Nicaragua - Revenue, excluding grants (% of GDP)

Revenue, excluding grants (% of GDP) in Nicaragua was 18.98 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 29.98 in 1990, while its lowest value was 9.47 in 1994.

Definition: Revenue is cash receipts from taxes, social contributions, and other revenues such as fines, fees, rent, and income from property or sales. Grants are also considered as revenue but are excluded here.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1990 29.98
1991 19.83
1992 21.03
1993 19.99
1994 9.47
1995 9.84
1996 9.94
1997 11.17
1998 12.00
1999 11.74
2000 11.63
2001 10.68
2002 11.50
2003 12.63
2004 13.25
2005 13.90
2006 14.74
2007 15.03
2008 14.26
2009 14.14
2010 14.74
2011 15.76
2012 16.42
2013 16.22
2014 16.43
2015 16.73
2016 17.38
2017 17.83
2018 16.96
2019 18.98

Limitations and Exceptions: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Despite IMF efforts to standardize data collection, statistics are often incomplete, untimely, and not comparable across countries.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The IMF's Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014, harmonized with the 2008 SNA, recommends an accrual accounting method, focusing on all economic events affecting assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, not just those represented by cash transactions. It accounts for all changes in stocks, so stock data at the end of an accounting period equal stock data at the beginning of the period plus flows over the period. The 1986 manual considered only debt stocks. Government finance statistics are reported in local currency. Many countries report government finance data by fiscal year; see country metadata for information on fiscal year end by country.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance