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Percentage of government expenditure funded by domestic taxes
Year Value Units Series Observation status Unit multiplier
1999 72.391324195 Percentage (%) Proportion of domestic budget funded by domestic taxes Normal value Units
2000 73.7468724039 Percentage (%) Proportion of domestic budget funded by domestic taxes Normal value Units
2001 71.1665717822 Percentage (%) Proportion of domestic budget funded by domestic taxes Normal value Units
2002 66.8751096787 Percentage (%) Proportion of domestic budget funded by domestic taxes Normal value Units
2003 64.3449740295 Percentage (%) Proportion of domestic budget funded by domestic taxes Normal value Units
2004 63.9939640027 Percentage (%) Proportion of domestic budget funded by domestic taxes Normal value Units
2005 63.2152959506 Percentage (%) Proportion of domestic budget funded by domestic taxes Normal value Units
2006 64.4175444416 Percentage (%) Proportion of domestic budget funded by domestic taxes Normal value Units
2007 64.5646268568 Percentage (%) Proportion of domestic budget funded by domestic taxes Normal value Units
2008 60.8619858568 Percentage (%) Proportion of domestic budget funded by domestic taxes Normal value Units
2009 52.6767516915 Percentage (%) Proportion of domestic budget funded by domestic taxes Normal value Units
2010 55.1648227736 Percentage (%) Proportion of domestic budget funded by domestic taxes Normal value Units
2011 58.5537263164 Percentage (%) Proportion of domestic budget funded by domestic taxes Normal value Units
2012 57.4738447684 Percentage (%) Proportion of domestic budget funded by domestic taxes Normal value Units
2013 61.1199801449 Percentage (%) Proportion of domestic budget funded by domestic taxes Normal value Units
2014 61.6979905184 Percentage (%) Proportion of domestic budget funded by domestic taxes Normal value Units
2015 63.4720380333 Percentage (%) Proportion of domestic budget funded by domestic taxes Normal value Units
2016 66.0578967252 Percentage (%) Proportion of domestic budget funded by domestic taxes Normal value Units
2017 66.3788740221 Percentage (%) Proportion of domestic budget funded by domestic taxes Normal value Units
2018 65.5738425639 Percentage (%) Proportion of domestic budget funded by domestic taxes Normal value Units
2019 65.5231092067 Percentage (%) Proportion of domestic budget funded by domestic taxes Normal value Units
2020 51.372562039 Percentage (%) Proportion of domestic budget funded by domestic taxes Normal value Units
2021 59.0776120179 Percentage (%) Proportion of domestic budget funded by domestic taxes Normal value Units

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS)

Geographical Area: United Kingdom

Unit of Measurement: Percentage (%)

This table provides metadata for the actual indicator available from UK statistics closest to the corresponding global SDG indicator. Please note that even when the global SDG indicator is fully available from UK statistics, this table should be consulted for information on national methodology and other UK-specific metadata information.

Indicator available

Not available for this indicator
Indicator description

Not available for this indicator
Geographical coverage

United Kingdom
Unit of measurement

Percentage (%)
Definitions

The precise definition of the indicator is the proportion of domestic budgetary central government expenditure funded by taxes. Revenue in the form of domestic taxes is based on the definition described in Chapter 5 of the Government Finance Statistics Manual (GFSM) 2014 (PDF, 4.7MB).
Available disaggregations

Not available for this indicator
Calculations

(Government taxes / (expenses + net investment in non-financial assets)) * 100
Other information

The government expenditure data used for the calculations is based on the IMF’s Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014 (GFSM). See the International Monetary Fund's Government Finance Statistics framework in the public sector finances for more information.

Data follows the UN specification for this indicator. This indicator has been identified in collaboration with topic experts.

Data last updated 19 January 2023
Metadata last updated 31 January 2023

This table provides information on metadata for SDG indicators as defined by the UN Statistical Commission. Complete global metadata is provided by the UN Statistics Division.

Indicator name

Proportion of domestic budget funded by domestic taxes
Target name

Strengthen domestic resource mobilization, including through international support to developing countries, to improve domestic capacity for tax and other revenue collection
Global indicator description

Not available for this indicator
UN designated tier

Tier I
UN custodian agency

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Link to UN metadata United Nations Sustainable Development Goals metadata for target 17.1 opens in a new window
Organisation

Office for National Statistics (ONS)
Periodicity

Quarterly
Earliest available data

1999
Geographical coverage

United Kingdom
Link to data source International Monetary Fund’s Government Finance Statistics framework in the public sector finances - Appendix E opens in a new window
Release date 21 December 2022
Next release

23/01/2023: We plan to update indicator data within 4 months of data being released
Statistical classification

Official statistic
Contact details

public.sector.inquiries@ons.gov.uk
Other information

General government data are acquired from tab SO-GG, Code 11 Total Taxes, Code 2 Expense, and Code 31 Net investments in non-financial assets.

Please note that although this source is updated on monthly basis, the indicator is updated annually.
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