Tax revenue in Uruguay

Central government tax revenue in Uruguay was equal to 17.9% of GDP in 2024.

Measure: Tax revenue as a share of GDP (central government) Unit: % of GDP Data: 1972 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Uruguay, 2024 17.9% % of GDP
Change from 2023 −0.5percentage points 2023: 18.4%
World, 2024 13.9% Official aggregate

Tax revenue in Uruguay 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 UruguayWorld
2024 17.9% 13.9%
2023 18.4% 13.9%
2022 18.4% 14.5%
2021 17.8% 14.3%
2020 18.6% 13.7%
2019 17.9% 13.8%
2018 18.3% 13.9%
2017 18.1% 14.2%
2016 21.7% 13.9%
2015 17.1% 14.0%
2014 17.3% 14.0%
2013 17.9% 14.0%
2012 17.8% 13.8%
2011 18.2% 13.7%
2010 18.1% 13.3%
2009 18.1% 13.1%
2008 17.8% 14.3%
2007 18.1% 14.8%
2006 18.8% 14.5%
2005 17.9% 14.1%
2004 17.8% 14.5%
2003 17.2% 14.4%
2002 15.8% 14.6%
2001 15.3% –
2000 14.7% –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.5 percentage points from 18.4% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 17.3%, the figure has changed by +0.6 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 Uruguay
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