List of sovereign states by tax revenue to GDP ratio

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This article lists countries alphabetically, with total tax revenue as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) for the listed countries. The tax percentage for each country listed in the source has been added to the chart.

Total revenue from direct and indirect taxes given as share of GDP in 2017[1]
Tax revenue as percentage of GDP in the European Union
Relation between the tax revenue to GDP ratio and the real GDP growth rate (average rate in years 2013–2018, according to List of countries by real GDP growth rate, data mainly from the World Bank)
Relation between the tax revenue to GDP ratio and the real GDP growth rate (average rate in years 2013–2018, according to List of countries by real GDP growth rate, data mainly from the World Bank) – zoom
Relation between the tax revenue to GDP ratio and the real GDP growth rate (average rate in years 2013–2018, according to List of countries by real GDP growth rate, data mainly from the World Bank) – big zoom
Relation between the tax revenue to GDP ratio and the real GDP growth rate (average rate in years 2013–2018, according to List of countries by real GDP growth rate, data mainly from the World Bank) – European Union

Tax as % of GDP (2020) edit

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Continent Country Tax
revenue
(% of GDP)
GDP
(billions, PPP)
Tax
revenue
(billions)
Gov't
expen-
diture
Public
debt
(% of GDP, nominal)
Europe   France 46.2 $2,962.8 $1,368.81 56.4 98.6
Europe   Denmark 46.0 $301.3 $138.60 51.7 34.3
Europe   Belgium 44.6 $550.5 $245.52 52.5 101.4
Europe   Sweden 44.0 $542.0 $238.48 49.7 39.0
Europe   Finland 43.3 $256.5 $111.06 54.4 60.5
Europe   Italy 42.4 $2,397.4 $1,016.50 48.8 132.1
Europe   Austria 41.8 $463.2 $193.62 49.3 74.2
North America   Cuba 40.6 $155.9 $63.30 64.8 51.0
Europe   Greece 39.4 $312.7 $123.20 47.8 183.3
Europe   Netherlands 38.8 $969.2 $376.05 42.7 54.4
Europe   Luxembourg 38.7 $64.2 $24.85 42.7 21.8
Europe   Croatia 38.6 $107.4 $41.46 46.6 73.9
Europe   Norway 38.2 $395.9 $151.23 49.8 36.8
Europe   Bosnia and Herzegovina 37.9 $47.3 $17.93 41.1 37.0
Europe   Hungary 37.7 $311.9 $117.59 46.7 69.4
Europe   Iceland 37.7 $19.5 $7.35 43.2 35.4
Europe   Germany 37.5 $4,356.4 $1,633.65 43.9 59.8
Europe   Serbia 36.1 $122.8 $44.33 40.9 54.3
Europe   Montenegro 36.0 $11.9 $4.28 47.6 72.1
Europe   Slovenia 36.0 $76.0 $27.36 43.6 68.5
Europe   Czech Republic 34.9 $395.9 $138.17 39.7 33.0
Europe   Portugal 34.7 $329.2 $114.23 44.8 121.4
Europe   Ukraine 34.2 $390.3 $133.48 42.0 63.9
Europe   Poland 33.9 $1,212.9 $411.17 41.3 48.4
Europe   Cyprus 33.7 $34.5 $11.63 37.1 102.5
Europe   Spain 33.7 $1,864.4 $628.30 41.5 97.0
Europe   United Kingdom 33.3 $3,037.8 $630.59 41.0 86.9
Europe   Moldova 33.2 $25.9 $8.60 30.8 27.1
Europe   Estonia 33.0 $45.0 $14.85 39.4 8.1
Europe   Slovakia 32.9 $191.2 $62.90 40.8 48.8
Asia   Israel 32.7 $337.2 $110.26 39.4 59.6
Europe   Malta 32.7 $21.3 $6.97 36.5 45.4
South America   Brazil 32.3 $3,365.3 $1,086.99 38.9 87.9
North America   Canada 32.2 $1,836.8 $591.45 40.5 90.6
Oceania   New Zealand 32.0 $197.8 $63.30 37.5 29.4
North America   Barbados 31.8 $5.3 $1.69 32.0 124.5
Africa   Seychelles 31.7 $2.9 $0.92 37.0 58.2
South America   Uruguay 30.9 $81.6 $25.21 33.4 70.0
Africa   Djibouti 30.8 $4.0 $1.23 39.3 67.4
Asia   Japan 30.6 $5,594.5 $1,711.92 38.4 237.1
Asia   Solomon Islands 30.6 $1.4 $0.43 46.8 12.1
Europe   Latvia 30.4 $57.8 $17.57 37.3 37.6
South America   Argentina 30.3 $915.1 $277.28 40.5 86.3
Africa   Namibia 30.1 $27.1 $8.16 37.4 47.1
Europe   Lithuania 29.8 $97.0 $28.91 33.7 35.9
Africa   Lesotho 29.1 $6.9 $2.01 46.8 39.0
Africa   Eswatini 29.1 $12.1 $3.52 35.2 34.9
Asia   Macau 28.9 $77.3 $22.34 18.5 0.0
North America   Dominica 28.7 $0.7 $0.20 52.9 83.1
Africa   South Africa 28.6 $789.4 $225.77 33.0 56.7
Europe    Switzerland 28.5 $548.5 $156.32 34.0 40.5
North America   Belize 28.2 $3.4 $0.96 33.5 94.8
Oceania   Australia 27.8 $1,318.2 $366.46 35.8 40.7
North America   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 27.8 $1.3 $0.36 29.6 73.1
Europe   Bulgaria 27.7 $162.3 $44.96 33.6 20.5
North America   Jamaica 27.3 $27.0 $7.37 29.0 99.4
North America   United States 27.1 $20,494.1 $5,553.90 38.1 105.8
Asia   South Korea 26.9 $2,136.3 $574.66 32.8 40.7
Africa   Algeria 26.6 $657.5 $174.90 39.8 36.9
Oceania   Fiji 26.6 $9.1 $2.42 32.2 49.7
South America   Guyana 26.2 $6.7 $1.76 34.5 57.0
Asia   Brunei 26.0 $34.6 $9.00 35.8 2.5
Europe   Albania 25.7 $38.4 $9.87 29.1 68.6
Europe   Georgia 25.7 $42.6 $10.95 29.6 44.5
Europe   North Macedonia 25.5 $32.6 $8.31 31.1 39.5
Europe   Belarus 25.1 $189.2 $47.49 39.1 47.8
Asia/Europe   Turkey 24.9 $2,292.5 $570.83 34.6 29.1
Europe   Romania 24.7 $516.3 $127.53 31.4 36.6
Europe   Russia 24.2 $4,213.4 $1,019.64 34.7 14.0
North America   Costa Rica 24.1 $88.2 $21.26 19.7 53.5
Oceania   Samoa 24.1 $1.2 $0.29 35.3 50.2
South America   Bolivia 23.9 $84.1 $20.10 39.1 53.9
North America   Nicaragua 23.8 $35.7 $8.50 27.4 37.2
Europe   Kosovo 23.3 $20.9 $4.87 28.0 17.0
Asia   Mongolia 23.2 $43.5 $10.09 33.4 73.3
Africa   Mozambique 23.2 $39.2 $9.09 31.8 100.4
North America   Honduras 22.8 $49.2 $11.22 26.9 40.3
Europe   Ireland 22.8 $385.9 $87.99 26.6 65.2
North America   Saint Lucia 22.5 $2.5 $0.56 25.5 66.8
Africa   Togo 22.2 $14.0 $3.11 26.7 74.6
North America   Trinidad and Tobago 22.2 $44.4 $9.86 33.4 45.3
Africa   Congo 22.1 $30.3 $6.70 38.2 98.5
Africa   Zimbabwe 22.1 $42.5 $9.39 20.0 29.8
Africa   Senegal 22.0 $59.5 $13.09 22.8 64.4
Africa   Morocco 21.8 $314.6 $68.58 30.1 65.2
Africa   Tunisia 21.4 $144.2 $30.86 30.0 77.0
Oceania   Tonga 21.3 $0.6 $0.13 43.7 49.2
Africa   Gabon 21.1 $38.0 $8.02 18.9 58.2
Europe   Armenia 20.8 $30.4 $6.32 25.4 48.5
Asia   Tajikistan 20.6 $31.1 $6.41 34.0 47.9
Asia   Maldives 20.5 $8.0 $1.64 32.7 61.5
North America   El Salvador 20.4 $53.4 $10.89 23.9 67.1
Asia     Nepal 20.3 $86.1 $17.48 27.2 30.4
South America   Chile 20.2 $481.8 $97.32 25.3 25.6
South America   Venezuela 20.2 $277.8 $56.12 33.5 175.6
Africa   Mauritius 20.0 $30.0 $6.00 24.4 65.2
South America   Ecuador 19.9 $199.5 $39.70 37.5 46.1
Asia   Kyrgyzstan 19.8 $24.5 $4.85 37.2 56.0
Africa   Mauritania 19.7 $18.1 $3.57 28.0 83.9
South America   Colombia 18.8 $744.7 $140.00 27.7 50.5
Asia   Vietnam 18.6 $710.3 $132.12 28.3 57.5
Africa   Burkina Faso 18.1 $38.8 $7.02 27.7 43.0
Africa   Kenya 18.1 $177.3 $32.09 26.1 57.2
Asia   India 18.08 $10,505.3 $1,899.36 31.15 89.6
North America   Bahamas 17.9 $12.6 $2.26 20.5 61.0
Africa   Ghana 17.6 $190.7 $33.56 20.0 59.6
Asia   Thailand 17.6 $1,320.4 $232.39 21.7 42.1
Asia   China 17.5 $25,270.1 $4,422.27 32.7 50.5
Oceania   Kiribati 17.5 $0.2 $0.04 125.7 21.9
Africa   Ivory Coast 17.4 $107.0 $18.62 24.2 52.2
Asia   Uzbekistan 17.3 $250.3 $43.30 29.0 23.5
Africa   Malawi 17.3 $23.7 $4.10 30.7 61.3
Africa   Gambia 17.2 $6.1 $1.05 21.9 83.2
Oceania   Vanuatu 17.1 $0.8 $0.14 36.0 50.5
Africa   Rwanda 16.6 $27.4 $4.55 26.0 40.7
Asia   Kazakhstan 16.4 $508.6 $83.41 22.0 21.9
Asia   Cambodia 16.2 $70.5 $11.42 23.2 29.4
North America   Mexico 16.2 $2,569.8 $416.31 26.3 53.6
Africa   Mali 16.1 $44.2 $7.12 21.8 36.6
Asia   Turkmenistan 15.6 $112.7 $17.58 15.1 29.3
Africa   Comoros 15.5 $1.4 $0.22 29.7 31.2
South America   Peru 15.3 $457.5 $70.00 21.3 26.8
Asia   Lebanon 15.3 $89.5 $13.69 30.3 150.9
Africa   Egypt 15.2 $1,296.3 $197.04 31.7 92.6
Africa   Zambia 15.2 $72.9 $11.08 24.7 72.4
Asia   Jordan 15.0 $93.4 $14.01 29.7 94.2
North America   Panama 14.7 $106.8 $15.70 21.8 39.4
South America   Suriname 14.6 $8.9 $1.30 29.0 69.6
Africa   Cameroon 14.4 $95.3 $13.72 19.8 37.7
Africa   Niger 14.4 $23.5 $3.38 26.5 55.1
Asia   Philippines 14.2 $952.6 $135.27 20.1 39.6
Asia   Hong Kong 14.1 $480.5 $67.75 18.0 0.1
Asia   Singapore 14.1 $565.8 $79.78 17.2 108.3
Africa   Botswana 14.0 $41.9 $5.87 32.1 12.9
North America   Dominican Republic 13.9 $189.2 $26.30 17.8 41.6
South America   Paraguay 13.8 $94.5 $13.04 19.5 21.6
Oceania   Papua New Guinea 13.7 $30.9 $4.23 21.3 36.9
Asia   Bhutan 13.6 $7.8 $1.06 31.1 102.6
Africa   Burundi 13.6 $8.2 $1.12 21.8 58.4
Asia   Malaysia 13.6 $999.4 $135.92 22.6 56.2
Europe   Azerbaijan 13.3 $179.7 $23.90 35.1 19.4
Africa   Guinea 13.3 $30.7 $4.08 16.9 38.7
North America   Haiti 13.3 $20.7 $2.75 18.8 33.0
Africa   Benin 13.2 $27.7 $3.66 23.0 54.6
Asia   East Timor 13.1 $6.7 $0.88 56.2 5.4
Africa   Uganda 13.1 $97.0 $12.71 19.7 42.2
Oceania   Micronesia 13.0 $0.4 $0.05 63.2 20.2
Asia   Sri Lanka 12.6 $290.6 $36.62 19.2 84.1
Asia   Pakistan 12.5 $1,141.4 $142.68 21.0 72.1
North America   Guatemala 12.4 $145.6 $18.05 12.1 24.5
Africa   São Tomé and Príncipe 12.1 $0.7 $0.08 27.6 81.3
Asia   Laos 12.0 $53.7 $6.44 21.1 63.0
Africa   Liberia 11.9 $6.3 $0.75 33.9 40.5
Africa   Tanzania 11.8 $175.8 $20.74 16.8 36.0
Africa   Ethiopia 11.6 $219.5 $25.46 17.5 61.1
Asia   Indonesia 11.5 $3,494.7 $401.89 16.7 29.2
Africa   Madagascar 11.5 $42.9 $4.93 16.8 39.7
Africa   Sierra Leone 11.1 $12.3 $1.37 23.4 71.3
Africa   Guinea-Bissau 10.3 $3.4 $0.35 21.1 56.1
Africa   Angola 9.2 $199.3 $18.34 21.8 88.1
Asia   United Arab Emirates 9.2 $723.7 $66.58 30.5 18.7
Asia   Bangladesh 9.1 $761.7 $69.31 13.7 34.8
Asia   Taiwan 8.9 $1,251.5 $111.38 17.8 35.0
Africa   Eritrea 8.0 $10.0 $0.80 29.1 129.4
Africa   Sudan 8.0 $177.7 $14.22 13.6 163
Asia   Bahrain 7.8 $74.1 $5.78 33.6 93.4
Africa   Chad 7.7 $30.2 $2.33 14.8 46.6
Asia   Afghanistan 7.6 $72.6 $5.52 26.3 7.1
Africa   DR Congo 7.6 $72.9 $5.54 12.4 15.7
Asia   Yemen 7.4 $73.3 $5.42 10.8 63.2
Asia   Iran 7.3 $1,610.7 $117.58 19.0 33.2
Africa   Cape Verde 6.9 $4.0 $0.28 30.7 127.7
Africa   Central African Republic 6.9 $3.6 $0.25 14.7 48.5
Asia   Burma 6.1 $328.4 $20.03 20.4 38.2
Africa   Equatorial Guinea 5.9 $29.8 $1.76 21.3 35.9
Asia   Qatar 4.9 $354.8 $17.39 34.3 48.4
Asia   Oman 4.2 $198.5 $8.34 46.1 50.9
Africa   Nigeria 3.6 $1,168.5 $42.07 11.2 28.4
Asia   Saudi Arabia 3.4 $1,857.5 $63.16 35.7 19.1
Asia   Iraq 2.0 $673.3 $13.47 36.7 48.4
Asia   Kuwait 1.4 $306.4 $4.29 50.9 14.8
Asia   North Korea N/A $40.00 N/A N/A N/A
Africa   Libya N/A $74.7 N/A 105.8 4.9
Europe   Liechtenstein N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Africa   Somalia N/A $21.2 N/A N/A N/A
Asia   Syria N/A $64.5 N/A N/A 130.6

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Total tax revenues". Our World in Data. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  2. ^ Heritage.org (2020). "Heritage data".
  3. ^ "Report for Selected Countries and Subjects". IMF.