Nicaragua - Taxes on goods and services (% of revenue)

Taxes on goods and services (% of revenue) in Nicaragua was 45.94 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 58.20 in 1997, while its lowest value was 31.70 in 1991.

Definition: Taxes on goods and services include general sales and turnover or value added taxes, selective excises on goods, selective taxes on services, taxes on the use of goods or property, taxes on extraction and production of minerals, and profits of fiscal monopolies.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1990 35.25
1991 31.70
1992 44.38
1993 37.18
1994 43.10
1995 52.11
1996 54.67
1997 58.20
1998 56.93
1999 52.92
2000 53.98
2001 53.30
2002 54.26
2003 51.78
2004 50.51
2005 50.63
2006 49.47
2007 49.50
2008 50.01
2009 49.43
2010 52.27
2011 50.26
2012 50.37
2013 51.37
2014 50.42
2015 49.48
2016 47.97
2017 48.07
2018 45.18
2019 45.94

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: Median

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance