Tax revenue by country, 2022
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 places ranked for 2022. Highest: Naoero (35.2%). Lowest: United Arab Emirates (0.6%). The median is 17.1%.
Highest 10
- 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%
Lowest 10
- 118. United Arab Emirates 0.6%
- 117. Somalia, Fed. Rep. 1.8%
- 116. Ethiopia 4.5%
- 115. Equatorial Guinea 6.6%
- 114. India 6.9%
- 113. Saudi Arabia 7.0%
- 112. Sri Lanka 7.3%
- 111. China 7.5%
- 110. Panama 8.6%
- 109. Switzerland 8.7%
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The chart shows the 40 highest values; the table lists all 118. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
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).
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Naoero | 35.2% | 2022 | |
| 2 | Denmark | 30.7% | 2022 | |
| 3 | Lesotho | 30.4% | 2022 | |
| 4 | Norway | 30.3% | 2022 | |
| 5 | New Zealand | 29.2% | 2022 | |
| 6 | Sweden | 28.2% | 2022 | |
| 7 | Greece | 27.5% | 2022 | |
| 8 | Namibia | 27.2% | 2022 | |
| 9 | Luxembourg | 26.7% | 2022 | |
| 10 | United Kingdom | 26.6% | 2022 | |
| 11 | Austria | 26.1% | 2022 | |
| 12 | South Africa | 26.0% | 2022 | |
| 13 | Israel | 25.0% | 2022 | |
| 14 | Italy | 24.6% | 2022 | |
| 15 | France | 24.5% | 2022 | |
| 16 | Samoa | 24.0% | 2022 | |
| 17 | Netherlands | 23.9% | 2022 | |
| 18 | Serbia | 23.9% | 2022 | |
| 19 | Australia | 23.6% | 2022 | |
| 20 | Hungary | 23.4% | 2022 | |
| 21 | Portugal | 23.2% | 2022 | |
| 22 | Cyprus | 23.0% | 2022 | |
| 23 | Malta | 23.0% | 2022 | |
| 24 | Georgia | 22.9% | 2022 | |
| 25 | Belgium | 22.7% | 2022 | |
| 26 | Mozambique | 22.7% | 2022 | |
| 27 | Iceland | 22.2% | 2022 | |
| 28 | Solomon Islands | 22.1% | 2022 | |
| 29 | Morocco | 22.1% | 2022 | |
| 30 | Armenia | 21.8% | 2022 | |
| 31 | Bulgaria | 21.7% | 2022 | |
| 32 | Croatia | 21.7% | 2022 | |
| 33 | Timor-Leste | 21.6% | 2022 | |
| 34 | Lithuania | 21.5% | 2022 | |
| 35 | Chile | 21.3% | 2022 | |
| 36 | Finland | 21.2% | 2022 | |
| 37 | El Salvador | 21.2% | 2022 | |
| 38 | Estonia | 21.1% | 2022 | |
| 39 | Slovenia | 21.0% | 2022 | |
| 40 | Tonga | 20.4% | 2022 | |
| 41 | Kiribati | 20.2% | 2022 | |
| 42 | Nicaragua | 19.9% | 2022 | |
| 43 | Slovakia | 19.8% | 2022 | |
| 44 | Botswana | 19.6% | 2022 | |
| 45 | Kyrgyzstan | 19.5% | 2022 | |
| 46 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 19.1% | 2022 | |
| 47 | Mauritius | 19.0% | 2022 | |
| 48 | Moldova | 18.9% | 2022 | |
| 49 | Senegal | 18.6% | 2022 | |
| 50 | Fiji | 18.5% | 2022 | |
| 51 | Uruguay | 18.4% | 2022 | |
| 52 | Czechia | 18.1% | 2022 | |
| 53 | Albania | 18.1% | 2022 | |
| 54 | Burkina Faso | 17.9% | 2022 | |
| 55 | San Marino | 17.8% | 2022 | |
| 56 | North Macedonia | 17.7% | 2022 | |
| 57 | Türkiye | 17.2% | 2022 | |
| 58 | South Korea | 17.2% | 2022 | |
| 59 | Latvia | 17.1% | 2022 | |
| 60 | Poland | 17.1% | 2022 | |
| 61 | Zambia | 16.8% | 2022 | |
| 62 | Ireland | 16.8% | 2022 | |
| 63 | Macao SAR, China | 16.7% | 2022 | |
| 64 | Ukraine | 16.7% | 2022 | |
| 65 | Romania | 16.5% | 2022 | |
| 66 | Jordan | 15.9% | 2022 | |
| 67 | Mongolia | 15.8% | 2022 | |
| 68 | Bahamas | 15.5% | 2022 | |
| 69 | Spain | 15.5% | 2022 | |
| 70 | Azerbaijan | 15.4% | 2022 | |
| 71 | Colombia | 15.3% | 2022 | |
| 72 | Thailand | 15.1% | 2022 | |
| 73 | Papua New Guinea | 14.8% | 2022 | |
| 74 | Brazil | 14.7% | 2022 | |
| 75 | Philippines | 14.6% | 2022 | |
| 76 | Kenya | 14.6% | 2022 | |
| 77 | Vanuatu | 14.4% | 2022 | |
| 78 | Costa Rica | 14.0% | 2022 | |
| 79 | Dominican Republic | 13.9% | 2022 | |
| 80 | Canada | 13.7% | 2022 | |
| 81 | Andorra | 13.6% | 2022 | |
| 82 | Cambodia | 13.5% | 2022 | |
| 83 | Malawi | 13.5% | 2022 | |
| 84 | Togo | 13.4% | 2022 | |
| 85 | Mexico | 13.4% | 2022 | |
| 86 | Rwanda | 13.3% | 2022 | |
| 87 | Ecuador | 13.1% | 2022 | |
| 88 | Angola | 13.0% | 2022 | |
| 89 | United States | 12.6% | 2022 | |
| 90 | Uganda | 12.5% | 2022 | |
| 91 | Ghana | 12.3% | 2022 | |
| 92 | Laos | 12.1% | 2022 | |
| 93 | Kazakhstan | 12.1% | 2022 | |
| 94 | Guatemala | 11.8% | 2022 | |
| 95 | Côte d'Ivoire | 11.8% | 2022 | |
| 96 | Singapore | 11.7% | 2022 | |
| 97 | Tanzania | 11.7% | 2022 | |
| 98 | Malaysia | 11.6% | 2022 | |
| 99 | Uzbekistan | 11.5% | 2022 | |
| 100 | Germany | 11.3% | 2022 | |
| 101 | Belarus | 11.2% | 2022 | |
| 102 | Argentina | 11.1% | 2022 | |
| 103 | Russia | 10.8% | 2022 | |
| 104 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 10.7% | 2022 | |
| 105 | Tajikistan | 10.3% | 2022 | |
| 106 | Paraguay | 10.3% | 2022 | |
| 107 | Madagascar | 9.2% | 2022 | |
| 108 | Guinea-Bissau | 8.7% | 2022 | |
| 109 | Switzerland | 8.7% | 2022 | |
| 110 | Panama | 8.6% | 2022 | |
| 111 | China | 7.5% | 2022 | |
| 112 | Sri Lanka | 7.3% | 2022 | |
| 113 | Saudi Arabia | 7.0% | 2022 | |
| 114 | India | 6.9% | 2022 | |
| 115 | Equatorial Guinea | 6.6% | 2022 | |
| 116 | Ethiopia | 4.5% | 2022 | |
| 117 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 1.8% | 2022 | |
| 118 | United Arab Emirates | 0.6% | 2022 |
Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.
How this ranking works
Every country is ranked on its value for 2022, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2022 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by World Bank; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.
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