Tax revenue in India
India: Tax revenue was 6.9% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Tax revenue in India, 1974–2022
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2022, tax revenue in India stood at 6.9%. That is the lowest value across all 46 years on record.
The figure is down 36.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenue in India peaked at 12.1% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 6.9%, in 2022.
India ranks 148th of 157 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 46 years of available data.
Tax revenue in India, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 8.2% | — |
| 1975 | 9.0% | +10.3% |
| 1976 | 9.2% | +1.7% |
| 1977 | 8.6% | -6.4% |
| 1978 | 9.3% | +8.2% |
| 1979 | 9.7% | +4.2% |
| 1980 | 9.0% | -6.8% |
| 1981 | 9.2% | +2.1% |
| 1982 | 9.3% | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 9.3% | -0.0% |
| 1984 | 9.3% | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 10.1% | +8.3% |
| 1986 | 10.4% | +3.5% |
| 1987 | 10.4% | -0.2% |
| 1988 | 10.4% | -0.5% |
| 1989 | 10.5% | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 10.0% | -4.5% |
| 1991 | 10.2% | +1.8% |
| 1992 | 9.8% | -3.6% |
| 1993 | 8.5% | -13.0% |
| 1994 | 9.0% | +5.2% |
| 1995 | 9.2% | +2.7% |
| 1996 | 9.2% | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 9.0% | -2.4% |
| 1998 | 8.1% | -9.9% |
| 1999 | 8.6% | +6.5% |
| 2000 | 8.8% | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 8.1% | -8.3% |
| 2002 | 8.7% | +7.4% |
| 2003 | 9.1% | +5.0% |
| 2004 | 9.6% | +5.1% |
| 2005 | 10.1% | +5.3% |
| 2006 | 11.1% | +10.4% |
| 2007 | 12.1% | +8.8% |
| 2008 | 11.0% | -9.3% |
| 2009 | 9.8% | -10.6% |
| 2010 | 10.4% | +5.9% |
| 2011 | 10.2% | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 10.8% | +6.5% |
| 2013 | 11.0% | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 10.0% | -9.2% |
| 2015 | 10.6% | +5.9% |
| 2016 | 11.1% | +5.5% |
| 2017 | 11.4% | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 12.0% | +5.5% |
| 2022 | 6.9% | -42.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 9.0% | 8.2% | 9.7% | 6 |
| 1980s | 9.8% | 9.0% | 10.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 9.2% | 8.1% | 10.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 9.8% | 8.1% | 12.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.8% | 10.0% | 12.0% | 9 |
| 2020s | 6.9% | 6.9% | 6.9% | 1 |
Countries ranked near India
More public sector data for India
- Arms imports 1.17 billion SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.805 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0003 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -21.66 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 1.17 billion SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 59.36 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0229 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 4.66 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 86.13 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 501.48 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenue in India?
- Tax revenue in India was 6.9% in 2022, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest tax revenue recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 12.1% in 2007.
- What is the lowest tax revenue recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.9% in 2022.
- How does India rank for tax revenue?
- India ranks 148th out of 157 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tax revenue rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Tax revenue (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Taxes are compulsory, unrequited payments, in cash or in kind, made by institutional units to government units. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.