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Taxes on goods and services as share of GDP by country

Tax revenue on goods and services (including sales taxes, value added taxes and excise duties) divided by gross domestic product, expressed as a percentage.

Countries reporting
187
Highest
19.3%
Croatia
Lowest
0.0%
Kuwait
Median
7.6%
Years covered
44
1980–2023
Data points
5,751

What the numbers show

Taxes on goods and services as share of GDP is currently reported for 187 countries. The highest value is 19.3% in Croatia; the lowest is 0.0% in Kuwait.

The median across all reporting countries is 7.6%, and the mean is 8.1%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,525.

Over the past decade 107 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 as share of GDP: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Croatia 19.3% 2023 up 8.0% rising
2 Montenegro 18.5% 2021 up 13.1% rising
3 Macao 18.1% 2023 down 46.6% rising
4 Samoa 17.6% 2023 up 24.8% rising
5 Bosnia and Herzegovina 17.3% 2023 down 6.7% rising
6 Serbia 17.2% 2022 up 10.8% rising
7 Seychelles 16.0% 2023 up 5.6% volatile
8 Greece 15.8% 2023 up 6.7% rising
9 Hungary 15.7% 2023 down 7.6% rising
10 Tonga 15.6% 2023 up 22.2% volatile
11 Jamaica 15.6% 2022 up 29.5% rising
12 Lesotho 15.1% 2022 up 73.6% rising
13 Maldives 15.0% 2023 up 54.5% volatile
14 Kyrgyzstan 14.8% 2023 up 29.0% rising
15 Bulgaria 14.5% 2023 down 3.1% rising
16 Argentina 14.4% 2022 down 1.2% rising
17 Moldova 14.2% 2023 up 0.4% flat
18 Portugal 14.0% 2023 up 6.7% rising
19 Vanuatu 13.9% 2023 down 0.8% rising
20 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 13.7% 2021 up 23.6% volatile
21 Brazil 13.6% 2022 down 8.9% rising
22 Malta 13.6% 2009 up 20.1% volatile
23 Albania 13.5% 2023 up 7.3% rising
24 Finland 13.4% 2023 down 9.1% rising
25 Latvia 13.3% 2023 up 6.0% rising
26 Cyprus 13.2% 2023 up 7.5% rising
27 Dominica 13.2% 2023 up 0.6% volatile
28 Estonia 13.1% 2023 up 1.9% rising
29 Georgia 13.0% 2023 up 6.1% rising
30 North Macedonia 12.8% 2023 up 15.6% rising
31 Mauritius 12.8% 2023 down 1.8% rising
32 Slovenia 12.7% 2023 down 14.5% rising
33 Italy 12.4% 2023 down 0.3% rising
34 Belize 12.4% 2023 up 64.4% rising
35 Denmark 12.4% 2023 down 16.6% falling
36 Armenia 12.3% 2023 up 22.9% rising
37 Slovakia 12.2% 2023 up 9.4% flat
38 Ukraine 12.1% 2023 down 6.3% rising
39 Tunisia 11.9% 2022 up 20.7% rising
40 France 11.9% 2023 down 2.0% flat
41 Sweden 11.8% 2023 down 4.7% rising
42 Bolivia 11.7% 2018 up 58.1% rising
43 Austria 11.7% 2023 down 3.5% falling
44 Belarus 11.6% 2023 down 5.8% falling
45 Bahamas 11.4% 2023 up 535.7% volatile
46 Iceland 11.3% 2023 down 0.6% falling
47 New Zealand 11.3% 2023 down 1.0% rising
48 Jordan 11.3% 2023 up 4.5% rising
49 Netherlands 11.2% 2023 up 3.6% rising
50 Morocco 11.2% 2023 down 2.3% rising
51 Barbados 11.2% 2018 up 10.0% rising
52 Nicaragua 11.2% 2022 up 11.3% rising
53 Lithuania 11.1% 2023 up 3.8% flat
54 Belgium 11.0% 2023 down 7.7% flat
55 Poland 11.0% 2023 down 7.8% rising
56 Kiribati 11.0% 2023 up 44.1% rising
57 United Kingdom 10.9% 2023 down 4.0% rising
58 Fiji 10.8% 2023 down 7.8% rising
59 El Salvador 10.7% 2023 up 7.6% rising
60 Antigua and Barbuda 10.6% 2022 up 11.1% rising
61 Turkey 10.6% 2023 down 13.3% rising
62 Chile 10.5% 2023 up 10.1% flat
63 Romania 10.4% 2022 down 15.0% rising
64 Burundi 10.4% 2022 up 21.9% rising
65 Spain 10.3% 2023 up 2.8% rising
66 Czechia 10.2% 2023 down 12.7% rising
67 Senegal 10.2% 2023 up 33.3% rising
68 Honduras 10.1% 2022 up 11.2% rising
69 Germany 10.1% 2023 down 11.0% rising
70 Grenada 10.0% 2023 up 9.1% rising
71 Israel 10.0% 2023 down 15.4% falling
72 South Africa 9.9% 2022 up 5.9% rising
73 Cape Verde 9.9% 2023 up 25.9% rising
74 Burkina Faso 9.8% 2023 up 29.5% volatile
75 India 9.8% 2016 up 8.7% flat
76 Norway 9.7% 2023 down 11.8% falling
77 Uruguay 9.7% 2021 down 3.6% rising
78 Luxembourg 9.7% 2023 down 9.5% flat
79 China 9.5% 2023 down 26.3% rising
80 Russia 9.0% 2023 up 44.5% flat
81 Thailand 8.9% 2023 down 10.7% rising
82 Tajikistan 8.8% 2022 down 22.4% rising
83 Nepal 8.7% 2023 up 25.9% volatile
84 Peru 8.4% 2022 up 5.4% flat
85 Venezuela 8.4% 2017 up 33.4% volatile
86 Togo 8.2% 2023 up 37.5% rising
87 Dominican Republic 8.1% 2023 down 3.1% rising
88 Costa Rica 8.1% 2023 down 5.2% rising
89 San Marino 8.0% 2023 down 16.4% falling
90 Saint Kitts and Nevis 7.9% 2023 down 13.6% rising
91 Ecuador 7.9% 2022 up 8.0% rising
92 Azerbaijan 7.8% 2023 up 37.2% rising
93 Australia 7.7% 2022 down 3.8% falling
94 Canada 7.6% 2023 up 6.5% falling
95 Namibia 7.6% 2022 up 15.8% falling
96 Uzbekistan 7.5% 2023 down 18.2% falling
97 South Korea 7.3% 2023 down 1.4% flat
98 Zambia 7.2% 2023 up 11.9% rising
99 Kenya 7.0% 2023 up 37.2% rising
100 Cameroon 7.0% 2023 up 16.1% rising
101 Palau 7.0% 2020 up 2.4% rising
102 Japan 6.9% 2023 up 34.8% rising
103 Mozambique 6.8% 2023 down 30.7% rising
104 Djibouti 6.8% 2007 down 25.2% falling
105 Mongolia 6.7% 2022 down 30.6% rising
106 Guatemala 6.6% 2023 up 0.1% rising
107 Eswatini 6.5% 2023 up 18.3% volatile
108 Paraguay 6.4% 2023 up 6.5% rising
109 Uganda 6.4% 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 6.1% 2023 up 45.9% rising
113 Cambodia 6.1% 2023 up 16.9% rising
114 Ghana 6.1% 2022 up 44.6% rising
115 Ireland 6.0% 2023 down 39.0% falling
116 Mali 6.0% 2023 up 13.2% rising
117 Guinea 5.9% 2023 up 16.7% rising
118 Marshall Islands 5.9% 2020 up 3.9% rising
119 Madagascar 5.8% 2023 up 1.9% rising
120 Mexico 5.8% 2023 up 49.2% falling
121 Vietnam 5.7% 2006 down 4.7% rising
122 Benin 5.7% 2013 up 24.0% rising
123 Laos 5.6% 2022 down 10.9% rising
124 Pakistan 5.6% 2023 up 17.6% rising
125 Saudi Arabia 5.6% 2023 up 461.5% rising
126 Egypt 5.6% 2022 up 20.0% rising
127 Switzerland 5.5% 2023 down 8.0% rising
128 Liechtenstein 5.4% 2020 down 5.4% falling
129 Botswana 5.3% 2023 up 28.9% volatile
130 Zimbabwe 5.2% 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 4.7% 2023 down 27.4% rising
134 Tanzania 4.7% 2023 down 13.1% rising
135 Papua New Guinea 4.7% 2023 down 12.1% rising
136 Mauritania 4.7% 2007 up 25.0% rising
137 Trinidad and Tobago 4.7% 2023 down 10.7% flat
138 Eritrea 4.7% 2002 down 27.4% falling
139 Algeria 4.5% 2016 up 17.6% falling
140 Saint Lucia 4.4% 2023 down 46.1% falling
141 Sri Lanka 4.2% 2023 down 17.4% falling
142 Gambia 4.2% 2023 up 8.4% rising
143 Bangladesh 4.2% 2021 up 49.6% rising
144 Turkmenistan 4.0% 2008 up 1.0% flat
145 United States 3.9% 2023 down 7.1% falling
146 East Timor 3.9% 2016 up 20.7% rising
147 Myanmar 3.9% 2019 up 75.6% volatile
148 Philippines 3.8% 2023 up 4.1% falling
149 Singapore 3.7% 2023 down 8.3% falling
150 Suriname 3.7% 2006 up 17.7% rising
151 Guinea-Bissau 3.6% 2023 up 26.9% volatile
152 Cote d'Ivoire 3.6% 2005 down 25.3% falling
153 Malaysia 3.4% 2023 up 14.1% falling
154 Democratic Republic of Congo 3.4% 2023 down 18.9% rising
155 Indonesia 3.4% 2019 down 13.0% falling
156 Sao Tome and Principe 3.3% 2023 up 146.1% falling
157 Hong Kong 3.3% 2023 down 16.0% rising
158 Central African Republic 3.2% 2022 up 39.5% rising
159 Palestine 3.2% 2021 up 2.8% rising
160 Tuvalu 3.0% 2022 down 16.6% rising
161 Niger 3.0% 2023 down 32.0% volatile
162 Guyana 2.9% 2023 down 58.6% rising
163 Congo 2.9% 2022 up 4.5% rising
164 Panama 2.8% 2014 up 19.8% falling
165 Gabon 2.7% 2023 down 17.4% flat
166 Syria 2.6% 2007 up 26.3% rising
167 Aruba 2.6% 2006 down 31.2% falling
168 Haiti 2.5% 2016 up 10.0% rising
169 Yemen 2.5% 2012 up 23.9% flat
170 Lebanon 2.5% 2021 down 70.7% volatile
171 Bahrain 2.1% 2020 up 1,598.8% volatile
172 Sudan 2.1% 2020 up 510.5% volatile
173 Nauru 2.1% 2023 up 14.8% falling
174 Afghanistan 2.0% 2020 down 22.8% volatile
175 Sierra Leone 2.0% 2023 down 13.8% rising
176 Comoros 1.9% 2004 up 239.6% volatile
177 Cuba 1.9% 2021 down 90.2% falling
178 Ethiopia 1.8% 2023 down 39.5% falling
179 Chad 1.6% 2018 up 197.7% rising
180 Liberia 1.5% 2023 down 28.9% falling
181 Nigeria 1.4% 2023 up 47.5% falling
182 Angola 1.2% 2006 down 84.9% volatile
183 Equatorial Guinea 1.0% 2023 up 197.4% volatile
184 Somalia 0.4% 2023 up 252.6% rising
185 Oman 0.3% 1999 up 59.8% rising
186 Brunei 0.1% 2009 up 7.6% falling
187 Kuwait 0.0% 1998 down 9.7% volatile

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Indicator
Taxes on goods and services as share of GDP
Unit
% of GDP
Source
UNU-WIDER Government Revenue Dataset (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
187 places, 5,751 data points, 1980–2023
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Tax revenue on goods and services (including sales taxes, value added taxes and excise duties) divided by gross domestic product, expressed as a percentage.