List_of_countries_by_tax_revenue_to_GDP_ratio

List of sovereign states by tax revenue to GDP ratio

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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.

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)

Total revenue from direct and indirect taxes given as share of GDP in 2017^[1]

Tax as % of GDP (2020)

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Continent	Country	Tax revenue (% of GDP)	GDP (billions, PPP)	Tax revenue (billions)	Gov't expen- diture	Public debt
Continent	Country	Tax revenue (% of GDP)	GDP (billions, PPP)	Tax revenue (billions)	(% 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	$630.59	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

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"Total tax revenues". Our World in Data. Retrieved 7 March 2020.

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List of sovereign states by tax revenue to GDP ratio

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