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Afghanistan: Central government tax revenue (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 2006–2017 · 12 observations · cgovtax_GDP

2017
9.24%percent of GDP
Change on 2016
+0.4 pointsfrom 8.81%
Average, 2008–2017
8.04%10 years
Record high and low
9.36% (2010)low 6.00% (2007)

Central government tax revenue (% of GDP)

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5.5%6%6.5%7%7.5%8%8.5%9%9.5%200620082010201220142016AfghanistanAfghanistan
Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20179.24
20168.81
20157.56
20146.84
20137.26
20127.67
20119.07
20109.36
20098.54
20086.06

Sources

  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2006–2017
  • World Development Indicators2006–2017

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Afghanistan documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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