2008 44,593,840,000
2009 37,400,080,000
2010 36,558,260,000
2011 37,530,580,000
2012 39,458,890,000
2013 41,112,460,000
2014 45,104,670,000
2015 49,361,130,000
2016 51,459,520,000
2017 54,334,850,000
2018 59,112,530,000
2019 63,210,200,000

Tax revenue (% of GDP)

Tax revenue (% of GDP) in Ireland was 17.73 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 28.75 in 1988, while its lowest value was 17.73 in 2019.

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 21.86
1973 22.17
1974 22.00
1975 21.30
1976 23.66
1977 22.53
1978 22.11
1979 21.96
1980 24.23
1981 25.31
1982 26.38
1983 27.54
1984 28.12
1985 27.21
1986 27.35
1987 27.45
1988 28.75
1989 25.83
1990 25.36
1991 25.63
1992 25.93
1993 25.84
1994 27.06
1995 26.53
1996 27.21
1997 26.87
1998 26.49
1999 26.65
2000 26.35
2001 24.21
2002 23.52
2003 24.16
2004 25.07
2005 25.46
2006 26.82
2007 25.94
2008 23.81
2009 22.06
2010 21.84
2011 21.86
2012 22.48
2013 22.92
2014 23.14
2015 18.78
2016 19.05
2017 18.30
2018 18.13
2019 17.73

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance