Switzerland - Tax revenue (current LCU)

The value for Tax revenue (current LCU) in Switzerland was 71,086,260,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 71,086,260,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 9,561,000,000 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 9,561,000,000
1973 10,144,000,000
1974 11,269,000,000
1975 11,316,000,000
1976 13,155,000,000
1977 12,973,000,000
1978 13,819,000,000
1979 13,623,000,000
1980 14,976,000,000
1981 16,111,000,000
1982 17,753,000,000
1983 18,373,000,000
1984 20,042,000,000
1985 20,921,000,000
1986 23,780,000,000
1987 23,669,000,000
1988 26,300,000,000
1989 26,639,000,000
1990 29,365,040,000
1991 29,926,190,000
1992 31,172,610,000
1993 29,524,350,000
1994 32,380,650,000
1995 33,025,550,000
1996 35,050,520,000
1997 35,611,940,000
1998 40,748,430,000
1999 39,908,970,000
2000 47,306,530,000
2001 43,385,290,000
2002 43,173,410,000
2003 43,775,250,000
2004 45,306,340,000
2005 47,533,450,000
2006 50,909,370,000
2007 53,404,240,000
2008 58,904,140,000
2009 56,375,280,000
2010 58,482,450,000
2011 59,263,260,000
2012 59,016,340,000
2013 60,592,260,000
2014 60,487,000,000
2015 63,835,890,000
2016 63,748,940,000
2017 68,877,780,000
2018 68,759,900,000
2019 71,086,260,000

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.

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance