Jamaica - Taxes on goods and services

Taxes on goods and services (current LCU)

The value for Taxes on goods and services (current LCU) in Jamaica was 168,754,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 31 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 300,652,000,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 1,738,792,000 in 1988.

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.

Year Value
1988 1,738,792,000
1989 2,102,430,000
1990 2,399,395,000
1991 4,080,067,000
1992 7,266,047,000
1993 12,098,950,000
1994 15,703,190,000
1995 21,813,170,000
1996 23,044,090,000
1997 24,463,680,000
1998 28,442,710,000
1999 33,106,370,000
2000 36,569,400,000
2001 39,089,940,000
2002 44,826,780,000
2003 57,006,370,000
2004 65,017,300,000
2005 70,226,140,000
2006 82,793,000,000
2007 92,286,990,000
2008 101,087,000,000
2009 110,994,000,000
2010 133,807,000,000
2011 138,818,000,000
2012 155,244,000,000
2013 174,309,000,000
2014 189,901,000,000
2015 215,611,000,000
2016 243,469,000,000
2017 276,425,000,000
2018 300,652,000,000
2019 168,754,000,000

Taxes on goods and services (% of revenue)

Taxes on goods and services (% of revenue) in Jamaica was 25.97 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 31 years was 49.29 in 2017, while its lowest value was 24.87 in 1990.

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
1988 28.32
1989 24.97
1990 24.87
1991 27.06
1992 30.84
1993 35.99
1994 35.21
1995 37.24
1996 36.53
1997 36.83
1998 38.39
1999 36.45
2000 36.20
2001 38.11
2002 38.26
2003 38.03
2004 37.90
2005 37.62
2006 39.17
2007 36.61
2008 36.60
2009 36.97
2010 42.34
2011 43.09
2012 45.04
2013 43.91
2014 46.12
2015 47.30
2016 48.71
2017 49.29
2018 47.80
2019 25.97

Taxes on goods and services (% value added of industry and services)

Taxes on goods and services (% value added of industry and services) in Jamaica was 10.11 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 26 years was 18.63 in 2018, while its lowest value was 9.56 in 1997.

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, and World Bank and OECD value added estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1993 10.41
1994 10.05
1995 11.14
1996 9.76
1997 9.56
1998 10.36
1999 11.05
2000 10.93
2001 10.72
2002 10.94
2003 12.02
2004 12.07
2005 11.61
2006 12.29
2007 12.11
2008 11.76
2009 12.08
2010 13.73
2011 13.30
2012 14.16
2013 14.78
2014 15.02
2015 16.02
2016 17.21
2017 18.41
2018 18.63
2019 10.11

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance