List of sovereign states by tax revenue to GDP ratio
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Total revenue from direct and indirect taxes given as share of GDP in 2017[1]
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This article lists countries alphabetically, with total tax revenue as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) for the listed countries. The tax percentage for each country listed in the source has been added to the chart.
Tax revenue as percentage of GDP in the European Union.
Relation between the tax revenue to GDP ratio and the real GDP growth rate (average rate in years 2013–2018, according to List of countries by real GDP growth rate, data mainly from the World Bank)
Relation between the tax revenue to GDP ratio and the real GDP growth rate (average rate in years 2013–2018, according to List of countries by real GDP growth rate, data mainly from the World Bank) – zoom
Relation between the tax revenue to GDP ratio and the real GDP growth rate (average rate in years 2013–2018, according to List of countries by real GDP growth rate, data mainly from the World Bank) – big zoom
Relation between the tax revenue to GDP ratio and the real GDP growth rate (average rate in years 2013–2018, according to List of countries by real GDP growth rate, data mainly from the World Bank) – European Union
Tax as % of GDP (2020)[edit]
at the top of the table.| Continent | Country | Tax Revenue (% of GDP) |
GDP (billions, PPP) |
Tax Revenue (billions) |
Gov't Expen- diture |
Public Debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (% of GDP, nominal) | ||||||
| Europe |  France |
46.2 | $2,962.8 | $1,368.81 | 56.4 | 98.6 |
| Europe |  Denmark |
46.0 | $301.3 | $138.60 | 51.7 | 34.3 |
| Europe |  Belgium |
44.6 | $550.5 | $245.52 | 52.5 | 101.4 |
| Europe |  Sweden |
44.0 | $542.0 | $238.48 | 49.7 | 39.0 |
| Europe |  Finland |
43.3 | $256.5 | $111.06 | 54.4 | 60.5 |
| Europe |  Italy |
42.4 | $2,397.4 | $1,016.50 | 48.8 | 132.1 |
| Europe |  Austria |
41.8 | $463.2 | $193.62 | 49.3 | 74.2 |
| North America |  Cuba |
40.6 | $155.9 | $63.30 | 64.8 | 51.0 |
| Europe |  Greece |
39.4 | $312.7 | $123.20 | 47.8 | 183.3 |
| Europe |  Netherlands |
38.8 | $969.2 | $376.05 | 42.7 | 54.4 |
| Europe |  Luxembourg |
38.7 | $64.2 | $24.85 | 42.7 | 21.8 |
| Europe |  Croatia |
38.6 | $107.4 | $41.46 | 46.6 | 73.9 |
| Europe |  Norway |
38.2 | $395.9 | $151.23 | 49.8 | 36.8 |
| Europe |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
37.9 | $47.3 | $17.93 | 41.1 | 37.0 |
| Europe |  Hungary |
37.7 | $311.9 | $117.59 | 46.7 | 69.4 |
| Europe |  Iceland |
37.7 | $19.5 | $7.35 | 43.2 | 35.4 |
| Europe |  Germany |
37.5 | $4,356.4 | $1,633.65 | 43.9 | 59.8 |
| Europe |  Serbia |
36.1 | $122.8 | $44.33 | 40.9 | 54.3 |
| Europe |  Montenegro |
36.0 | $11.9 | $4.28 | 47.6 | 72.1 |
| Europe |  Slovenia |
36.0 | $76.0 | $27.36 | 43.6 | 68.5 |
| Europe |  Czech Republic |
34.9 | $395.9 | $138.17 | 39.7 | 33.0 |
| Europe |  Portugal |
34.7 | $329.2 | $114.23 | 44.8 | 121.4 |
| Europe |  Ukraine |
34.2 | $390.3 | $133.48 | 42.0 | 63.9 |
| Europe |  Poland |
33.9 | $1,212.9 | $411.17 | 41.3 | 48.4 |
| Europe |  Cyprus |
33.7 | $34.5 | $11.63 | 37.1 | 102.5 |
| Europe |  Spain |
33.7 | $1,864.4 | $628.30 | 41.5 | 97.0 |
| Europe |  United Kingdom |
33.3 | $3,037.8 | $1,011.59 | 41.0 | 86.9 |
| Europe |  Moldova |
33.2 | $25.9 | $8.60 | 30.8 | 27.1 |
| Europe |  Estonia |
33.0 | $45.0 | $14.85 | 39.4 | 8.1 |
| Europe |  Slovakia |
32.9 | $191.2 | $62.90 | 40.8 | 48.8 |
| Asia |  Israel |
32.7 | $337.2 | $110.26 | 39.4 | 59.6 |
| Europe |  Malta |
32.7 | $21.3 | $6.97 | 36.5 | 45.4 |
| South America |  Brazil |
32.3 | $3,365.3 | $1,086.99 | 38.9 | 87.9 |
| North America |  Canada |
32.2 | $1,836.8 | $591.45 | 40.5 | 90.6 |
| Oceania |  New Zealand |
32.0 | $197.8 | $63.30 | 37.5 | 29.4 |
| North America |  Barbados |
31.8 | $5.3 | $1.69 | 32.0 | 124.5 |
| Africa |  Seychelles |
31.7 | $2.9 | $0.92 | 37.0 | 58.2 |
| South America |  Uruguay |
30.9 | $81.6 | $25.21 | 33.4 | 70.0 |
| Africa |  Djibouti |
30.8 | $4.0 | $1.23 | 39.3 | 67.4 |
| Asia |  Japan |
30.6 | $5,594.5 | $1,711.92 | 38.4 | 237.1 |
| Asia |  Solomon Islands |
30.6 | $1.4 | $0.43 | 46.8 | 12.1 |
| Europe |  Latvia |
30.4 | $57.8 | $17.57 | 37.3 | 37.6 |
| South America |  Argentina |
30.3 | $915.1 | $277.28 | 40.5 | 86.3 |
| Africa |  Namibia |
30.1 | $27.1 | $8.16 | 37.4 | 47.1 |
| Europe |  Lithuania |
29.8 | $97.0 | $28.91 | 33.7 | 35.9 |
| Africa |  Lesotho |
29.1 | $6.9 | $2.01 | 46.8 | 39.0 |
| Africa |  Eswatini |
29.1 | $12.1 | $3.52 | 35.2 | 34.9 |
| Asia |  Macau |
28.9 | $77.3 | $22.34 | 18.5 | 0.0 |
| North America |  Dominica |
28.7 | $0.7 | $0.20 | 52.9 | 83.1 |
| Africa |  South Africa |
28.6 | $789.4 | $225.77 | 33.0 | 56.7 |
| Europe |  Switzerland |
28.5 | $548.5 | $156.32 | 34.0 | 40.5 |
| North America |  Belize |
28.2 | $3.4 | $0.96 | 33.5 | 94.8 |
| Oceania |  Australia |
27.8 | $1,318.2 | $366.46 | 35.8 | 40.7 |
| North America |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
27.8 | $1.3 | $0.36 | 29.6 | 73.1 |
| Europe |  Bulgaria |
27.7 | $162.3 | $44.96 | 33.6 | 20.5 |
| North America |  Jamaica |
27.3 | $27.0 | $7.37 | 29.0 | 99.4 |
| North America |  United States |
27.1 | $20,494.1 | $5,553.90 | 38.1 | 105.8 |
| Asia |  South Korea |
26.9 | $2,136.3 | $574.66 | 32.8 | 40.7 |
| Africa |  Algeria |
26.6 | $657.5 | $174.90 | 39.8 | 36.9 |
| Oceania |  Fiji |
26.6 | $9.1 | $2.42 | 32.2 | 49.7 |
| South America |  Guyana |
26.2 | $6.7 | $1.76 | 34.5 | 57.0 |
| Asia |  Brunei |
26.0 | $34.6 | $9.00 | 35.8 | 2.5 |
| Europe |  Albania |
25.7 | $38.4 | $9.87 | 29.1 | 68.6 |
| Europe |  Georgia |
25.7 | $42.6 | $10.95 | 29.6 | 44.5 |
| Europe |  North Macedonia |
25.5 | $32.6 | $8.31 | 31.1 | 39.5 |
| Europe |  Belarus |
25.1 | $189.2 | $47.49 | 39.1 | 47.8 |
| Asia/Europe |  Turkey |
24.9 | $2,292.5 | $570.83 | 34.6 | 29.1 |
| Europe |  Romania |
24.7 | $516.3 | $127.53 | 31.4 | 36.6 |
| Europe |  Russia |
24.2 | $4,213.4 | $1,019.64 | 34.7 | 14.0 |
| North America |  Costa Rica |
24.1 | $88.2 | $21.26 | 19.7 | 53.5 |
| Oceania |  Samoa |
24.1 | $1.2 | $0.29 | 35.3 | 50.2 |
| South America |  Bolivia |
23.9 | $84.1 | $20.10 | 39.1 | 53.9 |
| North America |  Nicaragua |
23.8 | $35.7 | $8.50 | 27.4 | 37.2 |
| Europe |  Kosovo |
23.3 | $20.9 | $4.87 | 28.0 | 17.0 |
| Asia |  Mongolia |
23.2 | $43.5 | $10.09 | 33.4 | 73.3 |
| Africa |  Mozambique |
23.2 | $39.2 | $9.09 | 31.8 | 100.4 |
| North America |  Honduras |
22.8 | $49.2 | $11.22 | 26.9 | 40.3 |
| Europe |  Ireland |
22.8 | $385.9 | $87.99 | 26.6 | 65.2 |
| North America |  Saint Lucia |
22.5 | $2.5 | $0.56 | 25.5 | 66.8 |
| Africa |  Togo |
22.2 | $14.0 | $3.11 | 26.7 | 74.6 |
| North America |  Trinidad and Tobago |
22.2 | $44.4 | $9.86 | 33.4 | 45.3 |
| Africa |  Congo |
22.1 | $30.3 | $6.70 | 38.2 | 98.5 |
| Africa |  Zimbabwe |
22.1 | $42.5 | $9.39 | 20.0 | 29.8 |
| Africa |  Senegal |
22.0 | $59.5 | $13.09 | 22.8 | 64.4 |
| Africa |  Morocco |
21.8 | $314.6 | $68.58 | 30.1 | 65.2 |
| Africa |  Tunisia |
21.4 | $144.2 | $30.86 | 30.0 | 77.0 |
| Oceania |  Tonga |
21.3 | $0.6 | $0.13 | 43.7 | 49.2 |
| Africa |  Gabon |
21.1 | $38.0 | $8.02 | 18.9 | 58.2 |
| Europe |  Armenia |
20.8 | $30.4 | $6.32 | 25.4 | 48.5 |
| Asia |  Tajikistan |
20.6 | $31.1 | $6.41 | 34.0 | 47.9 |
| Asia |  Maldives |
20.5 | $8.0 | $1.64 | 32.7 | 61.5 |
| North America |  El Salvador |
20.4 | $53.4 | $10.89 | 23.9 | 67.1 |
| Asia |  Nepal |
20.3 | $86.1 | $17.48 | 27.2 | 30.4 |
| South America |  Chile |
20.2 | $481.8 | $97.32 | 25.3 | 25.6 |
| South America |  Venezuela |
20.2 | $277.8 | $56.12 | 33.5 | 175.6 |
| Africa |  Mauritius |
20.0 | $30.0 | $6.00 | 24.4 | 65.2 |
| South America |  Ecuador |
19.9 | $199.5 | $39.70 | 37.5 | 46.1 |
| Asia |  Kyrgyzstan |
19.8 | $24.5 | $4.85 | 37.2 | 56.0 |
| Africa |  Mauritania |
19.7 | $18.1 | $3.57 | 28.0 | 83.9 |
| South America |  Colombia |
18.8 | $744.7 | $140.00 | 27.7 | 50.5 |
| Asia |  Vietnam |
18.6 | $710.3 | $132.12 | 28.3 | 57.5 |
| Africa |  Burkina Faso |
18.1 | $38.8 | $7.02 | 27.7 | 43.0 |
| Africa |  Kenya |
18.1 | $177.3 | $32.09 | 26.1 | 57.2 |
| Asia |  India |
18.08 | $10,505.3 | $1,899.36 | 31.15 | 89.6 |
| North America |  Bahamas |
17.9 | $12.6 | $2.26 | 20.5 | 61.0 |
| Africa |  Ghana |
17.6 | $190.7 | $33.56 | 20.0 | 59.6 |
| Asia |  Thailand |
17.6 | $1,320.4 | $232.39 | 21.7 | 42.1 |
| Asia |  China |
17.5 | $25,270.1 | $4,422.27 | 32.7 | 50.5 |
| Oceania |  Kiribati |
17.5 | $0.2 | $0.04 | 125.7 | 21.9 |
| Africa |  Ivory Coast |
17.4 | $107.0 | $18.62 | 24.2 | 52.2 |
| Asia |  Uzbekistan |
17.3 | $250.3 | $43.30 | 29.0 | 23.5 |
| Africa |  Malawi |
17.3 | $23.7 | $4.10 | 30.7 | 61.3 |
| Africa |  Gambia |
17.2 | $6.1 | $1.05 | 21.9 | 83.2 |
| Oceania |  Vanuatu |
17.1 | $0.8 | $0.14 | 36.0 | 50.5 |
| Africa |  Rwanda |
16.6 | $27.4 | $4.55 | 26.0 | 40.7 |
| Asia |  Kazakhstan |
16.4 | $508.6 | $83.41 | 22.0 | 21.9 |
| Asia |  Cambodia |
16.2 | $70.5 | $11.42 | 23.2 | 29.4 |
| North America |  Mexico |
16.2 | $2,569.8 | $416.31 | 26.3 | 53.6 |
| Africa |  Mali |
16.1 | $44.2 | $7.12 | 21.8 | 36.6 |
| Asia |  Turkmenistan |
15.6 | $112.7 | $17.58 | 15.1 | 29.3 |
| Africa |  Comoros |
15.5 | $1.4 | $0.22 | 29.7 | 31.2 |
| South America |  Peru |
15.3 | $457.5 | $70.00 | 21.3 | 26.8 |
| Asia |  Lebanon |
15.3 | $89.5 | $13.69 | 30.3 | 150.9 |
| Africa |  Egypt |
15.2 | $1,296.3 | $197.04 | 31.7 | 92.6 |
| Africa |  Zambia |
15.2 | $72.9 | $11.08 | 24.7 | 72.4 |
| Asia |  Jordan |
15.0 | $93.4 | $14.01 | 29.7 | 94.2 |
| North America |  Panama |
14.7 | $106.8 | $15.70 | 21.8 | 39.4 |
| South America |  Suriname |
14.6 | $8.9 | $1.30 | 29.0 | 69.6 |
| Africa |  Cameroon |
14.4 | $95.3 | $13.72 | 19.8 | 37.7 |
| Africa |  Niger |
14.4 | $23.5 | $3.38 | 26.5 | 55.1 |
| Asia |  Philippines |
14.2 | $952.6 | $135.27 | 20.1 | 39.6 |
| Asia |  Hong Kong |
14.1 | $480.5 | $67.75 | 18.0 | 0.1 |
| Asia |  Singapore |
14.1 | $565.8 | $79.78 | 17.2 | 108.3 |
| Africa |  Botswana |
14.0 | $41.9 | $5.87 | 32.1 | 12.9 |
| North America |  Dominican Republic |
13.9 | $189.2 | $26.30 | 17.8 | 41.6 |
| South America |  Paraguay |
13.8 | $94.5 | $13.04 | 19.5 | 21.6 |
| Oceania |  Papua New Guinea |
13.7 | $30.9 | $4.23 | 21.3 | 36.9 |
| Asia |  Bhutan |
13.6 | $7.8 | $1.06 | 31.1 | 102.6 |
| Africa |  Burundi |
13.6 | $8.2 | $1.12 | 21.8 | 58.4 |
| Asia |  Malaysia |
13.6 | $999.4 | $135.92 | 22.6 | 56.2 |
| Europe |  Azerbaijan |
13.3 | $179.7 | $23.90 | 35.1 | 19.4 |
| Africa |  Guinea |
13.3 | $30.7 | $4.08 | 16.9 | 38.7 |
| North America |  Haiti |
13.3 | $20.7 | $2.75 | 18.8 | 33.0 |
| Africa |  Benin |
13.2 | $27.7 | $3.66 | 23.0 | 54.6 |
| Asia |  East Timor |
13.1 | $6.7 | $0.88 | 56.2 | 5.4 |
| Africa |  Uganda |
13.1 | $97.0 | $12.71 | 19.7 | 42.2 |
| Oceania |  Micronesia |
13.0 | $0.4 | $0.05 | 63.2 | 20.2 |
| Asia |  Sri Lanka |
12.6 | $290.6 | $36.62 | 19.2 | 84.1 |
| Asia |  Pakistan |
12.5 | $1,141.4 | $142.68 | 21.0 | 72.1 |
| North America |  Guatemala |
12.4 | $145.6 | $18.05 | 12.1 | 24.5 |
| Africa |  São Tomé and Príncipe |
12.1 | $0.7 | $0.08 | 27.6 | 81.3 |
| Asia |  Laos |
12.0 | $53.7 | $6.44 | 21.1 | 63.0 |
| Africa |  Liberia |
11.9 | $6.3 | $0.75 | 33.9 | 40.5 |
| Africa |  Tanzania |
11.8 | $175.8 | $20.74 | 16.8 | 36.0 |
| Africa |  Ethiopia |
11.6 | $219.5 | $25.46 | 17.5 | 61.1 |
| Asia |  Indonesia |
11.5 | $3,494.7 | $401.89 | 16.7 | 29.2 |
| Africa |  Madagascar |
11.5 | $42.9 | $4.93 | 16.8 | 39.7 |
| Africa |  Sierra Leone |
11.1 | $12.3 | $1.37 | 23.4 | 71.3 |
| Africa |  Guinea-Bissau |
10.3 | $3.4 | $0.35 | 21.1 | 56.1 |
| Africa |  Angola |
9.2 | $199.3 | $18.34 | 21.8 | 88.1 |
| Asia |  United Arab Emirates |
9.2 | $723.7 | $66.58 | 30.5 | 18.7 |
| Asia |  Bangladesh |
9.1 | $761.7 | $69.31 | 13.7 | 34.8 |
| Asia |  Taiwan |
8.9 | $1,251.5 | $111.38 | 17.8 | 35.0 |
| Africa |  Eritrea |
8.0 | $10.0 | $0.80 | 29.1 | 129.4 |
| Africa |  Sudan |
8.0 | $177.7 | $14.22 | 13.6 | 163 |
| Asia |  Bahrain |
7.8 | $74.1 | $5.78 | 33.6 | 93.4 |
| Africa |  Chad |
7.7 | $30.2 | $2.33 | 14.8 | 46.6 |
| Asia |  Afghanistan |
7.6 | $72.6 | $5.52 | 26.3 | 7.1 |
| Africa |  DR Congo |
7.6 | $72.9 | $5.54 | 12.4 | 15.7 |
| Asia |  Yemen |
7.4 | $73.3 | $5.42 | 10.8 | 63.2 |
| Asia |  Iran |
7.3 | $1,610.7 | $117.58 | 19.0 | 33.2 |
| Africa |  Cape Verde |
6.9 | $4.0 | $0.28 | 30.7 | 127.7 |
| Africa |  Central African Republic |
6.9 | $3.6 | $0.25 | 14.7 | 48.5 |
| Asia |  Burma |
6.1 | $328.4 | $20.03 | 20.4 | 38.2 |
| Africa |  Equatorial Guinea |
5.9 | $29.8 | $1.76 | 21.3 | 35.9 |
| Asia |  Qatar |
4.9 | $354.8 | $17.39 | 34.3 | 48.4 |
| Asia |  Oman |
4.2 | $198.5 | $8.34 | 46.1 | 50.9 |
| Africa |  Nigeria |
3.6 | $1,168.5 | $42.07 | 11.2 | 28.4 |
| Asia |  Saudi Arabia |
3.4 | $1,857.5 | $63.16 | 35.7 | 19.1 |
| Asia |  Iraq |
2.0 | $673.3 | $13.47 | 36.7 | 48.4 |
| Asia |  Kuwait |
1.4 | $306.4 | $4.29 | 50.9 | 14.8 |
| Asia |  North Korea |
N/A | $40.00 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Africa |  Libya |
N/A | $74.7 | N/A | 105.8 | 4.9 |
| Europe |  Liechtenstein |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Africa |  Somalia |
N/A | $21.2 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Asia |  Syria |
N/A | $64.5 | N/A | N/A | 130.6 |
See also[edit]
- List of countries by government budget
- List of countries by government spending as percentage of GDP
- List of countries by social welfare spending
- Taxation in the United States
- List of countries by tax rates
- Tax rates in Europe
References[edit]
- ^ "Total tax revenues". Our World in Data. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ Heritage.org (2020). "Heritage data".
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