Papua New Guinea - Tax revenue

Tax revenue (current LCU)

The value for Tax revenue (current LCU) in Papua New Guinea was 10,918,090,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 29 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 10,918,090,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 617,500,000 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 617,500,000
1991 639,400,000
1992 772,140,000
1993 966,820,000
1994 1,139,021,000
1995 1,222,038,000
1996 1,526,306,000
1997 1,679,508,000
1998 1,598,200,000
1999 1,923,503,000
2000 1,847,462,000
2001 2,567,517,000
2002 2,449,199,000
2014 10,232,100,000
2015 9,157,602,000
2016 8,421,550,000
2017 9,141,354,000
2018 10,475,880,000
2019 10,918,090,000

Tax revenue (% of GDP)

Tax revenue (% of GDP) in Papua New Guinea was 13.02 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 24.70 in 2001, while its lowest value was 12.61 in 2017.

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 20.07
1991 17.73
1992 18.28
1993 19.86
1994 20.60
1995 19.73
1996 22.46
1997 23.72
1998 20.48
1999 21.79
2000 18.98
2001 24.70
2002 21.01
2014 17.91
2015 15.23
2016 12.95
2017 12.61
2018 13.19
2019 13.02

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance