Malaysia - Tax revenue

Tax revenue (current LCU)

The value for Tax revenue (current LCU) in Malaysia was 180,566,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 23 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 180,566,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 42,388,800,000 in 1999.

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
1996 49,168,000,000
1997 55,664,000,000
1998 47,387,000,000
1999 42,388,800,000
2000 48,709,000,000
2001 62,741,040,000
2002 66,859,000,000
2003 64,891,000,000
2004 72,051,000,000
2005 80,593,000,000
2006 86,630,340,000
2007 95,168,390,000
2008 112,897,000,000
2009 106,504,000,000
2010 109,515,000,000
2011 134,885,000,000
2012 151,643,000,000
2013 155,952,000,000
2014 164,205,000,000
2015 165,441,000,000
2016 169,343,000,000
2017 177,659,000,000
2018 174,059,000,000
2019 180,566,000,000

Tax revenue (% of GDP)

Tax revenue (% of GDP) in Malaysia was 11.93 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 23 years was 19.75 in 1997, while its lowest value was 11.93 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
1996 19.38
1997 19.75
1998 16.73
1999 14.09
2000 13.67
2001 17.79
2002 17.45
2003 15.50
2004 15.20
2005 14.83
2006 14.52
2007 14.30
2008 14.66
2009 14.94
2010 13.33
2011 14.79
2012 15.61
2013 15.31
2014 14.84
2015 14.06
2016 13.55
2017 12.95
2018 12.02
2019 11.93

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance