Revenue from corporate income taxes as a share of GDP by country
Corporate income taxes include natural resources taxes.
Countries reporting
163
Highest
20.7%
Brunei Darussalam
Lowest
0.1%
Bahrain
Median
2.6%
Years covered
38
1980–2017
Data points
3,941
What the numbers show
Revenue from corporate income taxes as a share of GDP is currently reported for 163 countries. The highest value is 20.7% in Brunei Darussalam; the lowest is 0.1% in Bahrain.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.6%, and the mean is 3.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 160.
Over the past decade 88 countries rose and 75 fell. The largest increase was in Turkmenistan (up 970.6%), and the largest decrease in Bahrain (down 86.8%).
Revenue from corporate income taxes as a share of GDP: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brunei Darussalam | 20.7% | 2009 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 2 | Botswana | 10.3% | 1994 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 3 | Kazakhstan | 8.3% | 2004 | up 204.2% | rising |
| 4 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 7.2% | 2016 | up 26.0% | flat |
| 5 | Equatorial Guinea | 6.9% | 2008 | up 71.0% | rising |
| 6 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.7% | 2000 | up 36.3% | falling |
| 7 | Malta | 6.5% | 2017 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 8 | Turkmenistan | 6.3% | 2008 | up 970.6% | volatile |
| 9 | Syrian Arab Republic | 6.2% | 2007 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 10 | Seychelles | 6.2% | 2016 | up 36.0% | rising |
| 11 | Bhutan | 5.9% | 2017 | up 37.8% | volatile |
| 12 | Malaysia | 5.9% | 2016 | up 10.6% | falling |
| 13 | Cyprus | 5.7% | 2017 | down 7.9% | volatile |
| 14 | Hong Kong, China | 5.6% | 2016 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 15 | Cuba | 5.5% | 2015 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 16 | Tuvalu | 5.5% | 2014 | up 232.4% | rising |
| 17 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 5.5% | 2015 | up 45.2% | rising |
| 18 | South Africa | 5.3% | 2017 | down 30.6% | flat |
| 19 | Luxembourg | 5.2% | 2017 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 20 | Namibia | 4.9% | 2017 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 21 | Solomon Islands | 4.9% | 2017 | up 57.2% | rising |
| 22 | Morocco | 4.8% | 2017 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 23 | New Zealand | 4.8% | 2017 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 24 | Australia | 4.7% | 2016 | down 28.5% | rising |
| 25 | Guyana | 4.7% | 2007 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 26 | Singapore | 4.6% | 2017 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 27 | Japan | 4.5% | 2017 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 28 | Fiji | 4.4% | 2017 | up 37.7% | falling |
| 29 | Qatar | 4.4% | 2017 | up 41.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Chile | 4.3% | 2017 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 31 | Suriname | 4.2% | 2006 | up 67.3% | rising |
| 32 | Belgium | 4.1% | 2017 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 33 | Azerbaijan | 4.1% | 2015 | up 43.4% | volatile |
| 34 | Nepal | 4.1% | 2017 | up 154.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Maldives | 4.1% | 2016 | up 793.6% | volatile |
| 36 | Thailand | 4.0% | 2017 | down 17.1% | rising |
| 37 | China | 3.9% | 2016 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 38 | India | 3.8% | 2010 | up 134.1% | volatile |
| 39 | Republic of Korea | 3.8% | 2017 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 40 | Viet Nam | 3.8% | 2017 | down 59.8% | rising |
| 41 | El Salvador | 3.7% | 2017 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 42 | Philippines | 3.7% | 2017 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 43 | Czechia | 3.7% | 2017 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 44 | Russian Federation | 3.6% | 2017 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 45 | Malawi | 3.6% | 2017 | up 156.9% | rising |
| 46 | Guatemala | 3.5% | 2016 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 47 | Kenya | 3.5% | 2017 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 48 | Zimbabwe | 3.5% | 1997 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 49 | Norway | 3.4% | 2016 | down 72.8% | rising |
| 50 | Canada | 3.4% | 2017 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 51 | Peru | 3.4% | 2017 | down 40.3% | rising |
| 52 | Honduras | 3.4% | 2014 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 53 | Egypt | 3.3% | 2017 | down 46.4% | falling |
| 54 | Eritrea | 3.3% | 2002 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 55 | Israel | 3.3% | 2017 | down 19.9% | rising |
| 56 | Netherlands | 3.3% | 2017 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 57 | Marshall Islands | 3.3% | 2006 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 58 | Switzerland | 3.3% | 2017 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 59 | Jamaica | 3.2% | 2017 | up 45.1% | falling |
| 60 | Portugal | 3.2% | 2017 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 61 | Slovakia | 3.2% | 2017 | up 10.4% | falling |
| 62 | Papua New Guinea | 3.1% | 2009 | up 67.1% | rising |
| 63 | Cambodia | 3.1% | 2017 | up 176.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Belarus | 3.0% | 2017 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 65 | Denmark | 3.0% | 2017 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 66 | Costa Rica | 2.9% | 2017 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Brazil | 2.8% | 2017 | down 25.2% | rising |
| 68 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 2.8% | 2017 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 69 | Ireland | 2.8% | 2017 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 70 | Argentina | 2.8% | 2017 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 71 | Djibouti | 2.8% | 2007 | up 74.3% | rising |
| 72 | Finland | 2.7% | 2017 | down 26.7% | rising |
| 73 | Cape Verde | 2.7% | 2015 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 74 | Barbados | 2.7% | 2017 | down 51.7% | rising |
| 75 | Iceland | 2.7% | 2017 | up 15.5% | volatile |
| 76 | Uruguay | 2.7% | 2016 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 77 | Mauritania | 2.7% | 2005 | up 27.5% | falling |
| 78 | Eswatini | 2.7% | 2016 | up 30.0% | falling |
| 79 | Rwanda | 2.6% | 2016 | up 59.1% | rising |
| 80 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.6% | 2017 | up 12.5% | falling |
| 81 | Sweden | 2.6% | 2017 | down 24.7% | rising |
| 82 | Burkina Faso | 2.6% | 2017 | up 74.2% | volatile |
| 83 | Mauritius | 2.6% | 2017 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 84 | Jordan | 2.6% | 2017 | down 21.4% | rising |
| 85 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.5% | 2017 | up 15.5% | flat |
| 86 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.5% | 2017 | up 96.9% | rising |
| 87 | Greece | 2.5% | 2016 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 88 | Austria | 2.5% | 2017 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 89 | Ukraine | 2.5% | 2017 | down 47.4% | falling |
| 90 | Cameroon | 2.4% | 2016 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 91 | Serbia | 2.4% | 2017 | up 100.2% | rising |
| 92 | France | 2.3% | 2017 | down 19.0% | rising |
| 93 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2.3% | 2011 | up 45.5% | volatile |
| 94 | Spain | 2.3% | 2017 | down 51.1% | rising |
| 95 | Dominican Republic | 2.3% | 2017 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 96 | Republic of Moldova | 2.3% | 2017 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 97 | Bulgaria | 2.3% | 2017 | down 45.1% | falling |
| 98 | Samoa | 2.3% | 2017 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 99 | Kiribati | 2.3% | 2014 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 100 | Montserrat | 2.3% | 2014 | up 57.9% | falling |
| 101 | Paraguay | 2.2% | 2017 | up 61.7% | rising |
| 102 | Mongolia | 2.2% | 2016 | down 36.4% | volatile |
| 103 | Pakistan | 2.2% | 2004 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 104 | Lesotho | 2.1% | 2017 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 105 | Italy | 2.1% | 2017 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 106 | Aruba | 2.1% | 2006 | down 17.0% | flat |
| 107 | Burundi | 2.1% | 2005 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 108 | Dominica | 2.0% | 2006 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 109 | Germany | 2.0% | 2017 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 110 | Romania | 2.0% | 2017 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 111 | Comoros | 2.0% | 2004 | up 101.7% | rising |
| 112 | Georgia | 2.0% | 2017 | down 38.8% | rising |
| 113 | Togo | 2.0% | 2017 | up 19.6% | volatile |
| 114 | Armenia | 2.0% | 2017 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 115 | Ghana | 2.0% | 2016 | up 72.3% | rising |
| 116 | Saint Lucia | 2.0% | 2017 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 117 | Poland | 1.9% | 2017 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 118 | United States of America | 1.9% | 2017 | down 28.5% | flat |
| 119 | Hungary | 1.9% | 2017 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 120 | North Macedonia | 1.8% | 2017 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 121 | Grenada | 1.8% | 2014 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 122 | Slovenia | 1.8% | 2017 | down 44.1% | rising |
| 123 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.8% | 2017 | up 179.9% | rising |
| 124 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.8% | 2017 | up 23.8% | falling |
| 125 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.7% | 2005 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 126 | Gambia | 1.7% | 2006 | up 154.1% | rising |
| 127 | Croatia | 1.7% | 2014 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 128 | Türkiye | 1.7% | 2017 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 129 | Bangladesh | 1.6% | 2016 | up 162.4% | volatile |
| 130 | Tunisia | 1.6% | 2016 | down 46.8% | rising |
| 131 | Latvia | 1.6% | 2017 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 132 | Congo | 1.6% | 1994 | down 43.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Estonia | 1.5% | 2017 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 134 | Zambia | 1.5% | 2006 | up 33.1% | volatile |
| 135 | Lithuania | 1.5% | 2017 | down 40.9% | rising |
| 136 | Senegal | 1.5% | 2016 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 137 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.5% | 2017 | down 27.3% | rising |
| 138 | Benin | 1.4% | 2013 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 139 | Macau, China | 1.4% | 2017 | down 17.0% | rising |
| 140 | Sri Lanka | 1.3% | 2017 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 141 | Oman | 1.3% | 2013 | up 76.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Central African Republic | 1.2% | 2012 | up 102.8% | rising |
| 143 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 1.2% | 2017 | up 70.0% | flat |
| 144 | Mali | 1.2% | 2006 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 145 | Niger | 1.1% | 2005 | up 11.5% | falling |
| 146 | Montenegro | 1.1% | 2016 | up 88.1% | rising |
| 147 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 1.1% | 2016 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 148 | Belize | 1.1% | 1996 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 149 | Nigeria | 1.0% | 2017 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 150 | Ecuador | 1.0% | 2017 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 151 | Albania | 1.0% | 2016 | down 64.5% | falling |
| 152 | Haiti | 0.9% | 2006 | up 60.9% | rising |
| 153 | Afghanistan | 0.9% | 2017 | up 33.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Uganda | 0.8% | 2004 | up 120.7% | rising |
| 155 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.8% | 2015 | down 78.6% | volatile |
| 156 | Sierra Leone | 0.8% | 2017 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 157 | Mozambique | 0.7% | 2004 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 158 | Madagascar | 0.7% | 2008 | down 34.9% | rising |
| 159 | Sudan | 0.6% | 2006 | down 29.3% | volatile |
| 160 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.6% | 2005 | up 87.6% | rising |
| 161 | Kuwait | 0.4% | 1998 | up 51.3% | volatile |
| 162 | Palestine, State of | 0.2% | 2015 | up 84.9% | rising |
| 163 | Bahrain | 0.1% | 2013 | down 86.8% | falling |
About this data
Corporate income taxes include natural resources taxes.