{
  "id": "gov-taxgdp-037",
  "question": "How much tax does the Union government collect, relative to the economy?",
  "topic": "Governance",
  "unit": "% of GDP",
  "decimals": 1,
  "measures": "Gross tax revenue of the Union government (before the states' share is passed on), as a share of GDP. Actuals only, all as shown in the Budget at a Glance 2026-27 chart 'Trend in tax receipts', against the GDP estimates current at that Budget (2011-12 base). Earlier Budgets show slightly different ratios for the same years because GDP has since been revised.",
  "verified": true,
  "source": {
    "name": "Ministry of Finance, Budget at a Glance 2026-27",
    "url": "https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/doc/Budget_at_Glance/budget_at_a_glance.pdf",
    "table": "Budget at a Glance 2026-27, chart 'Trend in Tax Receipts (% of GDP)' (p. 7), Gross Tax Revenue",
    "licence": "GODL-India"
  },
  "released": "2026-02-01",
  "retrieved": "2026-10-18",
  "nextDueBy": "2027-02-01",
  "processing": "Copied as published.",
  "exam": {
    "publisher": "Ministry of Finance, Department of Economic Affairs (Budget Division)",
    "survey": "Union Budget, Budget at a Glance 2026-27",
    "frequency": "Annual, with the Union Budget (normally presented on 1 February)",
    "measures": "Gross tax revenue of the Union government, before the states' share is passed on, as a share of GDP",
    "notes": [
      "Each year has three figures: the Budget Estimate, the Revised Estimate a year later and the Actuals two years later; only Actuals are shown.",
      "Ratios are as published, against the GDP estimates current at each Budget (2011-12 base), not the 2022-23 GDP series.",
      "Gross tax revenue includes the states' share of central taxes (devolution); the Centre's net tax revenue is what remains after it."
    ]
  },
  "targets": [],
  "values": [
    {
      "period": "2017-18",
      "start": "2017-04",
      "end": "2018-03",
      "value": 11.2
    },
    {
      "period": "2018-19",
      "start": "2018-04",
      "end": "2019-03",
      "value": 11
    },
    {
      "period": "2019-20",
      "start": "2019-04",
      "end": "2020-03",
      "value": 10
    },
    {
      "period": "2020-21",
      "start": "2020-04",
      "end": "2021-03",
      "value": 10.2
    },
    {
      "period": "2021-22",
      "start": "2021-04",
      "end": "2022-03",
      "value": 11.5
    },
    {
      "period": "2022-23",
      "start": "2022-04",
      "end": "2023-03",
      "value": 11.4
    },
    {
      "period": "2023-24",
      "start": "2023-04",
      "end": "2024-03",
      "value": 11.5
    },
    {
      "period": "2024-25",
      "start": "2024-04",
      "end": "2025-03",
      "value": 11.5
    }
  ],
  "page": "https://india.tf/c/gov-taxgdp-037/",
  "csv": "https://india.tf/c/gov-taxgdp-037/data.csv",
  "versions": "https://india.tf/c/gov-taxgdp-037/versions.csv"
}