World Development Report 1984

Table 27. Central government current revenue
Percentage of total current revenue
Tax revenue Total
Taxes on Domestic Taxes on current
income, Social taxes international Current revenue
profit, and security on goods trade and nontax (percent of
capital gain contributions and services transactions Other taxesa revenue GNP)
1972 198 1b 1 972 19 _ W1 ig~72 1987 1~972 19g~W 19721 1 9 81 1972 l9 8 11 1972 1981a
Low-income economies
China and India
21 6.. 19 8., 24 1 .38 6 35 2 - 5 3.. 7 4 . 39 1 ii 7 , 41 . le T.. 14 3
Other low-income 21 6. 20)4 241. 34 8 35? 30 3 - I 1 4. 17. 131. 1 4, . ,
1 Cnad
2 Bangladesh
16.7 12.3 .. 45 2 20.5 5 3 13.1
3 Ethiopia 23 0 27.8 32.5 . 5 6 .. 111 10 5
4 Nepa 4 1 6 1 . .. 26.5 36.8 36 7 34 4 19 0 8 7 13 7 14.0 5 2 8 1
5 Mal 18 8 . 39 7 20 7 1 32 . 7.6 . 14 4
6 Burma 2.7 .. 39 0 16.7 . 41 7 . 17 1
7lZaire 22.2 34.9 2 2 10 12 7 15.3 57.9 30 1 1 4 3 7 3 7 15 0 27 9 21 5
6 Malaw 31 4 28 5 24 2 30.3 20.0 23 1 0 5 0 4 23 8 17 8 16 0 19 5
9 Upper Volta
10 Uganda 22.1 19 7 32 9 36 6 36.2 37 8 0 3 0.3 8.5 5.7 13.7 0 7
11 India 19 4 41 0 .. 22.1 . 0.6 16 9 12 8
12 Rwanda .17 8 4 1 19.3 .. 42 4 2 4 14 0 12 9
13 Burundi .. 22 4 2.9 28 7 . 24 0 .112 10 8 11 9
14 Tanzan a 29 9 31 1 . 29 1 50 6 21 7 10.2 0 5 0 9 18 8 7.2 15.8 1906
15 Somalia 10 7 .. 24 7 45 3 5 2 . 14 0 13 7
16 Hait
17 Beon r.
13.9 . 15.5 48 4 9 6 12 6 11 3
18 Centrar African Rep
19 Ch na
20 Guinea
16.1 . 6 4 20 8 39 8 7 8 9 1 16.9
21 N ger 23 8 . 4 0 . 18 0 36.4 2 6 15 3 20 3
22 Madagascar 13 0 7 2 29 8 33 6 5 4 10 9 18 4
23 Sri..Lanka 13 3 . 32 5 . 47 0 1.8 5 3 18 3
24 Togo .. 34 4 5 8 15.3 . 31 8 17 _.
14 4 34 8
25 Ghana 18 2 24 8 29 1 391 40 8 27.9 0 4 0 1 11.4 8 2 15.1 4 2
26 Pakistan . 156 332 34.0 0 3 17.0 15 1
27 Kenya 35 6 29 1 19.9 38 2 24 3 22 0 1 4 0 6 18 8 10.0 18 0 23. 1
28 Sierra,..eone 23 9 . .. 204 . 44 4 15 9 8 16.8
29 Afgnanistan
30 Bhutan
31 Kampuchea, Dem
32 Lao PDR
33 Mozambique
34 Viet Nam
Middle-income economies 2-49, 4 34. 14. 8> 27 6 2i 14' I 1 ,. 33. 1. 15.. 4> 19S. 263.I
Oillex porlers 33 2 62 .- 8. 5. _3 4 IO 5 '2.-4. 3 (.i . 1I g r
Oil imporiers 2(,6 2(6. 15 1 , 9 3. 245 138. uS. I . 4. 13I.r I' :? 26.
Lower middle-income 27 5. 384. 29 3 25 3 205 175. i05 ~6 1 I 12.,5~ 1 8.
35 Sudan 11 8 14.4 30.4 26.0 40 5 42 6 1 5 0.7 15 7 16 3 18 0 13 4
36 Maur tan:a
37 Yemen PDR
38 Liberia 32 4 . .24 2 36 3 33 3 8 22 7
39 Senega. 17 6 1 74 . 3 9 24 5 18.8 30.9 18 9 23.8 24 4 3 2 16 6 16 8 25 9
40 Yemen Arao8Rep 8.8 .10.0 49 2 12 5 19 5 22 0
41 Lesotho 14.3 2 0 62 9 95 11 3 . 11 7
42 Bolivia 14.5 15.2 28 4 37.8 46 0 29 4 5 3 3.7 5 7 1 39 7 8 8 5
43 Indonesia 45.5 72.5 22 7 7.8 17 5 4.8 3 6 1 0 10.6 13 9 14 4 26 4
44 Zambia 49.7 35.2 20 2 46.8 14 3 7.7 01 3 3 15.6 6 9 24.2 25 1
45 Honduras 19.2 24 2 3.0 33 8 25 9 28 2 42 4 23 1 9 13.5 5 7 12.6 14.8
46 Egypt, Arab Rep.. .
47 El Salvador 15 2 20 9 25 6 35 2 36 1 29.8 1 72 4 9 6 0 9 2 11.6 12 4
48 Tnaiand 12 1 19 6 46.3 45 5 28.7 22 8 1 8 1 8 11 2 10 2 12 9 14 4
49 Papua New Guinea 58 0 12 3 181 1 0 .. 10 6 . 23 5
50 Philippones 1 38 21 7 . .. 24.3 41.9 23 0 22 3 29 7 2 8 9 3 11 4 12 5 11 7
51 Zmbaowe 47 7 . .. 30.5 9 1 1 2 11 5 . 26 3-
52 Nigeria 43 0 . . 26 3 17.5 .. 0.2 13 0 11 3
53 Morocco 16 4 18 5 5 9 5 4 45 7 31.6 13.2 20 9 6.1 7 0 1 26 1686 18 1 25 8
54 Cameroon) 28 2 . 6 2 16.0 34 1 4 4 11 2 18 3
55 Nocaragua 9.6 78 14 0 8 9 37 4 373 24.3 25.2 8 9 10 7 5 8 10.1 12 6 23.1
56 vory Coast 12 9 5 7 -. 25 0 42.8 6.0 7.5 23.4
57 Guatema[a 12 7 12.0 11 2 38 1 29.5 26 2 19 9 15.6 14.9 9 4 1 25 8 9 1 04
58 Congo, People's Rep 19 3 48 7 4 4 40 3 7 6 26.5 13 0 6 4 2 7 7.4 23.5 18.4 39.0
59 Costa Rica 17 7 14 6 13 4 25 2 38.1 25 7 18 0 27 3 186 1 8 11.1 5 3 15.8 20 1
60 Peru 17 5 15 8 32 2 41 8 1 57 29.2 22 1 5 2 12.4 81 16.0 16 6
61 Domn canPRep 17 9 19 0 3 9 3 7 19 0 25 6 40 3 28.6 1 8 1 7 17 0 21 5 17.9 14 1
62 Jamaica
63 Ecuador 43.7 . 19.3 26 8 1 4 8.9 12.0
64 Turkey 30 8 51.7 . .. 31.1 19.9 14 5 5 3 61 6 7 17.6 16.4 19 7 22.0
Note. For data comparability and coverage see the teconical notes
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