Tax revenue as share of GDP by country
Direct and indirect taxes as well as social contributions included.
Countries reporting
192
Highest
43.8%
France
Lowest
1.0%
Libya
Median
19.4%
Years covered
44
1980–2023
Data points
6,348
What the numbers show
Tax revenue as share of GDP is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 43.8% in France; the lowest is 1.0% in Libya.
The median across all reporting countries is 19.4%, and the mean is 20.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 43.
Over the past decade 117 countries rose and 74 fell. The largest increase was in Saudi Arabia (up 584.7%), and the largest decrease in Timor-Leste (down 83.2%).
Tax revenue as share of GDP: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France | 43.8% | 2023 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 2 | Denmark | 43.4% | 2023 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 3 | Finland | 42.7% | 2023 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 4 | Belgium | 42.6% | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 5 | Austria | 42.5% | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 6 | Italy | 42.0% | 2023 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 7 | Norway | 41.4% | 2023 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 8 | Sweden | 41.4% | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 9 | Luxembourg | 40.9% | 2023 | up 13.1% | flat |
| 10 | Greece | 39.8% | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 11 | Netherlands | 38.5% | 2023 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 12 | Serbia | 38.4% | 2022 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 13 | Croatia | 38.0% | 2023 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 14 | Germany | 37.5% | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 15 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 37.1% | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 16 | Montenegro | 36.8% | 2021 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 17 | Spain | 36.4% | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 18 | Slovenia | 36.4% | 2023 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 19 | Portugal | 35.8% | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 20 | Iceland | 35.6% | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 21 | Slovakia | 35.5% | 2023 | up 14.5% | falling |
| 22 | Belarus | 35.3% | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 23 | Poland | 35.1% | 2023 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 24 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 34.9% | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 25 | Japan | 34.9% | 2022 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 26 | Canada | 34.8% | 2023 | up 11.7% | flat |
| 27 | Tunisia | 34.8% | 2022 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 28 | New Zealand | 34.7% | 2023 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 29 | Hungary | 34.2% | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 30 | Czechia | 33.7% | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 31 | Estonia | 33.5% | 2023 | up 7.2% | flat |
| 32 | Malta | 32.8% | 2009 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 33 | Brazil | 32.7% | 2022 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 34 | Lithuania | 32.6% | 2023 | up 21.3% | flat |
| 35 | Latvia | 31.9% | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 36 | Ukraine | 31.4% | 2023 | down 13.5% | flat |
| 37 | Mongolia | 31.3% | 2022 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 38 | Republic of Moldova | 30.6% | 2023 | up 12.1% | flat |
| 39 | Russian Federation | 30.5% | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 40 | Lesotho | 30.4% | 2022 | down 39.6% | rising |
| 41 | Australia | 30.4% | 2022 | up 11.7% | flat |
| 42 | Bulgaria | 30.0% | 2023 | up 7.2% | flat |
| 43 | Israel | 29.8% | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 44 | Argentina | 29.6% | 2022 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 45 | North Macedonia | 29.5% | 2023 | up 22.5% | falling |
| 46 | Cyprus | 28.2% | 2023 | — | rising |
| 47 | Liechtenstein | 28.1% | 2020 | up 28.1% | flat |
| 48 | South Africa | 28.1% | 2022 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 49 | Nicaragua | 27.8% | 2022 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 50 | Jamaica | 27.8% | 2023 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 51 | Eswatini | 27.7% | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 52 | Romania | 27.5% | 2022 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 53 | Seychelles | 27.2% | 2023 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 54 | Namibia | 27.0% | 2022 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 55 | Republic of Korea | 26.9% | 2023 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 56 | Switzerland | 26.8% | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 57 | Samoa | 26.4% | 2023 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 58 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 26.2% | 2021 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 59 | Barbados | 26.2% | 2023 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 60 | Uruguay | 25.9% | 2021 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 61 | Kyrgyzstan | 25.9% | 2022 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 62 | Albania | 25.5% | 2023 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 63 | Colombia | 25.2% | 2023 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 64 | Costa Rica | 24.9% | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 65 | United States of America | 24.8% | 2023 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 66 | Georgia | 24.6% | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 67 | Grenada | 23.7% | 2023 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 68 | Maldives | 23.6% | 2023 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 69 | Türkiye | 23.2% | 2023 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 70 | Armenia | 23.0% | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 71 | Botswana | 22.8% | 2023 | down 14.9% | flat |
| 72 | Marshall Islands | 22.5% | 2008 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 73 | Azerbaijan | 22.5% | 2023 | up 65.5% | rising |
| 74 | Dominica | 22.3% | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 75 | Tonga | 22.2% | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 76 | China | 22.1% | 2023 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 77 | Ireland | 21.9% | 2023 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 78 | Belize | 21.7% | 2023 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 79 | Solomon Islands | 21.6% | 2023 | down 18.8% | rising |
| 80 | Honduras | 21.6% | 2022 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 81 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 21.5% | 2023 | down 36.2% | rising |
| 82 | Macau, China | 21.3% | 2023 | down 39.8% | rising |
| 83 | Mauritius | 21.1% | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 84 | Morocco | 21.0% | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 85 | Mozambique | 20.9% | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 86 | Fiji | 20.7% | 2023 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 87 | El Salvador | 20.6% | 2023 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 88 | Gabon | 20.5% | 1996 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 89 | Kazakhstan | 20.5% | 2022 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 90 | Naoero | 20.3% | 2023 | up 129.0% | rising |
| 91 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 20.2% | 2015 | up 32.3% | falling |
| 92 | United Arab Emirates | 20.0% | 2022 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 93 | Trinidad and Tobago | 19.9% | 2023 | up 13.6% | falling |
| 94 | Tajikistan | 19.7% | 2022 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 95 | Eritrea | 19.5% | 2002 | up 11.3% | falling |
| 96 | Senegal | 19.4% | 2023 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 97 | Saint Lucia | 19.4% | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 98 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 19.3% | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 99 | Chile | 18.9% | 2023 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 100 | Cape Verde | 18.8% | 2023 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 101 | Uzbekistan | 18.8% | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 102 | Suriname | 18.6% | 2022 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 103 | Aruba | 18.5% | 2022 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 104 | Burkina Faso | 18.4% | 2023 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 105 | Kiribati | 18.3% | 2023 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 106 | Anguilla | 18.2% | 2016 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 107 | Vanuatu | 18.1% | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 108 | Palau | 18.1% | 2020 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 109 | Antigua and Barbuda | 18.0% | 2022 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 110 | Cuba | 17.7% | 2021 | down 53.2% | rising |
| 111 | Nepal | 17.7% | 2023 | up 32.9% | volatile |
| 112 | India | 17.3% | 2023 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 113 | San Marino | 17.3% | 2023 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 114 | Bahamas | 17.3% | 2023 | up 47.6% | rising |
| 115 | Angola | 17.2% | 2023 | down 46.0% | falling |
| 116 | Jordan | 17.2% | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 117 | Thailand | 17.0% | 2023 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 118 | Peru | 16.9% | 2022 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 119 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 16.5% | 2023 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 120 | Zambia | 16.2% | 2023 | up 15.3% | falling |
| 121 | Kenya | 16.1% | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 122 | Papua New Guinea | 15.8% | 2023 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 123 | Burundi | 15.6% | 2021 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 124 | Mali | 15.5% | 2023 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 125 | Ecuador | 15.1% | 2022 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 126 | Malawi | 15.1% | 2023 | up 50.1% | rising |
| 127 | Togo | 14.9% | 2023 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 128 | Zimbabwe | 14.9% | 2021 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 129 | Dominican Republic | 14.3% | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 130 | Mexico | 14.3% | 2023 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 131 | Philippines | 14.1% | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 132 | Singapore | 14.0% | 2023 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 133 | Rwanda | 14.0% | 2023 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 134 | Côte d'Ivoire | 13.6% | 2023 | up 20.6% | falling |
| 135 | Ghana | 13.5% | 2023 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 136 | Hong Kong, China | 13.3% | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 137 | Tuvalu | 13.3% | 2022 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 138 | Cameroon | 13.0% | 2019 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 139 | Mauritania | 12.6% | 2023 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 140 | Malaysia | 12.6% | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 141 | Egypt | 12.5% | 2015 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 142 | Panama | 12.5% | 2023 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 143 | Uganda | 12.5% | 2023 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 144 | Bhutan | 12.4% | 2023 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 145 | Pakistan | 12.4% | 2023 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 146 | Guatemala | 12.3% | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 147 | Cambodia | 12.0% | 2023 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 148 | Turkmenistan | 11.9% | 2008 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 149 | Guinea | 11.9% | 2023 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 150 | Benin | 11.6% | 2013 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 151 | Sao Tome and Principe | 11.5% | 2023 | down 39.5% | rising |
| 152 | Liberia | 11.5% | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 153 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 11.5% | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 154 | Paraguay | 11.3% | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 155 | Djibouti | 11.3% | 2020 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 156 | Equatorial Guinea | 11.3% | 2023 | up 45.0% | falling |
| 157 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 10.6% | 2022 | down 20.6% | rising |
| 158 | Syrian Arab Republic | 10.5% | 2008 | down 28.4% | rising |
| 159 | Madagascar | 10.4% | 2023 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 160 | Guyana | 10.3% | 2023 | down 30.9% | rising |
| 161 | Indonesia | 10.3% | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 162 | Sri Lanka | 9.8% | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 163 | Gambia | 9.5% | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 164 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 9.3% | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 165 | Guinea-Bissau | 9.2% | 2023 | up 42.0% | rising |
| 166 | Timor-Leste | 8.7% | 2016 | down 83.2% | volatile |
| 167 | Comoros | 8.2% | 2023 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 168 | Niger | 8.1% | 2023 | down 32.1% | rising |
| 169 | Saudi Arabia | 8.0% | 2023 | up 584.7% | volatile |
| 170 | Congo | 7.8% | 2022 | up 13.9% | falling |
| 171 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 7.4% | 2009 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 172 | Bangladesh | 7.3% | 2023 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 173 | Central African Republic | 7.2% | 2022 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 174 | Nigeria | 7.2% | 2007 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 175 | Yemen | 7.0% | 2012 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 176 | Afghanistan | 6.8% | 2020 | down 29.3% | rising |
| 177 | Palestine, State of | 6.6% | 2021 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 178 | Myanmar | 6.4% | 2019 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 179 | Sierra Leone | 6.3% | 2023 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 180 | Lebanon | 5.8% | 2021 | down 65.4% | rising |
| 181 | Chad | 5.7% | 2018 | down 44.4% | volatile |
| 182 | Brunei Darussalam | 5.6% | 2023 | down 52.9% | falling |
| 183 | Qatar | 4.4% | 2008 | up 578.5% | volatile |
| 184 | Oman | 4.4% | 2023 | up 97.2% | volatile |
| 185 | Haiti | 4.0% | 2023 | down 42.3% | rising |
| 186 | Ethiopia | 3.9% | 2023 | down 55.1% | falling |
| 187 | Sudan | 3.1% | 2020 | down 47.4% | falling |
| 188 | Bahrain | 2.8% | 2020 | up 150.2% | volatile |
| 189 | Somalia | 2.1% | 2023 | up 69.7% | rising |
| 190 | Iraq | 1.3% | 2019 | up 47.3% | rising |
| 191 | Kuwait | 1.2% | 2023 | up 96.4% | volatile |
| 192 | Libya | 1.0% | 2012 | down 76.0% | volatile |
About this data
Direct and indirect taxes as well as social contributions included.