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revenue

Governments collect revenues mainly for two purposes: to finance the goods and services they provide to citizens and businesses, and to fulfil their redistributive role. Comparing levels of government revenues across countries provides an indication of the importance of the government sector in the economy in terms of available financial resources.

Usage

revenue [-c COUNTRIES] [-u {PC_GDP,THND_USD_CAP}] [-s START_DATE] [-e END_DATE]

Parameters

NameParameterDescriptionDefaultOptionalChoices
countries-c --countriesCountries to get data forunited_statesTrueNone
units-u --unitsUse either THND_USD_CAP (thousands of USD per capity) or PC_GDP (percentage of GDP)PC_GDPTruePC_GDP, THND_USD_CAP
start_date-s --startStart date of data, in YYYY-MM-DD format1994-03-16TrueNone
end_date-e --endEnd date of data, in YYYY-MM-DD format2024-03-16TrueNone

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