List of countries 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 GDPEdit
2020[2][3]Edit
| Region | Country Name | Tax Revenue
(% of GDP) |
GDP
(Billions, PPP) |
Gov't Expenditure
(% of GDP(nominal)) |
Public Debt
(% of GDP(nominal)) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Europe |  France |
46.2 | $2,962.8 | 56.4 | 98.6 |
| Europe |  Denmark |
46.0 | $301.3 | 51.7 | 34.3 |
| Europe |  Belgium |
44.6 | $550.5 | 52.5 | 101.4 |
| Europe |  Sweden |
44.0 | $542.0 | 49.7 | 39.0 |
| Europe |  Finland |
43.3 | $256.5 | 54.4 | 60.5 |
| Europe |  Italy |
42.4 | $2,397.4 | 48.8 | 132.1 |
| Europe |  Austria |
41.8 | $463.2 | 49.3 | 74.2 |
| Americas |  Cuba |
40.6 | $155.9 | 64.8 | 51.0 |
| Europe |  Greece |
39.4 | $312.7 | 47.8 | 183.3 |
| Europe |  Netherlands |
38.8 | $969.2 | 42.7 | 54.4 |
| Europe |  Luxembourg |
38.7 | $64.2 | 42.7 | 21.8 |
| Europe |  Croatia |
38.6 | $107.4 | 46.6 | 73.9 |
| Europe |  Norway |
38.2 | $395.9 | 49.8 | 36.8 |
| Europe |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
37.9 | $47.3 | 41.1 | 37.0 |
| Europe |  Hungary |
37.7 | $311.9 | 46.7 | 69.4 |
| Europe |  Iceland |
37.7 | $19.5 | 43.2 | 35.4 |
| Europe |  Germany |
37.5 | $4,356.4 | 43.9 | 59.8 |
| Europe |  Serbia |
36.1 | $122.8 | 40.9 | 54.3 |
| Europe |  Montenegro |
36.0 | $11.9 | 47.6 | 72.1 |
| Europe |  Slovenia |
36.0 | $76.0 | 43.6 | 68.5 |
| Europe |  Czech Republic |
34.9 | $395.9 | 39.7 | 33.0 |
| Europe |  Portugal |
34.7 | $329.2 | 44.8 | 121.4 |
| Europe |  Ukraine |
34.2 | $390.3 | 42.0 | 63.9 |
| Europe |  Poland |
33.9 | $1,212.9 | 41.3 | 48.4 |
| Europe |  Cyprus |
33.7 | $34.5 | 37.1 | 102.5 |
| Europe |  Spain |
33.7 | $1,864.4 | 41.5 | 97.0 |
| Europe |  United Kingdom |
33.3 | $3,037.8 | 41.0 | 86.9 |
| Europe |  Moldova |
33.2 | $25.9 | 30.8 | 27.1 |
| Europe |  Estonia |
33.0 | $45.0 | 39.4 | 8.1 |
| Europe |  Slovakia |
32.9 | $191.2 | 40.8 | 48.8 |
| Middle East and North Africa |  Israel |
32.7 | $337.2 | 39.4 | 59.6 |
| Europe |  Malta |
32.7 | $21.3 | 36.5 | 45.4 |
| Americas |  Brazil |
32.3 | $3,365.3 | 38.9 | 87.9 |
| Americas |  Canada |
32.2 | $1,836.8 | 40.5 | 90.6 |
| Asia-Pacific |  New Zealand |
32.0 | $197.8 | 37.5 | 29.4 |
| Americas |  Barbados |
31.8 | $5.3 | 32.0 | 124.5 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Seychelles |
31.7 | $2.9 | 37.0 | 58.2 |
| Americas |  Uruguay |
30.9 | $81.6 | 33.4 | 70.0 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Djibouti |
30.8 | $4.0 | 39.3 | 67.4 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Japan |
30.6 | $5,594.5 | 38.4 | 237.1 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Solomon Islands |
30.6 | $1.4 | 46.8 | 12.1 |
| Europe |  Latvia |
30.4 | $57.8 | 37.3 | 37.6 |
| Americas |  Argentina |
30.3 | $915.1 | 40.5 | 86.3 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Namibia |
30.1 | $27.1 | 37.4 | 47.1 |
| Europe |  Lithuania |
29.8 | $97.0 | 33.7 | 35.9 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Lesotho |
29.1 | $6.9 | 46.8 | 39.0 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Eswatini |
29.1 | $12.1 | 35.2 | 34.9 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Macau |
28.9 | $77.3 | 18.5 | 0.0 |
| Americas |  Dominica |
28.7 | $0.7 | 52.9 | 83.1 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  South Africa |
28.6 | $789.4 | 33.0 | 56.7 |
| Europe |  Switzerland |
28.5 | $548.5 | 34.0 | 40.5 |
| Americas |  Belize |
28.2 | $3.4 | 33.5 | 94.8 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Australia |
27.8 | $1,318.2 | 35.8 | 40.7 |
| Americas |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
27.8 | $1.3 | 29.6 | 73.1 |
| Europe |  Bulgaria |
27.7 | $162.3 | 33.6 | 20.5 |
| Americas |  Jamaica |
27.3 | $27.0 | 29.0 | 99.4 |
| Americas |  United States |
27.1 | $20,494.1 | 38.1 | 105.8 |
| Asia-Pacific |  South Korea |
26.9 | $2,136.3 | 32.8 | 40.7 |
| Middle East and North Africa |  Algeria |
26.6 | $657.5 | 39.8 | 36.9 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Fiji |
26.6 | $9.1 | 32.2 | 49.7 |
| Americas |  Guyana |
26.2 | $6.7 | 34.5 | 57.0 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Brunei |
26.0 | $34.6 | 35.8 | 2.5 |
| Europe |  Albania |
25.7 | $38.4 | 29.1 | 68.6 |
| Europe |  Georgia |
25.7 | $42.6 | 29.6 | 44.5 |
| Europe |  North Macedonia |
25.5 | $32.6 | 31.1 | 39.5 |
| Europe |  Belarus |
25.1 | $189.2 | 39.1 | 47.8 |
| Europe |  Turkey |
24.9 | $2,292.5 | 34.6 | 29.1 |
| Europe |  Romania |
24.7 | $516.3 | 31.4 | 36.6 |
| Europe |  Russia |
24.2 | $4,213.4 | 34.7 | 14.0 |
| Americas |  Costa Rica |
24.1 | $88.2 | 19.7 | 53.5 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Samoa |
24.1 | $1.2 | 35.3 | 50.2 |
| Americas |  Bolivia |
23.9 | $84.1 | 39.1 | 53.9 |
| Americas |  Nicaragua |
23.8 | $35.7 | 27.4 | 37.2 |
| Europe |  Kosovo |
23.3 | $20.9 | 28.0 | 17.0 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Mongolia |
23.2 | $43.5 | 33.4 | 73.3 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Mozambique |
23.2 | $39.2 | 31.8 | 100.4 |
| Americas |  Honduras |
22.8 | $49.2 | 26.9 | 40.3 |
| Europe |  Ireland |
22.8 | $385.9 | 26.6 | 65.2 |
| Americas |  Saint Lucia |
22.5 | $2.5 | 25.5 | 66.8 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Togo |
22.2 | $14.0 | 26.7 | 74.6 |
| Americas |  Trinidad and Tobago |
22.2 | $44.4 | 33.4 | 45.3 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Congo |
22.1 | $30.3 | 38.2 | 98.5 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Zimbabwe |
22.1 | $42.5 | 20.0 | 29.8 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Senegal |
22.0 | $59.5 | 22.8 | 64.4 |
| Middle East and North Africa |  Morocco |
21.8 | $314.6 | 30.1 | 65.2 |
| Middle East and North Africa |  Tunisia |
21.4 | $144.2 | 30.0 | 77.0 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Tonga |
21.3 | $0.6 | 43.7 | 49.2 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Gabon |
21.1 | $38.0 | 18.9 | 58.2 |
| Europe |  Armenia |
20.8 | $30.4 | 25.4 | 48.5 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Tajikistan |
20.6 | $31.1 | 34.0 | 47.9 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Maldives |
20.5 | $8.0 | 32.7 | 61.5 |
| Americas |  El Salvador |
20.4 | $53.4 | 23.9 | 67.1 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Nepal |
20.3 | $86.1 | 27.2 | 30.4 |
| Americas |  Chile |
20.2 | $481.8 | 25.3 | 25.6 |
| Americas |  Venezuela |
20.2 | $277.8 | 33.5 | 175.6 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Mauritius |
20.0 | $30.0 | 24.4 | 65.2 |
| Americas |  Ecuador |
19.9 | $199.5 | 37.5 | 46.1 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Kyrgyzstan |
19.8 | $24.5 | 37.2 | 56.0 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Mauritania |
19.7 | $18.1 | 28.0 | 83.9 |
| Americas |  Colombia |
18.8 | $744.7 | 27.7 | 50.5 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Vietnam |
18.6 | $710.3 | 28.3 | 57.5 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Burkina Faso |
18.1 | $38.8 | 27.7 | 43.0 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Kenya |
18.1 | $177.3 | 26.1 | 57.2 |
| Asia-Pacific |  India |
18.08 | $10,505.3 | 31.15 | 89.6 |
| Americas |  Bahamas |
17.9 | $12.6 | 20.5 | 61.0 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Ghana |
17.6 | $190.7 | 20.0 | 59.6 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Thailand |
17.6 | $1,320.4 | 21.7 | 42.1 |
| Asia-Pacific |  China |
17.5 | $25,270.1 | 32.7 | 50.5 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Kiribati |
17.5 | $0.2 | 125.7 | 21.9 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Ivory Coast |
17.4 | $107.0 | 24.2 | 52.2 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Uzbekistan |
17.3 | $250.3 | 29.0 | 23.5 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Malawi |
17.3 | $23.7 | 30.7 | 61.3 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Gambia |
17.2 | $6.1 | 21.9 | 83.2 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Vanuatu |
17.1 | $0.8 | 36.0 | 50.5 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Rwanda |
16.6 | $27.4 | 26.0 | 40.7 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Kazakhstan |
16.4 | $508.6 | 22.0 | 21.9 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Cambodia |
16.2 | $70.5 | 23.2 | 29.4 |
| Americas |  Mexico |
16.2 | $2,569.8 | 26.3 | 53.6 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Mali |
16.1 | $44.2 | 21.8 | 36.6 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Turkmenistan |
15.6 | $112.7 | 15.1 | 29.3 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Comoros |
15.5 | $1.4 | 29.7 | 31.2 |
| Americas |  Peru |
15.3 | $457.5 | 21.3 | 26.8 |
| Middle East and North Africa |  Lebanon |
15.3 | $89.5 | 30.3 | 150.9 |
| Middle East and North Africa |  Egypt |
15.2 | $1,296.3 | 31.7 | 92.6 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Zambia |
15.2 | $72.9 | 24.7 | 72.4 |
| Middle East and North Africa |  Jordan |
15.0 | $93.4 | 29.7 | 94.2 |
| Americas |  Panama |
14.7 | $106.8 | 21.8 | 39.4 |
| Americas |  Suriname |
14.6 | $8.9 | 29.0 | 69.6 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Cameroon |
14.4 | $95.3 | 19.8 | 37.7 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Niger |
14.4 | $23.5 | 26.5 | 55.1 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Philippines |
14.2 | $952.6 | 20.1 | 39.6 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Hong Kong |
14.1 | $480.5 | 18.0 | 0.1 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Singapore |
14.1 | $565.8 | 17.2 | 108.3 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Botswana |
14.0 | $41.9 | 32.1 | 12.9 |
| Americas |  Dominican Republic |
13.9 | $189.2 | 17.8 | 41.6 |
| Americas |  Paraguay |
13.8 | $94.5 | 19.5 | 21.6 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Papua New Guinea |
13.7 | $30.9 | 21.3 | 36.9 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Bhutan |
13.6 | $7.8 | 31.1 | 102.6 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Burundi |
13.6 | $8.2 | 21.8 | 58.4 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Malaysia |
13.6 | $999.4 | 22.6 | 56.2 |
| Europe |  Azerbaijan |
13.3 | $179.7 | 35.1 | 19.4 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Guinea |
13.3 | $30.7 | 16.9 | 38.7 |
| Americas |  Haiti |
13.3 | $20.7 | 18.8 | 33.0 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Benin |
13.2 | $27.7 | 23.0 | 54.6 |
| Asia-Pacific |  East Timor |
13.1 | $6.7 | 56.2 | 5.4 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Uganda |
13.1 | $97.0 | 19.7 | 42.2 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Micronesia |
13.0 | $0.4 | 63.2 | 20.2 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Sri Lanka |
12.6 | $290.6 | 19.2 | 84.1 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Pakistan |
12.5 | $1,141.4 | 21.0 | 72.1 |
| Americas |  Guatemala |
12.4 | $145.6 | 12.1 | 24.5 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  São Tomé and Príncipe |
12.1 | $0.7 | 27.6 | 81.3 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Laos |
12.0 | $53.7 | 21.1 | 63.0 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Liberia |
11.9 | $6.3 | 33.9 | 40.5 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Tanzania |
11.8 | $175.8 | 16.8 | 36.0 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Ethiopia |
11.6 | $219.5 | 17.5 | 61.1 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Indonesia |
11.5 | $3,494.7 | 16.7 | 29.2 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Madagascar |
11.5 | $42.9 | 16.8 | 39.7 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Sierra Leone |
11.1 | $12.3 | 23.4 | 71.3 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Guinea-Bissau |
10.3 | $3.4 | 21.1 | 56.1 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Angola |
9.2 | $199.3 | 21.8 | 88.1 |
| Middle East and North Africa |  United Arab Emirates |
9.2 | $723.7 | 30.5 | 18.7 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Bangladesh |
9.1 | $761.7 | 13.7 | 34.8 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Taiwan |
8.9 | $1,251.5 | 17.8 | 35.0 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Eritrea |
8.0 | $10.0 | 29.1 | 129.4 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Sudan |
8.0 | $177.7 | 13.6 | 163 |
| Middle East and North Africa |  Bahrain |
7.8 | $74.1 | 33.6 | 93.4 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Chad |
7.7 | $30.2 | 14.8 | 46.6 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Afghanistan |
7.6 | $72.6 | 26.3 | 7.1 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  DR Congo |
7.6 | $72.9 | 12.4 | 15.7 |
| Middle East and North Africa |  Yemen |
7.4 | $73.3 | 10.8 | 63.2 |
| Middle East and North Africa |  Iran |
7.3 | $1,610.7 | 19.0 | 33.2 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Cape Verde |
6.9 | $4.0 | 30.7 | 127.7 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Central African Republic |
6.9 | $3.6 | 14.7 | 48.5 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Burma |
6.1 | $328.4 | 20.4 | 38.2 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Equatorial Guinea |
5.9 | $29.8 | 21.3 | 35.9 |
| Middle East and North Africa |  Qatar |
4.9 | $354.8 | 34.3 | 48.4 |
| Middle East and North Africa |  Oman |
4.2 | $198.5 | 46.1 | 50.9 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Nigeria |
3.6 | $1,168.5 | 11.2 | 28.4 |
| Middle East and North Africa |  Saudi Arabia |
3.4 | $1,857.5 | 35.7 | 19.1 |
| Middle East and North Africa |  Iraq |
2.0 | $673.3 | 36.7 | 48.4 |
| Middle East and North Africa |  Kuwait |
1.4 | $306.4 | 50.9 | 14.8 |
| Asia-Pacific |  North Korea |
N/A | $40.00 | N/A | N/A |
| Middle East and North Africa |  Libya |
N/A | $74.7 | 105.8 | 4.9 |
| Europe |  Liechtenstein |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Somalia |
N/A | $21.2 | N/A | N/A |
| Middle East and North Africa |  Syria |
N/A | $64.5 | N/A | 130.6 |
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "Total tax revenues". Our World in Data. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ Heritage.org (2020). "Heritage data".
- ^ "Report for Selected Countries and Subjects". IMF.