Tax revenue in India
Central government tax revenue in India was equal to 6.9% of GDP in 2022. The value for 2022 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1974.
India, 2022
6.9%
Change from 2018
−5.1percentage points
World, 2022
14.5%
Median of G20 countries, 2022
13.7%
Position in 2022
114th of 118
Tax revenue in India over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | India | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 13.9% |
| 2023 | – | 13.9% |
| 2022 | 6.9% | 14.5% |
| 2021 | – | 14.3% |
| 2020 | – | 13.7% |
| 2019 | – | 13.8% |
| 2018 | 12.0% | 13.9% |
| 2017 | 11.4% | 14.2% |
| 2016 | 11.1% | 13.9% |
| 2015 | 10.6% | 14.0% |
| 2014 | 10.0% | 14.0% |
| 2013 | 11.0% | 14.0% |
| 2012 | 10.8% | 13.8% |
| 2011 | 10.2% | 13.7% |
| 2010 | 10.4% | 13.3% |
| 2009 | 9.8% | 13.1% |
| 2008 | 11.0% | 14.3% |
| 2007 | 12.1% | 14.8% |
| 2006 | 11.1% | 14.5% |
| 2005 | 10.1% | 14.1% |
| 2004 | 9.6% | 14.5% |
| 2003 | 9.1% | 14.4% |
| 2002 | 8.7% | 14.6% |
| 2001 | 8.1% | – |
| 2000 | 8.8% | – |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 12.0% in 2018, a change of −5.1 percentage points.
- Since 2009, when it was 9.8%, the figure has changed by −2.9 percentage points.
- Among the 118 countries with data for 2022, India has the 114th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2022 was 14.5%.