Government
Time interval
1960-2021
Field display
| Government-English Field | Government-Chinese Field | Indicator description |
|---|---|---|
| Country/Area | Country | |
| Code | Code | |
| ContinentCode | Continental Plate Code | |
| Year | Year | |
| Government spending as percent of GDP | Government expenditure as a percentage of GDP | Definition: General government final consumption expenditure (formerly general government consumption) includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees). It also includes most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation. |
| Government spending, billion USD | Government spending, $1 billion | Definition: General government final consumption expenditure (formerly general government consumption) includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees). It also includes most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation. Data are in current U.S. dollars. |
| Fiscal balance, percent of GDP | Fiscal balance, % of GDP | Definition: The fiscal (budget) balance is the difference between government revenue and government expenditure. We express the value as percent of GDP to relate it to the size of the economy. |
| Government debt as percent of GDP | Government debt as a percentage of GDP | Definition: Debt is the entire stock of direct government fixed-term contractual obligations to others outstanding on a particular date. It includes domestic and foreign liabilities such as currency and money deposits, securities other than shares, and loans. It is the gross amount of government liabilities reduced by the amount of equity and financial derivatives held by the government. Because debt is a stock rather than a flow, it is measured as of a given date, usually the last day of the fiscal year. |
| Tax revenue, percent of GDP | Tax revenue as a percentage of GDP | 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. |
| Tax rate, percent of commercial profits | Tax rate, percentage of operating profit | Definition: Total tax rate measures the amount of taxes and mandatory contributions payable by businesses after accounting for allowable deductions and exemptions as a share of commercial profits. Taxes withheld (such as personal income tax) or collected and remitted to tax authorities ( such as value added taxes, sales taxes or goods and service taxes) are excluded. |
| Tax preparation time, in hours | Tax preparation time, hours | Definition: Time to prepare and pay taxes is the time, in hours per year, it takes to prepare, file, and pay (or withhold) three major types of taxes: the corporate income tax, the value added or sales tax , and labor taxes, including payroll taxes and social security contributions. |
| Number of taxes paid by businesses | Enterprise tax payment amount | Definition: Tax payments by businesses are the total number of taxes paid by businesses, including electronic filing. The tax is counted as paid once a year even if payments are more frequent. |
| Taxes on goods and services, percent of total revenue | Goods and services tax, % of total revenue | Definition: Taxes on goods and services include general sales and turnover or value added taxes, selective excises on goods, selective taxes on services, taxes on the use of goods or property, taxes on extraction and production of minerals, and profits of fiscal monopolies. |
| Taxes on international trade, percent of total revenue | International trade tax, % of total revenue | Definition: Taxes on international trade include import duties, export duties, profits of export or import monopolies, exchange profits, and exchange taxes. |
| Income, profits, and capital gains taxes: percent of revenue | Tax on income, profits and capital gains: % of income | Definition: Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains are levied on the actual or presumptive net income of individuals, on the profits of corporations and enterprises, and on capital gains, whether realized or not, on land, securities, and other assets. Intragovernmental payments are eliminated in consolidation. |
| Foreign aid and official development assistance received | Foreign aid and official development assistance received | Definition: Net official development assistance (ODA) consists of disbursements of loans made on concessional terms (net of repayments of principal) and grants by official agencies of the members of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC), by multilateral institutions, and by non-DAC countries to promote economic development and welfare in countries and territories in the DAC list of ODA recipients. It includes loans with a grant element of at least 25 percent (calculated at a rate of discount of 10 percent). Net official aid refers to aid flows (net of repayments) from official donors to countries and territories in part II of the DAC list of recipients: more advanced countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the countries of the former Soviet Union, and certain advanced developing countries and territories . Official aid is provided under terms and conditions similar to those for ODA. Part II of the DAC List was abolished in 2005. The collection of data on official aid and other resource flows to Part II countries ended with 2004 data. Data are in current U.S. dollars. |
Sample data
| Country/Area | Code | ContinentCode | Year | Government spending as percent of GDP | Government spending, billion USD | Fiscal balance, percent of GDP | Government debt as percent of GDP | Tax revenue, percent of GDP | Tax rate, percent of commercial profits | Tax preparation time, in hours | Number of taxes paid by businesses | Taxes on goods and services, percent of total revenue | Taxes on international trade, percent of total revenue | Income, profits, and capital gains taxes: percent of revenue | Foreign aid and official development assistance received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Code | Continental Plate Code | Year | Government spending as a percentage of GDP | Government spending, $1 billion | Fiscal balance, % of GDP | Government debt as a percentage of GDP | Tax revenue as a percentage of GDP | Tax rate, percentage of operating profit | Tax preparation time, hours | Enterprise tax payment amount | Goods and services tax, % of total revenue | International trade tax, % of total revenue | Tax on income, profits and capital gains: % of income | Foreign aid and official development assistance received |
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1960 | 17.18 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1961 | 34.67 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1962 | 16.93 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1963 | 36.67 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1964 | 46.17 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1965 | 53.93 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1966 | 50.84 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1967 | 41.08 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1968 | 29.24 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1969 | 27.25 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1970 | 27.61 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1971 | 44.44 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1972 | 55.18 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1973 | 55.72 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1974 | 48.91 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1975 | 66.98 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1976 | 70.2 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1977 | 82.72 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1978 | 74.5 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1979 | 99.21 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1980 | 28.6 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1981 | 22.95 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1982 | 9.74 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1983 | 13.48 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1984 | 6.71 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1985 | 16.32 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1986 | 2.65 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1987 | 46.52 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1988 | 73.5 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1989 | 149.32 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1990 | 122.72 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1991 | 508.54 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1992 | 204.8 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1993 | 223.8 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1994 | 226.42 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1995 | 212.53 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1996 | 169.63 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1997 | 230.75 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1998 | 164.2 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 1999 | 142.86 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 2000 | 136.01 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 2001 | 410.36 | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 2002 | -0.1 | 345.98 | 1223.29 | |||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 2003 | -2.1 | 270.6 | 1538.23 | |||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 2004 | -2.39 | 244.97 | 2268.53 | |||||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 2005 | -0.97 | 206.36 | 35.8 | 275 | 16 | 2815.1 | ||||||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 2006 | 0.64 | 22.99 | 6.97 | 35.8 | 275 | 16 | 5.76 | 11.19 | 4.22 | 2895.83 | ||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 2007 | -2.49 | 20.14 | 5.28 | 35.8 | 275 | 19 | 4.31 | 8.46 | 3.63 | 4982.61 | ||
| Afghanistan | AFG | AS | 2008 | -3.88 | 19.06 | 6.09 | 35.8 | 275 | 19 | 1.78 | 3.16 | 1.9 | 4811.21 |
Data update frequency
Annual Update