Tax revenue in Singapore

Central government tax revenue in Singapore was equal to 13.6% of GDP in 2024.

Measure: Tax revenue as a share of GDP (central government) Unit: % of GDP Data: 1972 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Singapore, 2024 13.6% % of GDP
Change from 2023 −0.2percentage points 2023: 13.7%
World, 2024 13.9% Official aggregate

Tax revenue in Singapore 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 SingaporeWorld
2024 13.6% 13.9%
2023 13.7% 13.9%
2022 11.7% 14.5%
2021 12.6% 14.3%
2020 12.7% 13.7%
2019 13.2% 13.8%
2018 13.0% 13.9%
2017 13.9% 14.2%
2016 13.2% 13.9%
2015 13.1% 14.0%
2014 13.6% 14.0%
2013 13.3% 14.0%
2012 13.6% 13.8%
2011 13.1% 13.7%
2010 12.8% 13.3%
2009 13.0% 13.1%
2008 13.8% 14.3%
2007 12.8% 14.8%
2006 11.8% 14.5%
2005 11.6% 14.1%
2004 11.6% 14.5%
2003 12.4% 14.4%
2002 12.7% 14.6%
2001 14.6% –
2000 14.9% –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 13.7% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 13.6%, the figure has changed by 0 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 Singapore
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