Tax revenue in Brazil

Central government tax revenue in Brazil was equal to 15.4% of GDP in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2010.

Measure: Tax revenue as a share of GDP (central government) Unit: % of GDP Data: 2010 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Brazil, 2024 15.4% % of GDP
Change from 2023 +1.4percentage points 2023: 14.0%
World, 2024 13.9% Official aggregate
Median of G20 countries, 2024 13.7% Middle value of 15 countries

Tax revenue in Brazil over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Tax revenue as a share of GDP (central government) (% of GDP), 2002 to 2024
Period BrazilWorld
2024 15.4% 13.9%
2023 14.0% 13.9%
2022 14.7% 14.5%
2021 14.1% 14.3%
2020 12.7% 13.7%
2019 13.7% 13.8%
2018 13.9% 13.9%
2017 13.6% 14.2%
2016 13.7% 13.9%
2015 13.6% 14.0%
2014 13.5% 14.0%
2013 14.1% 14.0%
2012 14.3% 13.8%
2011 14.9% 13.7%
2010 14.2% 13.3%
2009 – 13.1%
2008 – 14.3%
2007 – 14.8%
2006 – 14.5%
2005 – 14.1%
2004 – 14.5%
2003 – 14.4%
2002 – 14.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.4 percentage points from 14.0% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 13.5%, the figure has changed by +1.9 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 13.9%.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
GC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2010 to 2024 for Brazil
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics