Tax revenue in Serbia

Central government tax revenue in Serbia was equal to 23.9% of GDP in 2022. The value for 2022 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2007.

Measure: Tax revenue as a share of GDP (central government) Unit: % of GDP Data: 2007 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Serbia, 2022 23.9% % of GDP
Change from 2021 +4.2percentage points 2021: 19.7%
World, 2022 14.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2022 18th of 118 See the full ranking

Tax revenue in Serbia 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 SerbiaWorld
2024 – 13.9%
2023 – 13.9%
2022 23.9% 14.5%
2021 19.7% 14.3%
2020 22.4% 13.7%
2019 23.0% 13.8%
2018 22.6% 13.9%
2017 23.1% 14.2%
2016 22.4% 13.9%
2015 21.5% 14.0%
2014 21.1% 14.0%
2013 20.0% 14.0%
2012 17.8% 13.8%
2011 18.3% 13.7%
2010 19.4% 13.3%
2009 19.2% 13.1%
2008 20.4% 14.3%
2007 20.5% 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 +4.2 percentage points from 19.7% in 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 17.8%, the figure has changed by +6.1 percentage points.
  • Among the 118 countries with data for 2022, Serbia has the 18th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2022 was 14.5%.

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
2007 to 2022 for Serbia
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