Revenue Statistics in Asia and the Pacific - Comparative tax and non-tax revenues by country
Internationally comparable tax and non-tax revenue data from Revenue Statistics in Asia and the Pacific economies 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...
What the numbers show
Revenue Statistics in Asia and the Pacific - Comparative tax and non-tax revenues is currently reported for 37 countries. The highest value is 33.73 Percentage of GDP in Japan; the lowest is 6.72 Percentage of GDP in Bangladesh.
The median across all reporting countries is 17.83 Percentage of GDP, and the mean is 19.54 Percentage of GDP.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 23 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Naoero (up 76.5%), and the largest decrease in Timor-Leste (down 49.9%).
Revenue Statistics in Asia and the Pacific - Comparative tax and: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 33.73 Percentage of GDP | 2023 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 2 | New Zealand | 32.89 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 2 | Viet Nam | 17.18 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 3 | Cook Islands | 31.11 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 39.2% | flat |
| 3 | Timor-Leste | 10.02 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 49.9% | falling |
| 4 | Marshall Islands | 30.49 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 5 | Australia | 29.87 Percentage of GDP | 2023 | up 10.8% | flat |
| 6 | Mongolia | 29.5 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 46.4% | flat |
| 7 | Niue | 28.46 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 8 | Maldives | 26.25 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 9 | Georgia | 25.01 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 10 | Fiji | 24 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 11 | Solomon Islands | 23.97 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 12 | Azerbaijan | 22.9 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 13 | Armenia | 22.67 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 14 | Samoa | 22.01 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 15 | Kyrgyzstan | 21.85 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 16 | China | 19.51 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 17 | Tonga | 18.23 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 18 | Philippines | 18.1 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 19 | Kiribati | 17.83 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 64.1% | rising |
| 20 | Kazakhstan | 17.47 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 21 | Thailand | 17.06 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 7.0% | flat |
| 22 | Papua New Guinea | 15.54 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 23 | Vanuatu | 15.53 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 24 | Tokelau | 15.11 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 25 | Naoero | 15.1 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 76.5% | rising |
| 26 | Singapore | 13.42 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 27 | Hong Kong, China | 13.28 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 13.9% | flat |
| 28 | Bhutan | 13.17 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 29 | Malaysia | 13 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 30 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 12.73 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 31 | Sri Lanka | 12.54 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 26.9% | falling |
| 32 | Cambodia | 12.53 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 33 | Pakistan | 12.28 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 34 | Indonesia | 11.84 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 35 | Bangladesh | 6.72 Percentage of GDP | 2024 | down 10.0% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- OECD average country 34.06 Percentage of GDP
- Korea 25.33 Percentage of GDP
- Latin America and the Caribbean 21.72 Percentage of GDP
- Asia and the Pacific 19.69 Percentage of GDP
- Africa 16.09 Percentage of GDP
About this data
Internationally comparable tax and non-tax revenue data from Revenue Statistics in Asia and the Pacific economies 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, non-tax revenues, grants, royalties, fines, penalties, administrative fees, resource rents, sales of goods and services.