Revenue, excluding grants in OECD members
OECD members: Revenue, excluding grants was 26.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Revenue, excluding grants in OECD members, 1972–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2024, revenue, excluding grants in OECD members stood at 26.3%.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, revenue, excluding grants in OECD members peaked at 27.2% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 20.1%, in 1972.
OECD members ranks 11th of 35 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 53 years of available data.
Revenue, excluding grants in OECD members, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 20.1% | — |
| 1973 | 20.7% | +2.8% |
| 1974 | 21.6% | +4.2% |
| 1975 | 21.7% | +0.8% |
| 1976 | 21.9% | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 22.6% | +3.3% |
| 1978 | 22.6% | -0.1% |
| 1979 | 23.1% | +2.1% |
| 1980 | 23.9% | +3.5% |
| 1981 | 24.5% | +2.5% |
| 1982 | 25.0% | +2.3% |
| 1983 | 24.2% | -3.2% |
| 1984 | 24.0% | -1.1% |
| 1985 | 24.4% | +2.0% |
| 1986 | 24.4% | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 24.7% | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 24.3% | -1.6% |
| 1989 | 24.3% | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 23.2% | -4.4% |
| 1991 | 23.2% | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 23.0% | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 23.0% | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 23.7% | +3.3% |
| 1995 | 25.5% | +7.4% |
| 1996 | 25.8% | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 26.0% | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 26.0% | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 26.4% | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 26.8% | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 26.7% | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 25.5% | -4.6% |
| 2003 | 25.2% | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 25.1% | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 25.8% | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 26.2% | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 26.3% | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 25.7% | -2.1% |
| 2009 | 24.4% | -5.1% |
| 2010 | 25.1% | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 25.0% | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 25.4% | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 26.4% | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 26.4% | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 26.4% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 26.3% | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 26.6% | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 26.0% | -2.3% |
| 2019 | 25.9% | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 26.0% | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 26.7% | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 27.2% | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 26.2% | -4.0% |
| 2024 | 26.3% | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 21.8% | 20.1% | 23.1% | 8 |
| 1980s | 24.4% | 23.9% | 25.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 24.6% | 23.0% | 26.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 25.8% | 24.4% | 26.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 25.9% | 25.0% | 26.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.5% | 26.0% | 27.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near OECD members
More economy & growth data for OECD members
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) 8,332 constant 2015 US$ per person (2024)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) -0.7716 % change on previous year (2024)
- Manufacturing, value added 7.62 trillion constant 2015 US$ (2024)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) 0.1705 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Industry (including construction), value added 12.98 trillion current US$ (2022)
- Industry (including construction), value added 11.64 trillion constant 2015 US$ (2024)
- Industry (including construction), value added -0.8% (2024)
- Industry (including construction), value added 21.2% (2022)
- Services, value added (current US$), per capita 30,368 current US$ per person (2021)
- Services, value added (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.6982 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is revenue, excluding grants in OECD members?
- Revenue, excluding grants in OECD members was 26.3% in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest revenue, excluding grants recorded in OECD members?
- The highest recorded value was 27.2% in 2022.
- What is the lowest revenue, excluding grants recorded in OECD members?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.1% in 1972.
- How does OECD members rank for revenue, excluding grants?
- OECD members ranks 11th out of 35 groups with data for 2024.
- Is revenue, excluding grants rising or falling in OECD members?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this OECD members data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Revenue, excluding grants (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.