The World Factbook. 2008.

Fiscal year

Country	Fiscal year
Afghanistan	21 March – 20 March
Albania	calendar year
Algeria	calendar year
American Samoa	1 October – 30 September
Andorra	calendar year
Angola	calendar year
Anguilla	1 April – 31 March
Antigua and Barbuda	1 April – 31 March
Argentina	calendar year
Armenia	calendar year
Aruba	calendar year
Australia	1 July – 30 June
Austria	calendar year
Azerbaijan	calendar year
Bahamas, The	1 July – 30 June
Bahrain	calendar year
Bangladesh	1 July – 30 June
Barbados	1 April – 31 March
Belarus	calendar year
Belgium	calendar year
Belize	1 April – 31 March
Benin	calendar year
Bermuda	1 April – 31 March
Bhutan	1 July – 30 June
Bolivia	calendar year
Bosnia and Herzegovina	calendar year
Botswana	1 April – 31 March
Brazil	calendar year
British Virgin Islands	1 April – 31 March
Brunei	1 April – 31 March
Bulgaria	calendar year
Burkina Faso	calendar year
Burma	1 April – 31 March
Burundi	calendar year
Cambodia	calendar year
Cameroon	1 July – 30 June
Canada	1 April – 31 March
Cape Verde	calendar year
Cayman Islands	1 April – 31 March
Central African Republic	calendar year
Chad	calendar year
Chile	calendar year
China	calendar year
Christmas Island	1 July – 30 June
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	1 July – 30 June
Colombia	calendar year
Comoros	calendar year
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	calendar year
Congo, Republic of the	calendar year
Cook Islands	1 April – 31 March
Costa Rica	calendar year
Cote d’Ivoire	calendar year
Croatia	calendar year
Cuba	calendar year
Cyprus	calendar year
Czech Republic	calendar year
Denmark	calendar year
Djibouti	calendar year
Dominica	1 July – 30 June
Dominican Republic	calendar year
Ecuador	calendar year
Egypt	1 July – 30 June
El Salvador	calendar year
Equatorial Guinea	calendar year
Eritrea	calendar year
Estonia	calendar year
Ethiopia	8 July – 7 July
European Union	NA
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	1 April – 31 March
Faroe Islands	calendar year
Fiji	calendar year
Finland	calendar year
France	calendar year
French Polynesia	calendar year
Gabon	calendar year
Gambia, The	calendar year
Gaza Strip	calendar year
Georgia	calendar year
Germany	calendar year
Ghana	calendar year
Gibraltar	1 July – 30 June
Greece	calendar year
Greenland	calendar year
Grenada	calendar year
Guam	1 October – 30 September
Guatemala	calendar year
Guernsey	calendar year
Guinea	calendar year
Guinea-Bissau	calendar year
Guyana	calendar year
Haiti	1 October – 30 September
Holy See (Vatican City)	calendar year
Honduras	calendar year
Hong Kong	1 April – 31 March
Hungary	calendar year
Iceland	calendar year
India	1 April – 31 March
Indonesia	calendar year
Iran	21 March – 20 March
Iraq	calendar year
Ireland	calendar year
Isle of Man	1 April – 31 March
Israel	calendar year
Italy	calendar year
Jamaica	1 April – 31 March
Japan	1 April – 31 March
Jersey	1 April – 31 March
Jordan	calendar year
Kazakhstan	calendar year
Kenya	1 July – 30 June
Kiribati	NA
Korea, North	calendar year
Korea, South	calendar year
Kuwait	1 April – 31 March
Kyrgyzstan	calendar year
Laos	1 October – 30 September
Latvia	calendar year
Lebanon	calendar year
Lesotho	1 April – 31 March
Liberia	calendar year
Libya	calendar year
Liechtenstein	calendar year
Lithuania	calendar year
Luxembourg	calendar year
Macau	calendar year
Macedonia	calendar year
Madagascar	calendar year
Malawi	1 July – 30 June
Malaysia	calendar year
Maldives	calendar year
Mali	calendar year
Malta	calendar year
Marshall Islands	1 October – 30 September
Mauritania	calendar year
Mauritius	1 July – 30 June
Mayotte	calendar year
Mexico	calendar year
Micronesia, Federated States of	1 October – 30 September
Moldova	calendar year
Monaco	calendar year
Mongolia	calendar year
Montenegro	calendar year
Montserrat	1 April – 31 March
Morocco	calendar year
Mozambique	calendar year
Namibia	1 April – 31 March
Nauru	1 July – 30 June
Nepal	16 July – 15 July
Netherlands	calendar year
Netherlands Antilles	calendar year
New Caledonia	calendar year
New Zealand	1 April – 31 March note: this is the fiscal year for tax purposes
Nicaragua	calendar year
Niger	calendar year
Nigeria	calendar year
Niue	1 April – 31 March
Norfolk Island	1 July – 30 June
Northern Mariana Islands	1 October – 30 September
Norway	calendar year
Oman	calendar year
Pakistan	1 July – 30 June
Palau	1 October – 30 September
Panama	calendar year
Papua New Guinea	calendar year
Paraguay	calendar year
Peru	calendar year
Philippines	calendar year
Pitcairn Islands	1 April – 31 March
Poland	calendar year
Portugal	calendar year
Puerto Rico	1 July – 30 June
Qatar	1 April – 31 March
Romania	calendar year
Russia	calendar year
Rwanda	calendar year
Saint Helena	1 April – 31 March
Saint Kitts and Nevis	calendar year
Saint Lucia	1 April – 31 March
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	calendar year
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	calendar year
Samoa	June 1 – May 31
San Marino	calendar year
Sao Tome and Principe	calendar year
Saudi Arabia	calendar year
Senegal	calendar year
Seychelles	calendar year
Sierra Leone	calendar year
Singapore	1 April – 31 March
Slovakia	calendar year
Slovenia	calendar year
Solomon Islands	calendar year
Somalia	NA
South Africa	1 April – 31 March
Spain	calendar year
Sri Lanka	calendar year
Sudan	calendar year
Suriname	calendar year
Swaziland	1 April – 31 March
Sweden	calendar year
Switzerland	calendar year
Syria	calendar year
Taiwan	calendar year
Tajikistan	calendar year
Tanzania	1 July – 30 June
Thailand	1 October – 30 September
Timor-Leste	calendar year
Togo	calendar year
Tokelau	1 April – 31 March
Tonga	1 July – 30 June
Trinidad and Tobago	1 October – 30 September
Tunisia	calendar year
Turkey	calendar year
Turkmenistan	calendar year
Turks and Caicos Islands	calendar year
Tuvalu	calendar year
Uganda	1 July – 30 June
Ukraine	calendar year
United Arab Emirates	calendar year
United Kingdom	6 April – 5 April
United States	1 October – 30 September
Uruguay	calendar year
Uzbekistan	calendar year
Vanuatu	calendar year
Venezuela	calendar year
Vietnam	calendar year
Virgin Islands	1 October – 30 September
Wallis and Futuna	calendar year
West Bank	calendar year
Western Sahara	calendar year
Yemen	calendar year
Zambia	calendar year
Zimbabwe	calendar year

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