Taxes on goods and services gdp by country
Countries reporting
185
Highest
19.28
Croatia
Lowest
0.0126
Kuwait
Median
7.6
Years covered
44
1980–2023
Data points
5,751
What the numbers show
Taxes on goods and services gdp is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 19.28 in Croatia; the lowest is 0.0126 in Kuwait.
The median across all reporting countries is 7.6, and the mean is 8.07.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,525.
Over the past decade 105 countries rose and 80 fell. The largest increase was in Bahrain (up 1,598.8%), and the largest decrease in Cuba (down 90.2%).
Taxes on goods and services gdp: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Croatia | 19.28 | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 2 | Montenegro | 18.55 | 2021 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 3 | Macao | 18.1 | 2023 | down 46.6% | rising |
| 4 | Samoa | 17.64 | 2023 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 5 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 17.31 | 2023 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 6 | Serbia | 17.18 | 2022 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 7 | Seychelles | 15.97 | 2023 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 8 | Greece | 15.79 | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 9 | Hungary | 15.7 | 2023 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 10 | Tonga | 15.57 | 2023 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 11 | Jamaica | 15.56 | 2022 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 12 | Lesotho | 15.05 | 2022 | up 73.6% | rising |
| 13 | Maldives | 15.04 | 2023 | up 54.5% | volatile |
| 14 | Kyrgyzstan | 14.76 | 2023 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 15 | Bulgaria | 14.47 | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 16 | Argentina | 14.38 | 2022 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 17 | Moldova | 14.23 | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 18 | Portugal | 14.01 | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 19 | Vanuatu | 13.93 | 2023 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 20 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 13.71 | 2021 | up 23.6% | volatile |
| 21 | Brazil | 13.59 | 2022 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 22 | Malta | 13.56 | 2009 | up 20.1% | volatile |
| 23 | Albania | 13.52 | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 24 | Finland | 13.4 | 2023 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 25 | Latvia | 13.35 | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 26 | Cyprus | 13.18 | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 27 | Dominica | 13.17 | 2023 | up 0.6% | volatile |
| 28 | Estonia | 13.12 | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 29 | Georgia | 13 | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 30 | North Macedonia | 12.85 | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 31 | Mauritius | 12.84 | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 32 | Slovenia | 12.71 | 2023 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 33 | Italy | 12.45 | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 34 | Belize | 12.4 | 2023 | up 64.4% | rising |
| 35 | Denmark | 12.39 | 2023 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 36 | Armenia | 12.25 | 2023 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 37 | Slovakia | 12.22 | 2023 | up 9.4% | flat |
| 38 | Ukraine | 12.1 | 2023 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 39 | Tunisia | 11.93 | 2022 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 40 | France | 11.86 | 2023 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 41 | Sweden | 11.79 | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 42 | Bolivia | 11.7 | 2018 | up 58.1% | rising |
| 43 | Austria | 11.69 | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 44 | Belarus | 11.62 | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 45 | Bahamas | 11.36 | 2023 | up 535.7% | volatile |
| 46 | Iceland | 11.34 | 2023 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 47 | New Zealand | 11.34 | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 48 | Jordan | 11.3 | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 49 | Netherlands | 11.23 | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 50 | Morocco | 11.23 | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 51 | Barbados | 11.2 | 2018 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 52 | Nicaragua | 11.17 | 2022 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 53 | Lithuania | 11.13 | 2023 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 54 | Belgium | 10.98 | 2023 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 55 | Poland | 10.97 | 2023 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 56 | Kiribati | 10.97 | 2023 | up 44.1% | rising |
| 57 | United Kingdom | 10.88 | 2023 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 58 | Fiji | 10.75 | 2023 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 59 | El Salvador | 10.67 | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 60 | Antigua and Barbuda | 10.62 | 2022 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 61 | Turkey | 10.59 | 2023 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 62 | Chile | 10.45 | 2023 | up 10.1% | flat |
| 63 | Romania | 10.43 | 2022 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 64 | Burundi | 10.36 | 2022 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 65 | Spain | 10.32 | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 66 | Czechia | 10.21 | 2023 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 67 | Senegal | 10.15 | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 68 | Honduras | 10.1 | 2022 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 69 | Germany | 10.09 | 2023 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 70 | Grenada | 10.03 | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 71 | Israel | 10 | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 73 | Cape Verde | 9.88 | 2023 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 74 | Burkina Faso | 9.84 | 2023 | up 29.5% | volatile |
| 75 | India | 9.82 | 2016 | up 8.7% | flat |
| 76 | Norway | 9.74 | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 77 | Uruguay | 9.7 | 2021 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 78 | Luxembourg | 9.67 | 2023 | down 9.5% | flat |
| 79 | China | 9.49 | 2023 | down 26.3% | rising |
| 80 | Russia | 9 | 2023 | up 44.5% | flat |
| 81 | Thailand | 8.91 | 2023 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 82 | Tajikistan | 8.79 | 2022 | down 22.4% | rising |
| 83 | Nepal | 8.69 | 2023 | up 25.9% | volatile |
| 84 | Peru | 8.42 | 2022 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 85 | Venezuela | 8.38 | 2017 | up 33.4% | volatile |
| 86 | Togo | 8.22 | 2023 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 87 | Dominican Republic | 8.11 | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 88 | Costa Rica | 8.08 | 2023 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 89 | San Marino | 8.01 | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 90 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 7.89 | 2023 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 91 | Ecuador | 7.89 | 2022 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 92 | Azerbaijan | 7.79 | 2023 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 93 | Australia | 7.73 | 2022 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 94 | Canada | 7.6 | 2023 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 95 | Namibia | 7.55 | 2022 | up 15.8% | falling |
| 96 | Uzbekistan | 7.53 | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 97 | South Korea | 7.31 | 2023 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 98 | Zambia | 7.16 | 2023 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 99 | Kenya | 6.99 | 2023 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 100 | Cameroon | 6.99 | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 101 | Palau | 6.98 | 2020 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 102 | Japan | 6.94 | 2023 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 103 | Mozambique | 6.8 | 2023 | down 30.7% | rising |
| 104 | Djibouti | 6.75 | 2007 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 105 | Mongolia | 6.69 | 2022 | down 30.6% | rising |
| 106 | Guatemala | 6.62 | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 107 | Eswatini | 6.48 | 2023 | up 18.3% | volatile |
| 108 | Paraguay | 6.43 | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 109 | Uganda | 6.38 | 2023 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 110 | Anguilla | 6.3 | 2016 | down 38.7% | rising |
| 111 | Rwanda | 6.3 | 2023 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 112 | Malawi | 6.13 | 2023 | up 45.9% | rising |
| 113 | Cambodia | 6.12 | 2023 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 114 | Ghana | 6.06 | 2022 | up 44.6% | rising |
| 115 | Ireland | 6.05 | 2023 | down 39.0% | falling |
| 116 | Mali | 6.02 | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 117 | Guinea | 5.94 | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 118 | Marshall Islands | 5.94 | 2020 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 119 | Madagascar | 5.81 | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 120 | Mexico | 5.8 | 2023 | up 49.2% | falling |
| 121 | Vietnam | 5.74 | 2006 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 122 | Benin | 5.66 | 2013 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 123 | Laos | 5.64 | 2022 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 124 | Pakistan | 5.64 | 2023 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 125 | Saudi Arabia | 5.62 | 2023 | up 461.5% | rising |
| 126 | Egypt | 5.57 | 2022 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 127 | Switzerland | 5.46 | 2023 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 128 | Liechtenstein | 5.41 | 2020 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 129 | Botswana | 5.27 | 2023 | up 28.9% | volatile |
| 130 | Zimbabwe | 5.17 | 2021 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 131 | Kazakhstan | 4.8 | 2022 | up 50.7% | falling |
| 132 | Solomon Islands | 4.8 | 2020 | down 42.4% | rising |
| 133 | Bhutan | 4.75 | 2023 | down 27.4% | rising |
| 134 | Tanzania | 4.75 | 2023 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 135 | Papua New Guinea | 4.7 | 2023 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 136 | Mauritania | 4.69 | 2007 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 137 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.69 | 2023 | down 10.7% | flat |
| 138 | Eritrea | 4.68 | 2002 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 139 | Algeria | 4.49 | 2016 | up 17.6% | falling |
| 140 | Saint Lucia | 4.36 | 2023 | down 46.1% | falling |
| 141 | Sri Lanka | 4.21 | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 142 | Gambia | 4.16 | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 143 | Bangladesh | 4.15 | 2021 | up 49.6% | rising |
| 144 | Turkmenistan | 3.95 | 2008 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 145 | United States | 3.94 | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 146 | East Timor | 3.92 | 2016 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 147 | Myanmar | 3.85 | 2019 | up 75.6% | volatile |
| 148 | Philippines | 3.81 | 2023 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 149 | Singapore | 3.75 | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 150 | Suriname | 3.65 | 2006 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 151 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.56 | 2023 | up 26.9% | volatile |
| 152 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3.56 | 2005 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 153 | Malaysia | 3.42 | 2023 | up 14.1% | falling |
| 154 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 3.39 | 2023 | down 18.9% | rising |
| 155 | Indonesia | 3.37 | 2019 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 156 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.33 | 2023 | up 146.1% | falling |
| 157 | Hong Kong | 3.27 | 2023 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 159 | Palestine | 3.2 | 2021 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 160 | Tuvalu | 3.04 | 2022 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 161 | Niger | 2.98 | 2023 | down 32.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Guyana | 2.93 | 2023 | down 58.6% | rising |
| 163 | Congo | 2.88 | 2022 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 164 | Panama | 2.76 | 2014 | up 19.8% | falling |
| 165 | Gabon | 2.66 | 2023 | down 17.4% | flat |
| 166 | Syria | 2.59 | 2007 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 167 | Aruba | 2.57 | 2006 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 168 | Haiti | 2.53 | 2016 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 169 | Yemen | 2.46 | 2012 | up 23.9% | flat |
| 170 | Lebanon | 2.46 | 2021 | down 70.7% | volatile |
| 171 | Bahrain | 2.14 | 2020 | up 1,598.8% | volatile |
| 172 | Sudan | 2.13 | 2020 | up 510.5% | volatile |
| 173 | Nauru | 2.1 | 2023 | up 14.8% | falling |
| 174 | Afghanistan | 1.98 | 2020 | down 22.8% | volatile |
| 175 | Sierra Leone | 1.95 | 2023 | down 13.8% | rising |
| 176 | Comoros | 1.95 | 2004 | up 239.6% | volatile |
| 177 | Cuba | 1.94 | 2021 | down 90.2% | falling |
| 178 | Ethiopia | 1.85 | 2023 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 179 | Chad | 1.61 | 2018 | up 197.7% | rising |
| 180 | Liberia | 1.5 | 2023 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 181 | Nigeria | 1.45 | 2023 | up 47.5% | falling |
| 182 | Angola | 1.19 | 2006 | down 84.9% | volatile |
| 183 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.02 | 2023 | up 197.4% | volatile |
| 184 | Somalia | 0.3689 | 2023 | up 252.6% | rising |
| 185 | Oman | 0.3413 | 1999 | up 59.8% | rising |
| 186 | Brunei | 0.1098 | 2009 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 187 | Kuwait | 0.0126 | 1998 | down 9.7% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- South Africa 9.9
- Central African Republic 3.21