International Centre for Tax & Development (ICTD)

Summary

The International Centre for Tax & Development (ICTD) is an independent research center focused on improving tax policy and administration in lower-income countries.

Tables In IFs

Last updated in 2026. The striked out rows are no longer found in the dataset.

Variable	Definition	Name In Source	UsedInPreprocessor
GovRevGenGrants%GDPICTD	Grants, General Government, % of GDP	Grants	0
GovRevGenNonTax%GDPICTD	General government non-tax revenue	Tot Non Tax	0
GovRevGenProperty%GDPICTD	Property taxes, General Government, % of GDP	Taxes on property	0
GovRevGenSocSec%GDPICTD	Social Contributions, General Government, % of GDP	Social contributions	0
GovRevGenTaxDirect%GDPICTD	General government direct tax revenue % of GDP	Direct	0
GovRevGenTaxGoodSer%GDPICTD	General government total goods and service  tax revenue % of GDP	GS	0
GovRevGenTaxICorporate%GDPICTD	General government total Corporate  tax revenue % of GDP	Taxes on Income, Profits & Capital Gains, o/w CIT, Total	0
GovRevGenTaxIncome%GDPICTD	General government total income tax revenue % of GDP	Income	0
GovRevGenTaxIndirect%GDPICTD	General government total indirect  tax revenue % of GDP	Indirect	0
GovRevGenTaxIndividual%GDPICTD	General government total Individual  tax revenue % of GDP	Individual	0
GovRevGenTaxTot%GDPICTD	Total Tax Revenue General government	Tot Tax	0
GovRevGenTaxTrade%GDPICTD	General government total trade tax revenue % of GDP	Trade	0
GovtCalcRevTot%GDPICTD	Revenue, government, total, as % of GDP		0
GovtCurRev%GDPICTD	Current government revenue as % of GDP	Total Revenue	0
GovtRevCenNonTaxTot%GDPICTD	Central government total non tax revenue % of GDP	Non Tax Revenue	0
GovtRevCenTaxDirect%GDPICTD	Central government total direct tax revenue % of GDP	Total Direct Taxes	0
GovtRevCenTaxGoodSer%GDPICTD	Central government total goods and service tax revenue % of GDP	Taxes on Goods and Services	0
GovtRevCenTaxICorporate%GDPICTD	Central government total corporate tax revenue % of GDP	Taxes on Income, Profits & Capital Gains, o/w CIT, Total	0
GovtRevCenTaxIncome%GDPICTD	Central government total income tax revenue % of GDP	Total Taxes on Income, Profits, Capital Gains	0
GovtRevCenTaxIndirect%GDPICTD	Central government total indirect tax revenue % of GDP	Indirect Taxes	0
GovtRevCenTaxIndividual%GDPICTD	Central government total individual tax revenue % of GDP	Individual Taxes	0
GovtRevCenTaxTot%GDPICTD	Central government total tax revenue % of GDP	Taxes Including SC	0
GovtRevCenTaxTrade%GDPICTD	Central government total trade tax revenue % of GDP	Taxes on International Trade, Total	0

Data Pulling Instructions

1. Go to https://www.ictd.ac/dataset/
2. Choose the dataset for the table
   1. For example revenue tables will be in The Government Revenue Dataset
3. Download the set
4. Use the name in source to pull the data. Clean the data properly as there is a lot formatting that prohibit using a code. You can a use a script after cleaning it here.