Indicator 17.1.1 - Total government revenue as a proportion of GDP, by source
US Government current receipts as a percentage of GDP
US Government current receipts as a percentage of GDP
Global Metadata
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| SDG Indicator Name | Total government revenue as a proportion of GDP, by source |
|---|---|
| SDG Target Addressed | Strengthen domestic resource mobilization, including through international support to developing countries, to improve domestic capacity for tax and other revenue collection. |
| Definition of SDG Indicator | Total taxes as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). In the OECD classification the term "taxes" is defined as compulsory unrequited payments to general government. The definition of government follows that of the 2008 System of National Accounts (SNA). The important parts of the SNA's conceptual framework and its definitions of the various sectors of the economy have been reflected in the OECD's classification of taxes. The data are predominantly recorded on an accrual basis. Data on tax revenues are recorded without offsets for the administrative expenses connected with tax collection. GDP also follows the definition used in the SNA. The methodology used in compiling the OECD's internally comparable revenue statistics has been carefully developed and refined through consultation with national statisticians and tax policy makers for more than 40 years. It continues to evolve. |
| UN Designated Tier | 1 |
| UN Custodial Agency | IMF (Partnering Agencies:OECD, World Bank) |
U.S. Metadata
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| Method of computation for global SDG indicator | |
|---|---|
| Graph Title | US Government current receipts as a percentage of GDP |
| Actual indicator available | Government current receipts as a percentage of GDP, by source |
| Description of actual indicator available | Crnt_receipts is defined as Government Current Receipts (GCR) as a percentage of GDP. crnt_tax_receipts is defined as Current Tax Receipts (component of GCR) as a percentage of GDP. ctrbtns_govt_soc_ins is defined as Contributions for Government Social Insurance (component of GCR) as a percentage of GDP. inc_rcpts_asts is defined as Income Receipts on Assets (component of GCR) as a percentage of GDP. |
| Method of computation | GCR(component) divided by GDP, expressed as a percentage |
| Comments and limitations | Nominal dollars |
| Periodicity | Annual |
| Time Period | 2007-2015 |
| Unit of measure | Billions of dollars |
| Disaggregation #1 (Industry or social categories) | |
| Disaggregation #2 (Geographical coverage) | |
| Date of public data release from National source | 11/2016 |
| Date of last Update of This Page | 12/2016 |
| Scheduled Update by National source | 12/2016 |
| Scheduled Update by SDG Team | |
| Data Source1 (Agency STAFF NAME) | Andrew Craig |
| Data Source2 (Staff E-MAIL) | Andrew.Craig@bea.gov |
| Data Source3 (Agency/Survey/Dataset name) | Table 3.1. Government Current Receipts and Expenditures |
| Indicator web address (closest to data provided) | http://www.bea.gov/iTable/iTableHtml.cfm?reqid=9&step=3&isuri=1&903=86 |
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