Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Bolivia
Bolivia: Taxes on income, profits and capital gains was 14.8% in 2007. ▲ Rising
Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Bolivia, 1985–2007
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of total taxes.
Analysis
In 2007, taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Bolivia stood at 14.8%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.0% on the previous year and up 48.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Bolivia peaked at 15.2% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 2.4%, in 1986.
That places Bolivia 143rd out of 153 countries with data for 2007, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Bolivia, year by year
| Year | % of total taxes | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 3.2% | — |
| 1986 | 2.4% | -25.1% |
| 1987 | 4.3% | +79.6% |
| 1988 | 8.3% | +94.0% |
| 1989 | 10.4% | +25.7% |
| 1990 | 9.2% | -11.2% |
| 1991 | 9.5% | +3.3% |
| 1992 | 9.0% | -5.7% |
| 1993 | 8.8% | -1.8% |
| 1994 | 4.9% | -44.2% |
| 1995 | 4.2% | -14.6% |
| 1996 | 9.0% | +114.2% |
| 1997 | 10.0% | +10.5% |
| 1998 | 9.7% | -2.3% |
| 1999 | 12.3% | +25.9% |
| 2000 | 11.3% | -7.8% |
| 2001 | 10.0% | -11.3% |
| 2002 | 11.3% | +12.4% |
| 2003 | 11.1% | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 11.4% | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 14.0% | +22.8% |
| 2006 | 15.2% | +8.7% |
| 2007 | 14.8% | -3.0% |
Bolivia compared with similar countries
- Bolivia's 14.8% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 35.7%, 41% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Bolivia's 14.8% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 36.0%, 41% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Bolivia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +114.2% | 4.2% | 9.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5.7% | 2.4% | 10.4% | 5 |
| 1990s | 8.7% | 4.2% | 12.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 12.4% | 10.0% | 15.2% | 8 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Bolivia?
- Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Bolivia was 14.8% in 2007, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest taxes on income, profits and capital gains recorded in Bolivia?
- The highest recorded value was 15.2% in 2006.
- What is the lowest taxes on income, profits and capital gains recorded in Bolivia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.4% in 1986.
- How does Bolivia rank for taxes on income, profits and capital gains?
- Bolivia ranks 143rd out of 153 countries with data for 2007.
- Is taxes on income, profits and capital gains rising or falling in Bolivia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 48.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bolivia data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of total taxes). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains are taxes payable on the actual or presumed incomes, profits and capital gains. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of total taxes which includes all compulsory, unrequited payments, in cash or in kind, made by institutional units to government units.