Tax revenue in Canada

Central government tax revenue in Canada was equal to 13.7% of GDP in 2024.

Measure: Tax revenue as a share of GDP (central government) Unit: % of GDP Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Canada, 2024 13.7% % of GDP
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 13.7%
World, 2024 13.9% Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024 21.9% Middle value of 35 countries

Tax revenue in Canada 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), 2000 to 2024
Period CanadaWorld
2024 13.7% 13.9%
2023 13.7% 13.9%
2022 13.7% 14.5%
2021 14.0% 14.3%
2020 13.5% 13.7%
2019 12.7% 13.8%
2018 13.1% 13.9%
2017 12.6% 14.2%
2016 12.5% 13.9%
2015 12.4% 14.0%
2014 11.8% 14.0%
2013 11.6% 14.0%
2012 11.7% 13.8%
2011 11.8% 13.7%
2010 11.7% 13.3%
2009 12.3% 13.1%
2008 12.4% 14.3%
2007 13.3% 14.8%
2006 13.3% 14.5%
2005 13.3% 14.1%
2004 13.3% 14.5%
2003 13.2% 14.4%
2002 13.4% 14.6%
2001 14.2% –
2000 14.9% –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 13.7% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 11.8%, 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
1990 to 2024 for Canada
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