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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
- Northern Europe 27.1%
- Southern Africa 25.5%
- Oceania 24.1%
- China, Macao Special Administrative Region 22.9%
- Southern Europe 21.2%
- Europe 19.7%
- Western Europe 16.7%
- Europe and Northern America 15.4%
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 14.3%
- Central America 14.2%
- Latin America and the Caribbean 14.1%
- South America 14.1%
- Eastern Europe 14.0%
- World 13.8%
- Western Asia 12.9%
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) 12.7%
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 12.7%
- South-Eastern Asia 12.5%
- Central Asia 11.9%
- Middle Africa 11.9%
- Americas 11.7%
- Eastern Africa 11.5%
- Northern America 11.2%
- United States of America 10.9%
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 10.5%
- Asia 9.4%
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 9.1%
- Eastern Asia 8.5%
- Central and Southern Asia 7.4%
- Southern Asia 6.8%