Tax revenue as a proportion of GDP (%) by country

Countries reporting
164
Highest
44.3%
Naoero
Lowest
0.0%
Somalia
Median
16.8%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
3,662

What the numbers show

Tax revenue as a proportion of GDP (%) is currently reported for 164 countries. The highest value is 44.3% in Naoero; the lowest is 0.0% in Somalia.

The median across all reporting countries is 16.8%, and the mean is 16.7%.

Over the past decade 94 countries rose and 69 fell. The largest increase was in Saudi Arabia (up 207.4%), and the largest decrease in Timor-Leste (down 85.3%).

Tax revenue as a proportion of GDP: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Naoero 44.3% 2020 up 121.4% rising
2 Lesotho 37.3% 2024 up 2.6% rising
3 Namibia 33.0% 2023 down 0.1% rising
4 Denmark 31.6% 2023 down 6.5% rising
5 New Zealand 30.7% 2023 up 14.9% flat
6 Sweden 27.6% 2023 up 2.7% flat
7 Norway 27.1% 2023 up 8.2% falling
8 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 27.0% 2024 up 9.1% flat
8 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 27.0% 2024 up 9.1% flat
10 Luxembourg 26.8% 2023 up 9.3% rising
11 Greece 26.7% 2023 up 7.9% rising
12 Austria 25.6% 2023 down 4.2% flat
13 South Africa 25.4% 2023 up 6.6% rising
14 Finland 25.4% 2023 up 22.4% flat
15 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 25.3% 2023 up 22.8% rising
16 Italy 24.7% 2023 down 1.9% rising
17 Eswatini 24.3% 2021 up 46.3% rising
18 Georgia 24.3% 2024 up 10.0% rising
19 Australia and New Zealand 24.3% 2022 up 11.8% falling
20 Samoa 24.0% 2023 up 5.6% rising
21 Serbia 23.9% 2022 up 34.1% rising
22 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 23.8% 2017 up 13.9% rising
23 Jamaica 23.7% 2020 down 2.5% rising
24 Australia 23.6% 2022 up 12.0% falling
25 Hungary 23.4% 2022 up 2.2% rising
26 Barbados 23.4% 2016 down 7.4% falling
27 Cyprus 23.3% 2023 down 1.1% flat
28 Iceland 23.2% 2023 up 7.8% flat
29 France 23.1% 2023 down 0.5% rising
30 Belgium 22.8% 2022 down 11.3% falling
31 Portugal 22.6% 2023 down 1.1% rising
32 Botswana 22.5% 2024 down 17.0% falling
33 Armenia 22.4% 2024 up 3.6% rising
34 Israel 22.1% 2023 down 1.6% falling
35 Seychelles 22.1% 2008 down 9.9% falling
36 Solomon Islands 22.1% 2022 down 15.7% falling
37 Mozambique 21.9% 2024 down 8.8% rising
38 Timor-Leste 21.6% 2022 down 85.3% volatile
38 Timor-Leste 21.6% 2022 down 85.3% volatile
40 El Salvador 21.5% 2024 up 28.7% rising
41 Malta 21.5% 2023 down 14.6% flat
42 Lithuania 21.4% 2023 up 35.7% flat
43 Belize 21.3% 2017 up 23.1% rising
44 Estonia 21.3% 2023 up 5.4% rising
45 Croatia 21.2% 2023 up 2.8% flat
46 Ukraine 21.0% 2024 up 21.6% rising
47 Morocco 20.7% 2023 up 0.6% rising
48 Fiji 20.5% 2023 down 12.5% falling
49 Mauritius 20.5% 2024 up 14.9% rising
50 Bulgaria 20.5% 2023 up 4.2% flat
51 Tonga 20.5% 2023 up 20.8% rising
52 Kyrgyzstan 20.4% 2024 up 16.1% rising
53 Slovenia 20.3% 2023 down 7.2% falling
54 Bosnia and Herzegovina 20.3% 2024 up 2.7% falling
55 Tunisia 20.1% 2012 up 2.9% flat
56 Nicaragua 19.9% 2023 up 32.8% rising
57 Senegal 19.5% 2023 up 23.9% rising
58 Maldives 19.5% 2021 up 61.1% rising
59 Slovakia 19.3% 2023 up 15.9% rising
60 Republic of Moldova 18.6% 2023 up 20.1% rising
60 Republic of Moldova 18.6% 2023 up 20.1% rising
62 Burkina Faso 18.6% 2023 up 24.1% rising
63 Cabo Verde 18.4% 2020 up 9.3% falling
64 Saint Lucia 18.2% 2017 down 0.2% rising
65 Uruguay 18.2% 2024 up 5.1% rising
66 Poland 18.0% 2023 up 14.8% rising
67 Palau 17.9% 2020 up 7.7% rising
68 Albania 17.8% 2023 up 8.0% rising
69 Azerbaijan 17.8% 2023 up 32.8% rising
70 North Macedonia 17.8% 2023 up 13.3% falling
71 Chile 17.7% 2023 up 1.5% rising
72 Kiribati 17.7% 2023 up 7.0% rising
73 Türkiye 17.6% 2024 down 1.8% flat
73 Türkiye 17.6% 2024 down 1.8% flat
75 Vanuatu 17.6% 2023 down 3.6% flat
76 San Marino 17.3% 2023 up 1.2% flat
77 Marshall Islands 17.2% 2020 down 3.2% flat
78 Jordan 17.0% 2023 up 14.2% falling
79 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 17.0% 2007 up 37.6% rising
80 Mongolia 16.9% 2024 up 30.6% falling
81 Ireland 16.8% 2022 down 24.8% falling
82 Zambia 16.8% 2021 up 14.0% rising
83 Trinidad and Tobago 16.8% 2019 down 37.5% falling
84 Melanesia 16.7% 2023 down 12.8% falling
85 Latvia 16.6% 2023 up 4.6% rising
86 Romania 16.2% 2022 down 5.5% falling
87 Bahamas 16.2% 2023 up 37.6% rising
88 Papua New Guinea 15.9% 2023 down 11.0% falling
89 Peru 15.9% 2021 down 0.3% rising
90 Brazil 15.4% 2024 up 14.2% flat
91 Colombia 15.3% 2024 down 2.7% rising
92 Thailand 15.3% 2024 down 7.5% rising
93 Honduras 15.1% 2020 up 4.4% rising
94 Saint Kitts and Nevis 15.0% 2020 down 7.8% falling
95 Spain 15.0% 2023 up 10.7% flat
96 Dominican Republic 14.7% 2024 up 9.6% rising
97 Republic of Korea 14.6% 2023 up 12.1% rising
97 Republic of Korea 14.6% 2023 up 12.1% rising
99 Canada 14.2% 2024 up 20.5% flat
100 Mexico 14.2% 2023 up 43.6% rising
101 Singapore 14.2% 2024 up 4.7% flat
102 Philippines 14.1% 2023 up 10.7% rising
103 Kenya 14.1% 2023 down 7.4% falling
104 Andorra 13.9% 2023 down 1.2% flat
105 Nepal 13.9% 2023 up 4.9% rising
106 Costa Rica 13.9% 2023 up 3.7% flat
107 Togo 13.8% 2023 up 14.0% rising
108 Rwanda 13.5% 2023 up 4.3% rising
109 Malawi 13.5% 2022 up 45.0% rising
110 Ecuador 13.1% 2022 down 7.3% falling
111 Côte d'Ivoire 13.0% 2023 up 22.6% rising
111 Côte d'Ivoire 13.0% 2023 up 22.6% rising
113 Uganda 13.0% 2023 up 20.1% rising
114 United Republic of Tanzania 12.8% 2024 up 12.7% rising
115 Belarus 12.7% 2023 down 4.9% falling
116 Czechia 12.6% 2022 down 14.7% falling
117 Burundi 12.6% 2021 down 18.7% falling
118 Malaysia 12.6% 2023 down 17.9% falling
119 Egypt 12.5% 2015 down 11.0% falling
120 Ghana 12.3% 2022 down 20.0% falling
121 Bhutan 12.3% 2020 up 0.7% rising
122 Cambodia 12.2% 2023 up 31.4% rising
123 Lao People's Democratic Republic 12.1% 2022 down 11.0% falling
123 Lao People's Democratic Republic 12.1% 2022 down 11.0% falling
125 Russian Federation 12.1% 2023 down 6.7% falling
125 Russian Federation 12.1% 2023 down 6.7% falling
127 Mali 12.0% 2020 up 10.2% rising
128 Kazakhstan 11.9% 2023 down 25.8% falling
129 Guatemala 11.6% 2023 up 4.2% falling
130 Uzbekistan 11.5% 2023 down 16.5% falling
131 Paraguay 11.4% 2024 up 17.0% rising
132 Cameroon 11.3% 2021 down 0.0% flat
133 Indonesia 11.1% 2009 down 4.5% flat
134 United States of America 10.9% 2024 down 0.4% flat
135 Tajikistan 10.8% 2023 rising
136 Democratic Republic of the Congo 10.7% 2022 up 23.4% rising
137 Germany 10.6% 2023 down 12.1% flat
138 Argentina 9.9% 2023 down 20.3% falling
139 Sri Lanka 9.9% 2023 down 2.0% falling
140 Afghanistan 9.9% 2017 up 87.3% rising
141 Madagascar 9.6% 2023 up 9.4% rising
142 Gabon 9.5% 2021 down 32.5% falling
143 Switzerland 9.0% 2023 down 2.7% flat
144 Guinea-Bissau 8.6% 2023 down 8.9% falling
145 Central African Republic 8.2% 2021 up 8.8% rising
146 Saudi Arabia 8.2% 2024 up 207.4% rising
147 Angola 7.7% 2024 down 35.5% falling
148 Bangladesh 7.6% 2021 down 12.0% rising
149 China 7.6% 2023 down 21.5% falling
150 Panama 7.5% 2021 down 25.1% falling
151 Sudan 7.4% 2016 up 14.2% rising
152 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 7.4% 2009 up 25.5% rising
153 Zimbabwe 7.2% 2018 down 21.6% falling
154 Micronesia (Federated States of) 7.0% 2020 up 47.6% volatile
155 India 6.7% 2022 down 37.9% rising
156 Equatorial Guinea 6.6% 2022 down 24.6% falling
157 Congo 6.5% 2021 down 19.8% rising
158 Myanmar 6.0% 2019 up 33.0% rising
159 Lebanon 5.7% 2021 down 65.3% falling
160 Ethiopia 3.4% 2024 down 61.4% falling
161 Bahrain 2.8% 2020 up 150.2% volatile
162 Iraq 1.3% 2019 up 47.0% rising
163 United Arab Emirates 0.6% 2024 up 91.9% volatile
164 Somalia 0.0% 2024 down 1.7% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Tax revenue as a proportion of GDP (%)
Unit
%
Source
United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database
Licence
UN SDG Global Database (open, attribution requested)
Coverage
194 places, 3,662 data points, 2000–2024
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