Pakistan government earned only Rs. 36.423 trillion through tax revenue to meet the public expenditure of Rs. 72 trillion over the last ten years.
Despite having a large tax potential, the country was unable to raise its tax-to-GDP ratio to that of developing countries (15 percent of GDP).
According to a report compiled by ProPakistani based on various reports of the Ministry of Finance, the tax-to-GDP decreased during the three years of the ex-prime minister Imran Khan’s tenure from 13 percent to 11.1 percent. The report shows that Pakistan’s tax-to-GDP ratio increased to 13 percent during the fiscal year 2017–18, the last fiscal year of the Pakistan Muslim League-N under prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi.
| Fiscal Year |
Tax Collection
|
% Of Tax-to-GDP
|
| 2020-21 | Rs. 5273 billion | 11.1% |
| 2019-20 | Rs. 4748 billion | 11.4% |
| 2018-19 | Rs. 4473 billion | 11.6% |
| 2017-18 | Rs. 4,467 billion | 13.0% |
| 2016-17 | Rs. 3,969 billion | 12.5% |
| 2015-16 | Rs. 3,660 billion | 12.4% |
| 2014-15 | Rs. 3,018 billion | 11.0% |
| 2013-14 | Rs. 2,564 billion | 10.1% |
| 2012-13 | Rs. 2,199 billion | 9.6% |
| 2011-12 | Rs. 2,052 billion | 9.9% |
