Strengthen domestic resource mobilization, including through international support to developing countries, to improve domestic capacity for tax and other revenue collection.

CSO data

Claim: Achieving

17.1.1 Total government revenue as a proportion of GDP dropped from 25.9% in 2017 to 22.3% in 2020, and rose to 23.2% in 2021, and 23% in 2022.

17.1.2 Central government expenditure increased from €65.7 billion in 2017 to €91.3 billion in 2022, while taxes showed a general upward trend (apart from a slight dip in 2020) from €54.3 billion to €87.5 billion over the same period.

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