Malta - Tax revenue

Tax revenue (current LCU)

The value for Tax revenue (current LCU) in Malta was 3,466,070,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3,619,085,000 in 2007 and a minimum value of 55,532,260 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 55,532,260
1973 65,362,220
1974 69,788,020
1975 80,293,500
1976 92,709,060
1977 112,951,300
1978 136,501,300
1980 198,113,200
1981 215,443,700
1982 219,380,400
1983 209,760,100
1984 199,277,900
1985 215,932,900
1986 225,693,000
1987 233,286,800
1988 273,911,000
1989 307,803,400
1990 800,169,300
1991 891,488,600
1992 991,652,200
1993 1,091,979,000
1994 1,116,938,000
1995 1,445,935,000
1996 1,361,505,000
1997 1,590,228,000
1998 1,549,856,000
1999 1,825,381,000
2000 2,017,915,000
2001 2,203,953,000
2002 2,426,110,000
2003 2,588,598,000
2004 2,693,727,000
2005 3,034,645,000
2006 3,243,296,000
2007 3,619,085,000
2008 1,601,518,000
2009 1,628,416,000
2010 1,725,088,000
2011 1,787,109,000
2012 1,892,053,000
2013 2,044,728,000
2014 2,274,699,000
2015 2,433,035,000
2016 2,659,439,000
2017 2,990,542,000
2018 3,243,468,000
2019 3,466,070,000

Tax revenue (% of GDP)

Tax revenue (% of GDP) in Malta was 25.50 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 62.50 in 2007, while its lowest value was 16.55 in 1987.

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 21.17
1973 22.01
1974 20.67
1975 18.87
1976 17.73
1977 18.35
1978 19.16
1980 19.69
1981 19.23
1982 18.51
1983 17.86
1984 16.84
1985 17.68
1986 17.18
1987 16.55
1988 17.60
1989 17.90
1990 42.43
1991 43.05
1992 44.17
1993 45.26
1994 42.31
1995 47.26
1996 42.42
1997 46.63
1998 42.71
1999 47.67
2000 48.59
2001 51.42
2002 53.73
2003 54.07
2004 55.02
2005 58.82
2006 60.03
2007 62.50
2008 25.81
2009 26.01
2010 25.31
2011 25.81
2012 25.69
2013 25.74
2014 25.99
2015 24.34
2016 25.11
2017 25.55
2018 25.77
2019 25.50

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance