St. Lucia - Tax revenue

Tax revenue (current LCU)

The value for Tax revenue (current LCU) in St. Lucia was 983,420,000 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 983,420,000 in 2017 and a minimum value of 397,405,400 in 2001.

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
2000	429,352,500
2001	397,405,400
2002	404,946,000
2003	431,011,000
2004	495,707,500
2005	540,828,000
2006	603,824,600
2007	659,047,500
2008	725,324,400
2009	724,039,300
2010	729,019,300
2011	764,294,500
2012	740,239,300
2013	814,250,900
2014	855,503,400
2015	913,400,000
2016	965,870,000
2017	983,420,000

Tax revenue (% of GDP)

Tax revenue (% of GDP) in St. Lucia was 18.24 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 19.18 in 2016, while its lowest value was 16.17 in 2003.

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.

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Year	Value
2000	17.05
2001	16.49
2002	16.66
2003	16.17
2004	17.21
2005	17.64
2006	17.63
2007	18.27
2008	18.68
2009	19.13
2010	18.16
2011	17.95
2012	17.08
2013	18.11
2014	18.05
2015	18.71
2016	19.18
2017	18.24

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance