Malawi - Tax revenue

Tax revenue (current LCU)

The value for Tax revenue (current LCU) in Malawi was 1,070,090,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 11 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,070,090,000,000 in 2020 and a minimum value of 126,429,000,000 in 2009.

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
2009 126,429,000,000
2010 161,006,000,000
2011 193,573,000,000
2012 203,591,000,000
2013 284,152,000,000
2014 409,458,000,000
2015 485,326,000,000
2016 604,221,000,000
2017 795,784,000,000
2018 880,895,000,000
2019 986,710,000,000
2020 1,070,090,000,000

Tax revenue (% of GDP)

Tax revenue (% of GDP) in Malawi was 11.72 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 11 years was 15.93 in 2014, while its lowest value was 11.72 in 2020.

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
2009 14.47
2010 15.37
2011 15.45
2012 13.56
2013 14.13
2014 15.93
2015 15.24
2016 15.49
2017 12.18
2018 12.17
2019 12.00
2020 11.72

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance