List of countries by tax revenue as percentage of GDP

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By country List of countries by tax rates Tax revenues as %GDP Albania Algeria Argentina Australia Azerbaijan Bangladesh Bhutan Bulgaria Canada China Colombia France Germany Greece Iceland India Indonesia Iran Ireland Israel Italy Japan Kazakhstan Lithuania Malta Namibia Netherlands New Zealand Norway Pakistan Palestinian territories Peru Philippines Poland Russia Singapore South Africa Sweden Switzerland Tanzania United Kingdom United States Uruguay

This article lists countries alphabetically, with total tax revenue as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) for the listed countries. Three sources are used, one for each column. The tax percentage for each country listed in the sources has been added to the chart.

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Country	Tax as % of GDP
Afghanistan	6.4
Albania	22.9
Algeria	7.7
Angola	5.7
Argentina	37.2
Armenia	22.0
Australia	25.8
Austria	43.4
Azerbaijan	17.8
Bahamas, The	18.7
Bahrain	4.8
Bangladesh	8.5
Barbados	32.6
Belarus	24.2
Belgium	45.4
Belize	21.6
Benin	15.4
Bhutan	10.7
Bolivia	27.0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	41.2
Botswana	35.2
Brazil	34.4
Bulgaria	34.4
Burkina Faso	11.5
Burma	4.9
Burundi	17.4
Cambodia	8.0
Cameroon	18.2
Canada	32.2
Cape Verde	23.0
Chad	4.2
Chile	21.0
China	22.0
Colombia	16.1
Comoros	12.0
Congo, Republic of	5.9
Costa Rica	21.0
Côte d'Ivoire	15.3
Croatia	26.6
Cuba	44.8
Cyprus	39.2
Czech Republic	36.3
Denmark	49.0
Djibouti	20.0
Dominica	30.3
Dominican Republic	12.0
Congo, Democratic Republic of	13.2
Ecuador	13.2
Egypt	15.8
El Salvador	13.3
Equatorial Guinea	1.7
Estonia	32.3
Ethiopia	11.6
European Union	35.7
Fiji	21.8
Finland	43.6
France	44.6
Gabon	10.3
Gambia	18.9
Georgia	21.7
Germany	40.6
Ghana	20.8
Greece	30.0
Guatemala	11.9
Guinea	8.2
Guinea-Bissau	11.5
Guyana	31.9
Haiti	9.4
Honduras	15.6
Hong Kong	13.0
Hungary	39.1
Iceland	40.4
India	17.7
Indonesia	12.0
Iran	6.1
Ireland	30.8
Israel	36.8
Italy	43.5
Jamaica	27.2
Japan	28.3
Jordan	21.1
Kazakhstan	26.8
Kenya	18.4
Kiribati	20.7
Korea, South	26.8
Kuwait	1.5
Kyrgyzstan	21.4
Laos	10.8
Latvia	30.4
Lebanon	14.4
Lesotho	42.9
Liberia	13.2
Libya	2.7
Lithuania	20.9
Luxembourg	36.5
Macau, China	20.1
Macedonia	29.3
Madagascar	10.7
Malawi	20.7
Malaysia	15.5
Maldives	20.5
Mali	15.3
Malta	35.2
Mauritania	15.4
Mauritius	19.0
Mexico	19.7
Federated States of Micronesia	12.3
Moldova	33.8
Mongolia	33.8
Montenegro	28.0
Morocco	22.3
Mozambique	13.4
Namibia	28.8
Nepal	10.9
Netherlands	39.8
New Zealand	34.5
Nicaragua	17.8
Niger	11.0
Nigeria	6.1
Norway	43.6
OECD	34.8
Oman	2.0
Pakistan	10.2
Panama	10.6
Papua New Guinea	24.5
Paraguay	12.0
Peru	18
Philippines	14.4
Poland	33.8
Portugal	37.0
Qatar	2.2
Taiwan	12.4
Romania	28.1
Russia	19.5
Rwanda	14.1
Saint Lucia	23.1
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	26.5
Samoa	25.5
São Tomé and Príncipe	17.4
Saudi Arabia	5.3
Senegal	19.2
Serbia	34.1
Seychelles	32.0
Sierra Leone	10.5
Singapore	14.2
Slovakia	29.5
Slovenia	39.3
Solomon Islands	24.7
South Africa	26.9
Spain	37.3
Sri Lanka	11.6
Sudan	6.3
Suriname	22.1
Swaziland	39.8
Sweden	45.8
Switzerland	29.4
Syria	10.7
Tajikistan	16.5
Tanzania	12.0
Thailand	17.0
Togo	15.5
Tonga	27.0
Trinidad and Tobago	28.0
Tunisia	14.9
Turkey	32.5
Turkmenistan	20.2
Uganda	12.6
Ukraine	28.1
United Arab Emirates	1.4
United Kingdom	39.0
United States	26.9
Uruguay	23.1
Uzbekistan	21.0
Vanuatu	17.8
Venezuela	25.0
Vietnam	13.8
Yemen	7.1
Zambia	16.1
Zimbabwe	27.2

See also

• Tax rates around the world
• Tax rates of Europe
• Government budget by country

Further reading

Some of these provide additional info for various countries.

• Tax revenues fall in OECD countries. Dec. 15, 2010. OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development). At the end of the article are links to tables.
• Federal Tax Revenue as Share of GDP 1990-2009 for 148 Countries - excludes voluntary insurance programs. World Bank.
• 5506.0 - Taxation Revenue, Australia, 2008-09. Australian Bureau of Statistics.
• OECD Taxes as Share of GDP 1999-2005. Tax Policy Center (Urban Institute, Brookings Institution).
• Tax revenue as an automatic fiscal stabiliser - a South African perspective. September 2002. By A.S. Swanepoel (South African Reserve Bank), and Nicolaas J. Schoeman (Department of Economics, University of Pretoria). South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences (SAJEMS). See table 2 on page 576. Total taxes of 26.4% of GDP in 2001. Research Repository of the University of Pretoria, South Africa: [1]
• RGST to raise tax-to-GDP ratio to 12pc. By Nasir Jamal. Oct 6, 2010. Dawn (Pakistan's oldest, and most widely read English-language newspaper).