Table of Contents

  • Revenue Statistics in Asian and Pacific Economies is a joint publication by the OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, the OECD Development Centre with the co-operation of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Pacific Island Tax Administrators Association (PITAA), and the Pacific Community (SPC) and the financial support from the governments of Ireland, Japan, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom. It presents detailed, internationally comparable data on tax revenues for 21 Asian and Pacific economies: Australia, Bhutan, People’s Republic of China, the Cook Islands, Fiji, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nauru, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, the Solomon Islands, Thailand, Tokelau and Vanuatu. It also provides information on non-tax revenues for Bhutan, the Cook Islands, Fiji, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Samoa, Thailand, Tokelau and Vanuatu. Four of these economies are OECD members (Australia, Korea, Japan and New Zealand). The approach used in Revenue Statistics in Asian and Pacific Economies is based on the well-established methodology of the OECD Revenue Statistics (OECD, 2020), which has become an essential reference source for OECD member countries. Comparisons are also made with the averages for OECD economies, Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries and 26 African countries.

  • In light of the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, awareness of the need to mobilise government revenue in developing countries to fund public goods and services is increasing. Revenue Statistics in Asian and Pacific Economies presents key indicators to track progress on domestic resource mobilisation and to inform tax policy and reform.

  • Chapter 1 provides information on trends in tax and non-tax revenues in 21 Asian and Pacific economies, including changes in tax-to-GDP ratios, tax structures, taxes by level of government and non-tax revenue structures.

  • Chapter 2 is a special chapter summarising a discussion on tax policy and tax administration responses to COVID-19 in the Asia-Pacific region, which took place during an ADB-CATA-OECD-PITAA-SGATAR virtual meeting held in May 2020.

  • In all of the following tables a (“..”) indicates not available. The main series in this volume cover the years 1990 to 2018.

  • In all of the following tables a (“..”) indicates not available. The main series in this volume cover the years 1990 to 2018.

  • In all of the following tables a (“..”) indicates not available. The main series in this volume cover the years 2007 to 2018.