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Database of Equivalent Fiscal Pressure in Latin America and the Caribbean - 1990-2021: Update and Status in the Post-COVID-19 Pandemic Recovery

By Fiscal Management Division (VPS/IFD/FMM)

This is the third update of the Equivalent Fiscal Pressure (EFP) Database for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) for the period 1990–2018, based on the IDB-CIAT methodology. The EFP provides a more precise measurement of total resources collected in the region and comprises four components: 1. Traditional tax revenues from general government, including subnational governments. 2. Public contributions to social security. 3. Mandatory contributions to private social security schemes. 4. Non-tax revenues from natural resource exploitation. Following the upward trend since the 1990s, the average EFP for 25 countries increased by more than 6 percentage points of gross domestic product (GDP), rising from 17.3% to 23.6% between 1990 and 2021. Medium-term dynamics are primarily driven by tax revenues, which grew from 13.5% to 18.0% of GDP over the same period. At the individual country level, there is significant heterogeneity in both the evolution and levels of tax revenues and EFP.

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Identifier https://doi.org/10.60966/fen2-jg37
License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
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Morán, Dalmiro;Solera, Marco;Barreix, Alberto Daniel;Díaz de Sarralde, Santiago, 2023, Database of Equivalent Fiscal Pressure in Latin America and the Caribbean - 1990-2021: Update and Status in the Post-COVID-19 Pandemic Recovery, IDB Open Data, https://doi.org/10.60966/fen2-jg37
Issued date 2023-12-12
Modified date 2025-04-10
Tags/Keywords Fiscal Pressure · Latin America And The Caribbean · Taxes
Language Spanish
In Series Latin America and the Caribbean Equivalent Fiscal Pressure Databases
Temporal coverage 1990-2021
Geographic coverage
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Guatemala
Guyana
Honduras
Jamaica
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Saint Lucia
Trinidad and Tobago
Uruguay
Regional coverage Latin America and the Caribbean
Publisher
Inter-American Development Bank
Author
Morán, Dalmiro
Solera, Marco
Barreix, Alberto Daniel
Díaz de Sarralde, Santiago
Data collection type Administrative Data
Statistical type Panel Data
Data structure Structured Data

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