Which has higher revenue, excluding grants, Singapore or United States?

United States, at 17.8% against 17.7% in Singapore as of 2024.

What is the difference in revenue, excluding grants between Singapore and United States?

0.1%, with United States ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Singapore and United States?

53 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Revenue, excluding grants (% of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Singapore vs United States: Revenue, excluding grants

Singapore

17.7%

in 2024

United States

17.8%

in 2024

Singapore rank

116th

United States rank

115th

Revenue, excluding grants over time

Singapore
United States

How they compare

United States currently reports 17.8% against 17.7% in Singapore, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Singapore ahead.

Singapore ranks 116th and United States ranks 115th of 157 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Singapore averaged higher in 5 and United States in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Singapore	United States	Difference	Ahead
1970s	22.1%	17.5%	4.6%	Singapore
1980s	26.5%	18.6%	7.8%	Singapore
1990s	26.7%	18.7%	8.0%	Singapore
2000s	20.2%	18.0%	2.3%	Singapore
2010s	18.2%	17.9%	0.3%	Singapore
2020s	17.3%	18.3%	1.0%	United States

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher revenue, excluding grants, Singapore or United States?: United States, at 17.8% against 17.7% in Singapore as of 2024.
What is the difference in revenue, excluding grants between Singapore and United States?: 0.1%, with United States ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Singapore and United States?: 53 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2024.
How do Singapore and United States rank globally for revenue, excluding grants?: Singapore ranks 116th and United States ranks 115th of 157 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Revenue, excluding grants (% of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Revenue, excluding grants (% of GDP)
Unit: % of GDP
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 192 places, 5,652 data points, 1972–2024
Last refreshed: 17 September 2026

Revenue is an increase in net worth resulting from a transaction. Grants are excluded from this figure. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.