Australia vs United States: Annual government taxes and social contributions receipts — Taxes on
Annual government taxes and social contributions receipts — Taxes on over time
- Australia
- United States
How they compare
United States currently reports 1.02 million National currency against 189,664 National currency in Australia, a difference of 826,426 National currency.
That makes United States's figure about 5.4 times Australia's.
Across all 27 years both countries report, United States has been ahead every year.
Australia ranks 7th and United States ranks 4th of 30 countries.
United States has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | United States | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 46,858 National currency | 362,245 National currency | 315,387 National currency | United States |
| 2000s | 81,933 National currency | 473,042 National currency | 391,109 National currency | United States |
| 2010s | 115,821 National currency | 665,053 National currency | 549,232 National currency | United States |
| 2020s | 167,425 National currency | 922,856 National currency | 755,431 National currency | United States |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual government taxes and social contributions receipts — taxes on, Australia or United States?
- United States, at 1.02 million National currency against 189,664 National currency in Australia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in annual government taxes and social contributions receipts — taxes on between Australia and United States?
- 826,426 National currency, with United States ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and United States?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2024.
- How do Australia and United States rank globally for annual government taxes and social contributions receipts — taxes on?
- Australia ranks 7th and United States ranks 4th of 30 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Annual government taxes and social contributions receipts — Taxes on products except Value Added Tax, import and export taxes. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
This table presents taxes and social contribution receipts for General Government and its sub-sectors: central, local and state (regional) government and social security, as well as for institutions of the European Union. Total tax receipts comprise taxes on production and imports, current taxes on income wealth etc. and capital taxes. Social contribution receipts comprise actual and imputed social contributions. The presentation is on a country-by-country basis. Users are recommended to select one country (or area) at a time in the ‘Reference area’ filter. Data is presented for each country in national currency as well as in euros for the European Union and the euro area. These indicators were presented in the previous dissemination system in the SNA_TABLE10 dataset. See ANA Changes for information on changes in methodology: ANA Changes Explore also the Government Finances and Public Sector Debt webpage: Government Finances and Public Sector Debt webpage OECD statistics contact: STAT.Contact@oecd.org