Global Revenue Statistics - Comparative tax revenues by country
Internationally comparable tax revenue data from countries included in Global Revenue Statistics, presented as a percentage of GDP and as a share of total tax revenue, as well as in national currency and US dollars. Tax revenues are harmonised according to the OECD classification of taxes. Related topics:...
Countries reporting
135
Highest
45.18 Percentage of GDP
Denmark
Lowest
3.11 Percentage of GDP
Somalia
Median
21.69 Percentage of GDP
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
3,993
What the numbers show
Global Revenue Statistics - Comparative tax revenues is currently reported for 135 countries. The highest value is 45.18 Percentage of GDP in Denmark; the lowest is 3.11 Percentage of GDP in Somalia.
The median across all reporting countries is 21.69 Percentage of GDP, and the mean is 23.3 Percentage of GDP.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 15.
Over the past decade 97 countries rose and 38 fell. The largest increase was in Somalia (up 203.7%), and the largest decrease in Guyana (down 48.3%).
Global Revenue Statistics - Comparative tax revenues: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark | 45.18 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 2 | France | 43.46 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 3 | Austria | 43.37 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 4 | Italy | 42.75 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 5 | Belgium | 42.57 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 6 | Finland | 42.22 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 7 | Luxembourg | 41.46 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 8 | Sweden | 41.44 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 9 | Norway | 40.19 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 10 | Greece | 39.83 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 11 | Netherlands | 38.54 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 12 | Croatia | 38.43 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 13 | Slovenia | 38.3 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 14 | Germany | 38.02 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 15 | Iceland | 36.95 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 16 | Spain | 36.68 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 17 | Poland | 36.64 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 14.2% | flat |
| 18 | Ukraine | 35.93 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 11.0% | flat |
| 19 | Estonia | 35.23 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 9.5% | flat |
| 20 | Portugal | 35.13 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 21 | Latvia | 34.91 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 22 | Canada | 34.9 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 11.6% | falling |
| 23 | United Kingdom | 34.37 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 24 | Hungary | 34.35 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 25 | Tunisia | 33.99 Percentage of GDP | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 26 | Czechia | 33.98 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 27 | Japan | 33.73 Percentage of GDP | 2023 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 28 | Brazil | 33.68 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 29 | Lithuania | 33.13 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 30 | New Zealand | 32.89 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 31 | Moldova | 31.51 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 15.8% | flat |
| 32 | Cook Islands | 31.11 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 39.2% | flat |
| 33 | Namibia | 31.11 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 47.2% | rising |
| 34 | Seychelles | 30.95 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 35 | Israel | 30.88 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 36 | Barbados | 30.74 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 37 | Jamaica | 30.7 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 38 | Marshall Islands | 30.49 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 39 | Bulgaria | 30.46 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 40 | Morocco | 30.42 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 41 | Australia | 29.87 Percentage of GDP | 2023 | up 10.8% | flat |
| 42 | Mongolia | 29.5 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 46.4% | flat |
| 43 | Malta | 28.74 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 44 | Niue | 28.46 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 45 | Argentina | 27.63 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 46 | Nicaragua | 27.61 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 47 | Uruguay | 27.25 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 48 | Switzerland | 27.17 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 49 | Romania | 26.73 Percentage of GDP | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 50 | South Africa | 26.52 Percentage of GDP | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 51 | Maldives | 26.25 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 52 | United States | 25.62 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 53 | Georgia | 25.01 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 54 | Costa Rica | 24.84 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 55 | Trinidad and Tobago | 24.59 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 56 | Belize | 24.51 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 57 | Fiji | 24 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 58 | Solomon Islands | 23.97 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 59 | Bolivia | 23.61 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 15.3% | rising |
| 60 | El Salvador | 23.59 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 61 | Grenada | 23.5 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 62 | Cuba | 22.91 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 38.3% | falling |
| 63 | Azerbaijan | 22.9 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 64 | Lesotho | 22.67 Percentage of GDP | 2023 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 65 | Armenia | 22.67 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 66 | Samoa | 22.01 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 67 | Kyrgyzstan | 21.85 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 68 | Ireland | 21.69 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 69 | Ecuador | 21.69 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 70 | Saint Lucia | 21.28 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 71 | Honduras | 21.07 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 72 | Liechtenstein | 21.07 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 73 | Chile | 20.48 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 74 | Mauritius | 20.36 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 75 | Colombia | 19.87 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 76 | Suriname | 19.8 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 77 | Antigua and Barbuda | 19.79 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 78 | Mali | 19.55 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 37.9% | rising |
| 79 | China (People’s Republic of) | 19.51 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 80 | Burkina Faso | 19.5 Percentage of GDP | 2023 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 81 | Bahamas | 19.35 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 44.6% | rising |
| 82 | Mozambique | 19.34 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 43.7% | falling |
| 83 | Senegal | 19.31 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 84 | Togo | 18.87 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 85 | Mexico | 18.28 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 86 | Tonga | 18.23 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 87 | Philippines | 18.1 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 88 | Kiribati | 17.83 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 64.1% | rising |
| 89 | Kazakhstan | 17.47 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 90 | Zambia | 17.24 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 91 | Eswatini | 17.18 Percentage of GDP | 2023 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 92 | Thailand | 17.06 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 7.0% | flat |
| 93 | Peru | 16.26 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 94 | Rwanda | 16.01 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 95 | Paraguay | 15.76 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 96 | Kenya | 15.63 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 97 | Papua New Guinea | 15.54 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 98 | Vanuatu | 15.53 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 99 | Mauritania | 15.13 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 100 | Gabon | 15.12 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 101 | Tokelau | 15.11 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 102 | Nauru | 15.1 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 76.5% | rising |
| 103 | Dominican Republic | 14.69 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 104 | Ghana | 14.57 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 105 | Cameroon | 14.54 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 106 | Venezuela | 14.42 Percentage of GDP | 2013 | up 20.5% | falling |
| 107 | Guatemala | 14.32 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 108 | Côte d’Ivoire | 13.86 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 109 | Botswana | 13.44 Percentage of GDP | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 110 | Singapore | 13.42 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 111 | Hong Kong (China) | 13.28 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 13.9% | flat |
| 112 | Malawi | 13.19 Percentage of GDP | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 113 | Bhutan | 13.17 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 114 | Egypt | 13 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 115 | Malaysia | 13 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 116 | Guinea | 12.79 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 117 | Lao People’s Democratic Republic | 12.73 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 118 | Uganda | 12.69 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 119 | Sri Lanka | 12.54 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 26.9% | falling |
| 120 | Cambodia | 12.53 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 121 | Pakistan | 12.28 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 122 | Madagascar | 12.19 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 38.0% | rising |
| 123 | Indonesia | 11.84 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 124 | Liberia | 11.75 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 125 | Congo | 11.55 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 126 | Gambia | 11.39 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 127 | Panama | 11.31 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 128 | Chad | 9.23 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 12.3% | falling |
| 129 | Guyana | 9.19 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 48.3% | rising |
| 130 | Nigeria | 8.19 Percentage of GDP | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 131 | Sierra Leone | 7.36 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 132 | Niger | 7.16 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 41.0% | rising |
| 133 | Equatorial Guinea | 6.91 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 134 | Bangladesh | 6.72 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 135 | Somalia | 3.11 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 203.7% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Slovak Republic 35.55 Percentage of GDP
- Korea 25.33 Percentage of GDP
- Türkiye 23.95 Percentage of GDP
- Latin America and the Caribbean 21.72 Percentage of GDP
- Asia and the Pacific 19.69 Percentage of GDP
- Cabo Verde 18.69 Percentage of GDP
- Africa 16.09 Percentage of GDP
About this data
Internationally comparable tax revenue data from countries included in Global Revenue Statistics, presented as a percentage of GDP and as a share of total tax revenue, 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.