Singapore - Tax revenue

Tax revenue (current LCU)

The value for Tax revenue (current LCU) in Singapore was 67,618,890,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 67,618,890,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 1,208,000,000 in 1972.

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
1972 1,208,000,000
1973 1,537,000,000
1974 1,933,000,000
1975 2,275,000,000
1976 2,400,000,000
1977 2,735,000,000
1978 2,922,000,000
1979 3,391,000,000
1980 4,396,000,000
1981 5,427,000,000
1982 6,428,000,000
1983 7,140,000,000
1984 7,371,000,000
1985 6,400,000,000
1986 5,208,000,000
1987 5,957,000,000
1988 7,519,000,000
1989 9,618,000,000
1990 10,254,000,000
1991 11,924,000,000
1992 13,675,000,000
1993 15,952,000,000
1994 18,699,000,000
1995 19,626,000,000
1996 21,585,000,000
1997 22,764,000,000
1998 20,131,000,000
1999 21,253,000,000
2000 24,606,000,000
2001 23,466,000,000
2002 21,025,000,000
2003 21,173,000,000
2004 22,563,000,000
2005 24,627,000,000
2006 27,940,000,000
2007 34,961,000,000
2008 37,679,000,000
2009 36,584,000,000
2010 41,807,100,000
2011 46,049,300,000
2012 50,081,500,000
2013 51,077,100,000
2014 54,083,600,000
2015 55,639,600,000
2016 58,662,970,000
2017 66,314,740,000
2018 66,154,770,000
2019 67,618,890,000

Tax revenue (% of GDP)

Tax revenue (% of GDP) in Singapore was 13.24 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 18.92 in 1982, while its lowest value was 11.58 in 2005.

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
1972 14.55
1973 14.79
1974 15.06
1975 16.57
1976 16.00
1977 16.72
1978 15.93
1979 16.04
1980 16.99
1981 17.88
1982 18.92
1983 18.76
1984 17.66
1985 15.66
1986 12.74
1987 13.08
1988 14.07
1989 15.69
1990 14.55
1991 15.18
1992 16.10
1993 16.29
1994 16.61
1995 15.77
1996 15.90
1997 15.31
1998 14.03
1999 14.53
2000 14.86
2001 14.59
2002 12.69
2003 12.45
2004 11.60
2005 11.58
2006 11.83
2007 12.82
2008 13.75
2009 12.95
2010 12.79
2011 13.11
2012 13.58
2013 13.27
2014 13.56
2015 13.14
2016 13.32
2017 13.99
2018 13.05
2019 13.24

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance