List of countries by tax revenue to GDP ratio
This article lists countries alphabetically, with total tax revenue as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) for the listed countries. The tax percentage for each country listed in the source has been added to the chart.
Tax revenue as percentage of GDP in European Union.
Relation between the tax revenue to GDP ratio and the real GDP growth rate (average rate in years 2013-2018, according to List of countries by real GDP growth rate, data mainly from the World Bank)
Relation between the tax revenue to GDP ratio and the real GDP growth rate (average rate in years 2013-2018, according to List of countries by real GDP growth rate, data mainly from the World Bank) - zoom
Relation between the tax revenue to GDP ratio and the real GDP growth rate (average rate in years 2013-2018, according to List of countries by real GDP growth rate, data mainly from the World Bank) - big zoom
Relation between the tax revenue to GDP ratio and the real GDP growth rate (average rate in years 2013-2018, according to List of countries by real GDP growth rate, data mainly from the World Bank) - European Union
Total revenue from direct and indirect taxes given as share of GDP in 2017[1]
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Tax as % of GDP
2020[2]
| Region | Country Name | Tax Burden
(% of GDP) |
GDP
(Billions, PPP) |
Gov't Expenditure
(% of GDP) |
Public Debt
(% of GDP) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Europe |  France | 46.2 | $2,962.8 | 56.4 | 98.6 |
| Europe |  Denmark | 46.0 | $301.3 | 51.7 | 34.3 |
| Europe | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium | 44.6 | $550.5 | 52.5 | 101.4 |
| Europe |  Sweden | 44.0 | $542.0 | 49.7 | 39.0 |
| Europe |  Finland | 43.3 | $256.5 | 54.4 | 60.5 |
| Europe |  Italy | 42.4 | $2,397.4 | 48.8 | 132.1 |
| Europe |  Austria | 41.8 | $463.2 | 49.3 | 74.2 |
| Americas |  Cuba | 40.6 | $155.9 | 64.8 | 51.0 |
| Europe |  Greece | 39.4 | $312.7 | 47.8 | 183.3 |
| Europe |  Netherlands | 38.8 | $969.2 | 42.7 | 54.4 |
| Europe |  Luxembourg | 38.7 | $64.2 | 42.7 | 21.8 |
| Europe |  Croatia | 38.6 | $107.4 | 46.6 | 73.9 |
| Europe |  Norway | 38.2 | $395.9 | 49.8 | 36.8 |
| Europe |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 37.9 | $47.3 | 41.1 | 37.0 |
| Europe |  Hungary | 37.7 | $311.9 | 46.7 | 69.4 |
| Europe |  Iceland | 37.7 | $19.5 | 43.2 | 35.4 |
| Europe |  Germany | 37.5 | $4,356.4 | 43.9 | 59.8 |
| Europe |  Serbia | 36.1 | $122.8 | 40.9 | 54.3 |
| Europe |  Montenegro | 36.0 | $11.9 | 47.6 | 72.1 |
| Europe |  Slovenia | 36.0 | $76.0 | 43.6 | 68.5 |
| Europe |  Czech Republic | 34.9 | $395.9 | 39.7 | 33.0 |
| Europe |  Portugal | 34.7 | $329.2 | 44.8 | 121.4 |
| Europe |  Ukraine | 34.2 | $390.3 | 42.0 | 63.9 |
| Europe |  Poland | 33.9 | $1,212.9 | 41.3 | 48.4 |
| Europe |  Cyprus | 33.7 | $34.5 | 37.1 | 102.5 |
| Europe |  Spain | 33.7 | $1,864.4 | 41.5 | 97.0 |
| Europe |  United Kingdom | 33.3 | $3,037.8 | 41.0 | 86.9 |
| Europe |  Moldova | 33.2 | $25.9 | 30.8 | 27.1 |
| Europe |  Estonia | 33.0 | $45.0 | 39.4 | 8.1 |
| Europe |  Slovakia | 32.9 | $191.2 | 40.8 | 48.8 |
| Middle East and North Africa |  Israel | 32.7 | $337.2 | 39.4 | 59.6 |
| Europe |  Malta | 32.7 | $21.3 | 36.5 | 45.4 |
| Americas |  Brazil | 32.3 | $3,365.3 | 38.9 | 87.9 |
| Americas | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada | 32.2 | $1,836.8 | 40.5 | 90.6 |
| Asia-Pacific |  New Zealand | 32.0 | $197.8 | 37.5 | 29.4 |
| Americas |  Barbados | 31.8 | $5.3 | 32.0 | 124.5 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Seychelles | 31.7 | $2.9 | 37.0 | 58.2 |
| Americas |  Uruguay | 30.9 | $81.6 | 33.4 | 70.0 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Djibouti | 30.8 | $4.0 | 39.3 | 67.4 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Japan | 30.6 | $5,594.5 | 38.4 | 237.1 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Solomon Islands | 30.6 | $1.4 | 46.8 | 12.1 |
| Europe |  Latvia | 30.4 | $57.8 | 37.3 | 37.6 |
| Americas |  Argentina | 30.3 | $915.1 | 40.5 | 86.3 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Namibia | 30.1 | $27.1 | 37.4 | 47.1 |
| Europe |  Lithuania | 29.8 | $97.0 | 33.7 | 35.9 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Lesotho | 29.1 | $6.9 | 46.8 | 39.0 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Eswatini | 29.1 | $12.1 | 35.2 | 34.9 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Macau | 28.9 | $77.3 | 18.5 | 0.0 |
| Americas |  Dominica | 28.7 | $0.7 | 52.9 | 83.1 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  South Africa | 28.6 | $789.4 | 33.0 | 56.7 |
| Europe |  Switzerland | 28.5 | $548.5 | 34.0 | 40.5 |
| Americas |  Belize | 28.2 | $3.4 | 33.5 | 94.8 |
| Asia-Pacific | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia | 27.8 | $1,318.2 | 35.8 | 40.7 |
| Americas |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 27.8 | $1.3 | 29.6 | 73.1 |
| Europe |  Bulgaria | 27.7 | $162.3 | 33.6 | 20.5 |
| Americas |  Jamaica | 27.3 | $27.0 | 29.0 | 99.4 |
| Americas |  United States | 27.1 | $20,494.1 | 38.1 | 105.8 |
| Asia-Pacific |  South Korea | 26.9 | $2,136.3 | 32.8 | 40.7 |
| Middle East and North Africa |  Algeria | 26.6 | $657.5 | 39.8 | 36.9 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Fiji | 26.6 | $9.1 | 32.2 | 49.7 |
| Americas |  Guyana | 26.2 | $6.7 | 34.5 | 57.0 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Brunei | 26.0 | $34.6 | 35.8 | 2.5 |
| Europe |  Albania | 25.7 | $38.4 | 29.1 | 68.6 |
| Europe |  Georgia | 25.7 | $42.6 | 29.6 | 44.5 |
| Europe |  North Macedonia | 25.5 | $32.6 | 31.1 | 39.5 |
| Europe |  Belarus | 25.1 | $189.2 | 39.1 | 47.8 |
| Europe |  Turkey | 24.9 | $2,292.5 | 34.6 | 29.1 |
| Europe |  Romania | 24.7 | $516.3 | 31.4 | 36.6 |
| Europe |  Russia | 24.2 | $4,213.4 | 34.7 | 14.0 |
| Americas |  Costa Rica | 24.1 | $88.2 | 19.7 | 53.5 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Samoa | 24.1 | $1.2 | 35.3 | 50.2 |
| Americas |  Bolivia | 23.9 | $84.1 | 39.1 | 53.9 |
| Americas |  Nicaragua | 23.8 | $35.7 | 27.4 | 37.2 |
| Europe |  Kosovo | 23.3 | $20.9 | 28.0 | 17.0 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Mongolia | 23.2 | $43.5 | 33.4 | 73.3 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Mozambique | 23.2 | $39.2 | 31.8 | 100.4 |
| Americas |  Honduras | 22.8 | $49.2 | 26.9 | 40.3 |
| Europe |  Ireland | 22.8 | $385.9 | 26.6 | 65.2 |
| Americas |  Saint Lucia | 22.5 | $2.5 | 25.5 | 66.8 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Togo | 22.2 | $14.0 | 26.7 | 74.6 |
| Americas |  Trinidad and Tobago | 22.2 | $44.4 | 33.4 | 45.3 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Congo | 22.1 | $30.3 | 38.2 | 98.5 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Zimbabwe | 22.1 | $42.5 | 20.0 | 29.8 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Senegal | 22.0 | $59.5 | 22.8 | 64.4 |
| Middle East and North Africa |  Morocco | 21.8 | $314.6 | 30.1 | 65.2 |
| Middle East and North Africa |  Tunisia | 21.4 | $144.2 | 30.0 | 77.0 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Tonga | 21.3 | $0.6 | 43.7 | 49.2 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Gabon | 21.1 | $38.0 | 18.9 | 58.2 |
| Europe |  Armenia | 20.8 | $30.4 | 25.4 | 48.5 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Tajikistan | 20.6 | $31.1 | 34.0 | 47.9 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Maldives | 20.5 | $8.0 | 32.7 | 61.5 |
| Americas |  El Salvador | 20.4 | $53.4 | 23.9 | 67.1 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Nepal | 20.3 | $86.1 | 27.2 | 30.4 |
| Americas |  Chile | 20.2 | $481.8 | 25.3 | 25.6 |
| Americas |  Venezuela | 20.2 | $277.8 | 33.5 | 175.6 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Mauritius | 20.0 | $30.0 | 24.4 | 65.2 |
| Americas |  Ecuador | 19.9 | $199.5 | 37.5 | 46.1 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Kyrgyzstan | 19.8 | $24.5 | 37.2 | 56.0 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Mauritania | 19.7 | $18.1 | 28.0 | 83.9 |
| Americas |  Colombia | 18.8 | $744.7 | 27.7 | 50.5 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Vietnam | 18.6 | $710.3 | 28.3 | 57.5 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Burkina Faso | 18.1 | $38.8 | 27.7 | 43.0 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Kenya | 18.1 | $177.3 | 26.1 | 57.2 |
| Americas |  Bahamas | 17.9 | $12.6 | 20.5 | 61.0 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Ghana | 17.6 | $190.7 | 20.0 | 59.6 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Thailand | 17.6 | $1,320.4 | 21.7 | 42.1 |
| Asia-Pacific |  China | 17.5 | $25,270.1 | 32.7 | 50.5 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Kiribati | 17.5 | $0.2 | 125.7 | 21.9 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Ivory Coast | 17.4 | $107.0 | 24.2 | 52.2 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Uzbekistan | 17.3 | $250.3 | 29.0 | 23.5 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Malawi | 17.3 | $23.7 | 30.7 | 61.3 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Gambia | 17.2 | $6.1 | 21.9 | 83.2 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Vanuatu | 17.1 | $0.8 | 36.0 | 50.5 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Rwanda | 16.6 | $27.4 | 26.0 | 40.7 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Kazakhstan | 16.4 | $508.6 | 22.0 | 21.9 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Cambodia | 16.2 | $70.5 | 23.2 | 29.4 |
| Americas |  Mexico | 16.2 | $2,569.8 | 26.3 | 53.6 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Mali | 16.1 | $44.2 | 21.8 | 36.6 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Turkmenistan | 15.6 | $112.7 | 15.1 | 29.3 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Comoros | 15.5 | $1.4 | 29.7 | 31.2 |
| Americas |  Peru | 15.3 | $457.5 | 21.3 | 26.8 |
| Middle East and North Africa |  Lebanon | 15.3 | $89.5 | 30.3 | 150.9 |
| Middle East and North Africa |  Egypt | 15.2 | $1,296.3 | 31.7 | 92.6 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Zambia | 15.2 | $72.9 | 24.7 | 72.4 |
| Middle East and North Africa |  Jordan | 15.0 | $93.4 | 29.7 | 94.2 |
| Americas |  Panama | 14.7 | $106.8 | 21.8 | 39.4 |
| Americas |  Suriname | 14.6 | $8.9 | 29.0 | 69.6 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Cameroon | 14.4 | $95.3 | 19.8 | 37.7 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Niger | 14.4 | $23.5 | 26.5 | 55.1 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Philippines | 14.2 | $952.6 | 20.1 | 39.6 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Hong Kong | 14.1 | $480.5 | 18.0 | 0.1 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Singapore | 14.1 | $565.8 | 17.2 | 108.3 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Botswana | 14.0 | $41.9 | 32.1 | 12.9 |
| Americas |  Dominican Republic | 13.9 | $189.2 | 17.8 | 41.6 |
| Americas |  Paraguay | 13.8 | $94.5 | 19.5 | 21.6 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Papua New Guinea | 13.7 | $30.9 | 21.3 | 36.9 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Bhutan | 13.6 | $7.8 | 31.1 | 102.6 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Burundi | 13.6 | $8.2 | 21.8 | 58.4 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Malaysia | 13.6 | $999.4 | 22.6 | 56.2 |
| Europe |  Azerbaijan | 13.3 | $179.7 | 35.1 | 19.4 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Guinea | 13.3 | $30.7 | 16.9 | 38.7 |
| Americas |  Haiti | 13.3 | $20.7 | 18.8 | 33.0 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Benin | 13.2 | $27.7 | 23.0 | 54.6 |
| Asia-Pacific |  East Timor | 13.1 | $6.7 | 56.2 | 5.4 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Uganda | 13.1 | $97.0 | 19.7 | 42.2 |
| Asia-Pacific |  F.S. Micronesia | 13.0 | $0.4 | 63.2 | 20.2 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Sri Lanka | 12.6 | $290.6 | 19.2 | 84.1 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Pakistan | 12.5 | $1,141.4 | 21.0 | 72.1 |
| Americas |  Guatemala | 12.4 | $145.6 | 12.1 | 24.5 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  São Tomé and Príncipe | 12.1 | $0.7 | 27.6 | 81.3 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Laos | 12.0 | $53.7 | 21.1 | 63.0 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Liberia | 11.9 | $6.3 | 33.9 | 40.5 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Tanzania | 11.8 | $175.8 | 16.8 | 36.0 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Ethiopia | 11.6 | $219.5 | 17.5 | 61.1 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Indonesia | 11.5 | $3,494.7 | 16.7 | 29.2 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Madagascar | 11.5 | $42.9 | 16.8 | 39.7 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Sierra Leone | 11.1 | $12.3 | 23.4 | 71.3 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Guinea-Bissau | 10.3 | $3.4 | 21.1 | 56.1 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Angola | 9.2 | $199.3 | 21.8 | 88.1 |
| Middle East and North Africa |  United Arab Emirates | 9.2 | $723.7 | 30.5 | 18.7 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Bangladesh | 9.1 | $761.7 | 13.7 | 34.8 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Taiwan | 8.9 | $1,251.5 | 17.8 | 35.0 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Eritrea | 8.0 | $10.0 | 29.1 | 129.4 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Sudan | 8.0 | $177.7 | 13.6 | 163.2 |
| Middle East and North Africa |  Bahrain | 7.8 | $74.1 | 33.6 | 93.4 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Chad | 7.7 | $30.2 | 14.8 | 46.6 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Afghanistan | 7.6 | $72.6 | 26.3 | 7.1 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  DR Congo | 7.6 | $72.9 | 12.4 | 15.7 |
| Middle East and North Africa |  Yemen | 7.4 | $73.3 | 10.8 | 63.2 |
| Asia-Pacific |  India | 7.3 | $10,505.3 | 27.1 | 69.8 |
| Middle East and North Africa |  Iran | 7.3 | $1,610.7 | 19.0 | 33.2 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Cape Verde | 6.9 | $4.0 | 30.7 | 127.7 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Central African Republic | 6.9 | $3.6 | 14.7 | 48.5 |
| Asia-Pacific |  Burma | 6.1 | $328.4 | 20.4 | 38.2 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Equatorial Guinea | 5.9 | $29.8 | 21.3 | 35.9 |
| Middle East and North Africa |  Qatar | 4.9 | $354.8 | 34.3 | 48.4 |
| Middle East and North Africa |  Oman | 4.2 | $198.5 | 46.1 | 50.9 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Nigeria | 3.6 | $1,168.5 | 11.2 | 28.4 |
| Middle East and North Africa |  Saudi Arabia | 3.4 | $1,857.5 | 35.7 | 19.1 |
| Middle East and North Africa |  Iraq | 2.0 | $673.3 | 36.7 | 48.4 |
| Middle East and North Africa |  Kuwait | 1.4 | $306.4 | 50.9 | 14.8 |
| Asia-Pacific |  North Korea | N/A | $40.00 | N/A | N/A |
| Middle East and North Africa |  Libya | N/A | $74.7 | 105.8 | 4.9 |
| Europe |  Liechtenstein | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |  Somalia | N/A | $21.2 | N/A | N/A |
| Middle East and North Africa |  Syria | N/A | $64.5 | N/A | 130.6 |
See also
- Tax rates around the world
- Tax rates of Europe
- Taxation in the United States
- Income tax in the United States
- Government budget by country
- List of countries by social welfare spending
- List of countries by government spending as percentage of GDP
References
- "Total tax revenues". Our World in Data. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- Heritage.org (2020). "Heritage data".
Further reading
Some of these provide additional info for various countries.
- Tax revenues fall in OECD countries. Dec. 15, 2010. OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development). At the end of the article are links to tables.
- Federal Tax Revenue as Share of GDP 1990-2009 for 148 Countries - excludes voluntary insurance programs. World Bank.
- 5506.0 - Taxation Revenue, Australia, 2008-09. Australian Bureau of Statistics.
- OECD Taxes as Share of GDP 1999-2005. Tax Policy Center (Urban Institute, Brookings Institution).
- Tax revenue as an automatic fiscal stabiliser - a South African perspective. September 2002. By A.S. Swanepoel (South African Reserve Bank), and Nicolaas J. Schoeman (Department of Economics, University of Pretoria). South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences (SAJEMS). See table 2 on page 576. Total taxes of 26.4% of GDP in 2001. Research Repository of the University of Pretoria, South Africa:
- RGST to raise tax-to-GDP ratio to 12pc. By Nasir Jamal. Oct 6, 2010. Dawn (Pakistan's oldest, and most widely read English-language newspaper).
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