Australia vs United States of America: Revenue Statistics in OECD member countries - Comparative tax revenues
Revenue Statistics in OECD member countries - Comparative tax revenues over time
- Australia
- United States of America
How they compare
Australia currently reports 29.87 Percentage of GDP against 25.62 Percentage of GDP in United States of America, a difference of 4.25 Percentage of GDP.
That makes Australia's figure about 1.2 times United States of America's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 59 shared years of data; in 1965 it was United States of America ahead.
Australia ranks 28th and United States of America ranks 30th of 35 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 5 and United States of America in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | United States of America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20.37 Percentage of GDP | 24.66 Percentage of GDP | 4.29 Percentage of GDP | United States of America |
| 1970s | 23.72 Percentage of GDP | 24.8 Percentage of GDP | 1.09 Percentage of GDP | United States of America |
| 1980s | 27.4 Percentage of GDP | 25.18 Percentage of GDP | 2.22 Percentage of GDP | Australia |
| 1990s | 27.95 Percentage of GDP | 26.67 Percentage of GDP | 1.28 Percentage of GDP | Australia |
| 2000s | 28.95 Percentage of GDP | 25.8 Percentage of GDP | 3.15 Percentage of GDP | Australia |
| 2010s | 27.2 Percentage of GDP | 25.03 Percentage of GDP | 2.18 Percentage of GDP | Australia |
| 2020s | 29.17 Percentage of GDP | 26.5 Percentage of GDP | 2.67 Percentage of GDP | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher revenue statistics in oecd member countries - comparative tax revenues, Australia or United States of America?
- Australia, at 29.87 Percentage of GDP against 25.62 Percentage of GDP in United States of America as of 2023.
- What is the difference in revenue statistics in oecd member countries - comparative tax revenues between Australia and United States of America?
- 4.25 Percentage of GDP, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and United States of America?
- 59 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2023.
- How do Australia and United States of America rank globally for revenue statistics in oecd member countries - comparative tax revenues?
- Australia ranks 28th and United States of America ranks 30th of 35 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Revenue Statistics in OECD member countries - Comparative tax revenues. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Internationally comparable tax revenue data for OECD countries presented as a percentage of GDP and as a share of total tax or non-tax revenues as well as in national currency and US dollars. Tax revenues are harmonised according to the OECD classification of taxes. Related topics: Tax-to-GDP, Taxation, Tax structure, Tax mix, Regional average – change for each region, Domestic resource mobilisation, Public finance, Income tax, Social security contributions, Goods and services, Value added tax, VAT, Excise, Customs, Property tax.