Tax revenue in Mexico

Central government tax revenue in Mexico was equal to 14.8% of GDP in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1972.

Measure: Tax revenue as a share of GDP (central government) Unit: % of GDP Data: 1972 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Mexico, 2024 14.8% % of GDP
Change from 2023 +0.6percentage points 2023: 14.2%
World, 2024 13.9% Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024 21.9% Middle value of 35 countries

Tax revenue in Mexico 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 MexicoWorld
2024 14.8% 13.9%
2023 14.2% 13.9%
2022 13.4% 14.5%
2021 13.4% 14.3%
2020 13.9% 13.7%
2019 12.8% 13.8%
2018 12.7% 13.9%
2017 12.7% 14.2%
2016 13.1% 13.9%
2015 12.3% 14.0%
2014 10.2% 14.0%
2013 9.9% 14.0%
2012 9.4% 13.8%
2011 9.6% 13.7%
2010 9.7% 13.3%
2009 9.2% 13.1%
2008 9.6% 14.3%
2007 – 14.8%
2006 – 14.5%
2005 – 14.1%
2004 – 14.5%
2003 – 14.4%
2002 – 14.6%
2000 9.1% –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.6 percentage points from 14.2% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 10.2%, the figure has changed by +4.6 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
1972 to 2024 for Mexico
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