Nepal - Tax revenue

Tax revenue (current LCU)

The value for Tax revenue (current LCU) in Nepal was 764,418,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 29 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 764,418,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 7,235,700,000 in 1990.

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
1990 7,235,700,000
1991 8,196,000,000
1992 9,901,000,000
1993 11,691,000,000
1994 15,402,000,000
1995 19,694,000,000
1996 21,705,000,000
1997 24,471,000,000
1998 25,991,000,000
1999 28,808,000,000
2000 33,152,000,000
2001 38,865,000,000
2002 39,331,000,000
2003 42,586,900,000
2004 48,173,000,000
2005 54,104,800,000
2006 57,426,990,000
2007 71,126,700,000
2008 85,155,400,000
2009 117,051,000,000
2010 159,785,000,000
2011 181,255,000,000
2012 211,723,000,000
2013 259,215,000,000
2014 312,440,000,000
2015 355,943,000,000
2016 421,059,000,000
2017 535,708,000,000
2018 659,493,000,000
2019 764,418,000,000

Tax revenue (% of GDP)

Tax revenue (% of GDP) in Nepal was 19.81 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 19.81 in 2019, while its lowest value was 6.48 in 1992.

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
1990 7.00
1991 6.62
1992 6.48
1993 6.65
1994 7.73
1995 8.99
1996 8.72
1997 8.72
1998 8.64
1999 8.42
2000 8.74
2001 8.80
2002 8.56
2003 8.65
2004 8.97
2005 9.18
2006 8.78
2007 9.77
2008 10.44
2009 11.84
2010 13.40
2011 11.60
2012 12.04
2013 13.30
2014 13.99
2015 14.69
2016 16.14
2017 17.41
2018 19.08
2019 19.81

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance