Tax revenue in World
Central government tax revenue in the world was equal to 13.9% of GDP in 2024.
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
World, 2024
13.9%
Change from 2023
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European Union, 2024
19.8%
Tax revenue in World 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.
| Period | World | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13.9% | 19.8% |
| 2023 | 13.9% | 19.6% |
| 2022 | 14.5% | 19.9% |
| 2021 | 14.3% | 19.9% |
| 2020 | 13.7% | 19.6% |
| 2019 | 13.8% | 20.0% |
| 2018 | 13.9% | 19.9% |
| 2017 | 14.2% | 19.8% |
| 2016 | 13.9% | 19.7% |
| 2015 | 14.0% | 19.7% |
| 2014 | 14.0% | 19.9% |
| 2013 | 14.0% | 19.7% |
| 2012 | 13.8% | 19.3% |
| 2011 | 13.7% | 18.9% |
| 2010 | 13.3% | 18.7% |
| 2009 | 13.1% | 18.4% |
| 2008 | 14.3% | 19.2% |
| 2007 | 14.8% | 19.6% |
| 2006 | 14.5% | 19.3% |
| 2005 | 14.1% | 19.0% |
| 2004 | 14.5% | 18.7% |
| 2003 | 14.4% | 18.9% |
| 2002 | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| 2001 | – | 19.4% |
| 2000 | – | 19.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of 0 percentage points from 13.9% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 14.0%, the figure has changed by −0.1 percentage points.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 19.8%.