North America - Taxes on goods and services

Taxes on goods and services (% of revenue)

Taxes on goods and services (% of revenue) in North America was 2.28 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 10.74 in 1995, while its lowest value was 2.28 in 2020.

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
1972 7.14
1973 6.58
1974 5.99
1975 5.63
1976 5.41
1977 4.68
1978 4.36
1979 3.79
1980 4.41
1981 6.36
1982 5.48
1983 5.38
1984 5.16
1985 4.51
1986 3.95
1987 3.52
1988 3.64
1989 3.21
1990 3.21
1991 3.61
1992 3.90
1993 3.84
1994 4.11
1995 10.74
1996 10.48
1997 10.28
1998 9.96
1999 9.95
2000 9.34
2001 9.53
2002 10.42
2003 10.57
2004 10.47
2005 10.14
2006 9.46
2007 8.70
2008 8.02
2009 8.84
2010 9.02
2011 8.71
2012 8.53
2013 8.38
2014 8.47
2015 8.35
2016 8.36
2017 8.19
2018 8.27
2019 7.99
2020 2.28

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance