Tax revenue as a share of GDP (central government)
Compulsory transfers to central government for public purposes, as a percentage of GDP. Social security contributions and most fines are excluded, and subnational taxes are not covered.
118 countries have a value for 2022, the latest period with data for most countries. Some countries have newer figures; see the ranking below for each country's latest year.
Trend 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 | United States | China | India |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13.9% | 10.8% | 7.0% | – |
| 2023 | 13.9% | 10.6% | 7.6% | – |
| 2022 | 14.5% | 12.6% | 7.5% | 6.9% |
| 2021 | 14.3% | 11.4% | 7.8% | – |
| 2020 | 13.7% | 10.1% | 7.9% | – |
| 2019 | 13.8% | 9.9% | 8.3% | – |
| 2018 | 13.9% | 9.9% | 8.9% | 12.0% |
| 2017 | 14.2% | 11.5% | 9.2% | 11.4% |
| 2016 | 13.9% | 10.9% | 8.9% | 11.1% |
| 2015 | 14.0% | 11.2% | 9.2% | 10.6% |
| 2014 | 14.0% | 10.9% | 9.5% | 10.0% |
| 2013 | 14.0% | 10.5% | 9.7% | 11.0% |
| 2012 | 13.8% | 9.8% | 10.1% | 10.8% |
| 2011 | 13.7% | 9.5% | 10.2% | 10.2% |
| 2010 | 13.3% | 8.6% | 10.0% | 10.4% |
| 2009 | 13.1% | 7.9% | 10.1% | 9.8% |
| 2008 | 14.3% | 10.3% | 9.9% | 11.0% |
| 2007 | 14.8% | 11.3% | 9.6% | 12.1% |
| 2006 | 14.5% | 11.3% | 8.9% | 11.1% |
| 2005 | 14.1% | 10.7% | 8.5% | 10.1% |
| 2004 | 14.5% | 9.5% | – | 9.6% |
| 2003 | 14.4% | 9.4% | – | 9.1% |
| 2002 | 14.6% | 9.9% | – | 8.7% |
| 2001 | – | 11.9% | – | 8.1% |
| 2000 | – | 13.0% | – | 8.8% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- Among the 118 countries with a value for 2022, the highest is Naoero (35.2%) and the lowest United Arab Emirates (0.6%).
- Half of the countries are above 17.1% and half below.
- From 2021 to 2022 the value rose in 7 countries and fell in 0.
- The figure for the world was 14.5% in 2022, against 14.2% in 2017 (+0.3 percentage points).
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- Covers central government only.
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All countries in 2022 Every value is for 2022, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Naoero 35.2%
- 2 Denmark 30.7%
- 3 Lesotho 30.4%
- 4 Norway 30.3%
- 5 New Zealand 29.2%
- 6 Sweden 28.2%
- 7 Greece 27.5%
- 8 Namibia 27.2%
- 9 Luxembourg 26.7%
- 10 United Kingdom 26.6%
- 11 Austria 26.1%
- 12 South Africa 26.0%
- 13 Israel 25.0%
- 14 Italy 24.6%
- 15 France 24.5%
- 16 Samoa 24.0%
- 17 Netherlands 23.9%
- 18 Serbia 23.9%
- 19 Australia 23.6%
- 20 Hungary 23.4%
- 21 Portugal 23.2%
- 22 Cyprus 23.0%
- 23 Malta 23.0%
- 24 Georgia 22.9%
- 25 Belgium 22.7%
- 26 Mozambique 22.7%
- 27 Iceland 22.2%
- 28 Solomon Islands 22.1%
- 29 Morocco 22.1%
- 30 Armenia 21.8%
- 31 Bulgaria 21.7%
- 32 Croatia 21.7%
- 33 Timor-Leste 21.6%
- 34 Lithuania 21.5%
- 35 Chile 21.3%
- 36 Finland 21.2%
- 37 El Salvador 21.2%
- 38 Estonia 21.1%
- 39 Slovenia 21.0%
- 40 Tonga 20.4%
- 41 Kiribati 20.2%
- 42 Nicaragua 19.9%
- 43 Slovakia 19.8%
- 44 Botswana 19.6%
- 45 Kyrgyzstan 19.5%
- 46 Bosnia and Herzegovina 19.1%
- 47 Mauritius 19.0%
- 48 Moldova 18.9%
- 49 Senegal 18.6%
- 50 Fiji 18.5%
- 51 Uruguay 18.4%
- 52 Czechia 18.1%
- 53 Albania 18.1%
- 54 Burkina Faso 17.9%
- 55 San Marino 17.8%
- 56 North Macedonia 17.7%
- 57 Türkiye 17.2%
- 58 South Korea 17.2%
- 59 Latvia 17.1%
- 60 Poland 17.1%
- 61 Zambia 16.8%
- 62 Ireland 16.8%
- 63 Macao SAR, China 16.7%
- 64 Ukraine 16.7%
- 65 Romania 16.5%
- 66 Jordan 15.9%
- 67 Mongolia 15.8%
- 68 Bahamas 15.5%
- 69 Spain 15.5%
- 70 Azerbaijan 15.4%
- 71 Colombia 15.3%
- 72 Thailand 15.1%
- 73 Papua New Guinea 14.8%
- 74 Brazil 14.7%
- 75 Philippines 14.6%
- 76 Kenya 14.6%
- 77 Vanuatu 14.4%
- 78 Costa Rica 14.0%
- 79 Dominican Republic 13.9%
- 80 Canada 13.7%
- 81 Andorra 13.6%
- 82 Cambodia 13.5%
- 83 Malawi 13.5%
- 84 Togo 13.4%
- 85 Mexico 13.4%
- 86 Rwanda 13.3%
- 87 Ecuador 13.1%
- 88 Angola 13.0%
- 89 United States 12.6%
- 90 Uganda 12.5%
- 91 Ghana 12.3%
- 92 Laos 12.1%
- 93 Kazakhstan 12.1%
- 94 Guatemala 11.8%
- 95 Côte d'Ivoire 11.8%
- 96 Singapore 11.7%
- 97 Tanzania 11.7%
- 98 Malaysia 11.6%
- 99 Uzbekistan 11.5%
- 100 Germany 11.3%
- 101 Belarus 11.2%
- 102 Argentina 11.1%
- 103 Russia 10.8%
- 104 Democratic Republic of the Congo 10.7%
- 105 Tajikistan 10.3%
- 106 Paraguay 10.3%
- 107 Madagascar 9.2%
- 108 Guinea-Bissau 8.7%
- 109 Switzerland 8.7%
- 110 Panama 8.6%
- 111 China 7.5%
- 112 Sri Lanka 7.3%
- 113 Saudi Arabia 7.0%
- 114 India 6.9%
- 115 Equatorial Guinea 6.6%
- 116 Ethiopia 4.5%
- 117 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 1.8%
- 118 United Arab Emirates 0.6%
- East Asia and Pacific 10.8%
- Euro area 19.4%
- Europe and Central Asia 19.7%
- European Union 19.9%
- Latin America and Caribbean 14.3%
- North America 12.7%
- OECD members 16.9%
- South Asia 6.9%
- World 14.5%
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