List of countries by tax revenue to GDP ratio
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Total revenue from direct and indirect taxes given as share of GDP in 2017[1]
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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.
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Tax revenue as percentage of GDP in the European Union.
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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)
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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
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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
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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
Tax as % of GDP
2020[2][3]
Region | Country Name | Tax Revenue
(% of GDP) |
GDP
(Billions, PPP) |
Tax Revenue (Billions) | % of GDP, nominal | |
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Gov't Expenditure | Public Debt | |||||
Europe | ![]() |
46.2 | $2,962.8 | $1,368.81 | 56.4 | 98.6 |
Europe | ![]() |
46.0 | $301.3 | $138.60 | 51.7 | 34.3 |
Europe | ![]() |
44.6 | $550.5 | $245.52 | 52.5 | 101.4 |
Europe | ![]() |
44.0 | $542.0 | $238.48 | 49.7 | 39.0 |
Europe | ![]() |
43.3 | $256.5 | $111.06 | 54.4 | 60.5 |
Europe | ![]() |
42.4 | $2,397.4 | $1,016.50 | 48.8 | 132.1 |
Europe | ![]() |
41.8 | $463.2 | $193.62 | 49.3 | 74.2 |
Americas | ![]() |
40.6 | $155.9 | $63.30 | 64.8 | 51.0 |
Europe | ![]() |
39.4 | $312.7 | $123.20 | 47.8 | 183.3 |
Europe | ![]() |
38.8 | $969.2 | $376.05 | 42.7 | 54.4 |
Europe | ![]() |
38.7 | $64.2 | $24.85 | 42.7 | 21.8 |
Europe | ![]() |
38.6 | $107.4 | $41.46 | 46.6 | 73.9 |
Europe | ![]() |
38.2 | $395.9 | $151.23 | 49.8 | 36.8 |
Europe | ![]() |
37.9 | $47.3 | $17.93 | 41.1 | 37.0 |
Europe | ![]() |
37.7 | $311.9 | $117.59 | 46.7 | 69.4 |
Europe | ![]() |
37.7 | $19.5 | $7.35 | 43.2 | 35.4 |
Europe | ![]() |
37.5 | $4,356.4 | $1,633.65 | 43.9 | 59.8 |
Europe | ![]() |
36.1 | $122.8 | $44.33 | 40.9 | 54.3 |
Europe | ![]() |
36.0 | $11.9 | $4.28 | 47.6 | 72.1 |
Europe | ![]() |
36.0 | $76.0 | $27.36 | 43.6 | 68.5 |
Europe | ![]() |
34.9 | $395.9 | $138.17 | 39.7 | 33.0 |
Europe | ![]() |
34.7 | $329.2 | $114.23 | 44.8 | 121.4 |
Europe | ![]() |
34.2 | $390.3 | $133.48 | 42.0 | 63.9 |
Europe | ![]() |
33.9 | $1,212.9 | $411.17 | 41.3 | 48.4 |
Europe | ![]() |
33.7 | $34.5 | $11.63 | 37.1 | 102.5 |
Europe | ![]() |
33.7 | $1,864.4 | $628.30 | 41.5 | 97.0 |
Europe | ![]() |
33.3 | $3,037.8 | $1,011.59 | 41.0 | 86.9 |
Europe | ![]() |
33.2 | $25.9 | $8.60 | 30.8 | 27.1 |
Europe | ![]() |
33.0 | $45.0 | $14.85 | 39.4 | 8.1 |
Europe | ![]() |
32.9 | $191.2 | $62.90 | 40.8 | 48.8 |
Middle East and North Africa | ![]() |
32.7 | $337.2 | $110.26 | 39.4 | 59.6 |
Europe | ![]() |
32.7 | $21.3 | $6.97 | 36.5 | 45.4 |
Americas | ![]() |
32.3 | $3,365.3 | $1,086.99 | 38.9 | 87.9 |
Americas | ![]() |
32.2 | $1,836.8 | $591.45 | 40.5 | 90.6 |
Asia-Pacific | ![]() |
32.0 | $197.8 | $63.30 | 37.5 | 29.4 |
Americas | ![]() |
31.8 | $5.3 | $1.69 | 32.0 | 124.5 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | ![]() |
31.7 | $2.9 | $0.92 | 37.0 | 58.2 |
Americas | ![]() |
30.9 | $81.6 | $25.21 | 33.4 | 70.0 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | ![]() |
30.8 | $4.0 | $1.23 | 39.3 | 67.4 |
Asia-Pacific | ![]() |
30.6 | $5,594.5 | $1,711.92 | 38.4 | 237.1 |
Asia-Pacific | ![]() |
30.6 | $1.4 | $0.43 | 46.8 | 12.1 |
Europe | ![]() |
30.4 | $57.8 | $17.57 | 37.3 | 37.6 |
Americas | ![]() |
30.3 | $915.1 | $277.28 | 40.5 | 86.3 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | ![]() |
30.1 | $27.1 | $8.16 | 37.4 | 47.1 |
Europe | ![]() |
29.8 | $97.0 | $28.91 | 33.7 | 35.9 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | ![]() |
29.1 | $6.9 | $2.01 | 46.8 | 39.0 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | ![]() |
29.1 | $12.1 | $3.52 | 35.2 | 34.9 |
Asia-Pacific | ![]() |
28.9 | $77.3 | $22.34 | 18.5 | 0.0 |
Americas | ![]() |
28.7 | $0.7 | $0.20 | 52.9 | 83.1 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | ![]() |
28.6 | $789.4 | $225.77 | 33.0 | 56.7 |
Europe | ![]() |
28.5 | $548.5 | $156.32 | 34.0 | 40.5 |
Americas | ![]() |
28.2 | $3.4 | $0.96 | 33.5 | 94.8 |
Asia-Pacific | ![]() |
27.8 | $1,318.2 | $366.46 | 35.8 | 40.7 |
Americas | ![]() |
27.8 | $1.3 | $0.36 | 29.6 | 73.1 |
Europe | ![]() |
27.7 | $162.3 | $44.96 | 33.6 | 20.5 |
Americas | ![]() |
27.3 | $27.0 | $7.37 | 29.0 | 99.4 |
Americas | ![]() |
27.1 | $20,494.1 | $5,553.90 | 38.1 | 105.8 |
Asia-Pacific | ![]() |
26.9 | $2,136.3 | $574.66 | 32.8 | 40.7 |
Middle East and North Africa | ![]() |
26.6 | $657.5 | $174.90 | 39.8 | 36.9 |
Asia-Pacific | ![]() |
26.6 | $9.1 | $2.42 | 32.2 | 49.7 |
Americas | ![]() |
26.2 | $6.7 | $1.76 | 34.5 | 57.0 |
Asia-Pacific | ![]() |
26.0 | $34.6 | $9.00 | 35.8 | 2.5 |
Europe | ![]() |
25.7 | $38.4 | $9.87 | 29.1 | 68.6 |
Europe | ![]() |
25.7 | $42.6 | $10.95 | 29.6 | 44.5 |
Europe | ![]() |
25.5 | $32.6 | $8.31 | 31.1 | 39.5 |
Europe | ![]() |
25.1 | $189.2 | $47.49 | 39.1 | 47.8 |
Europe | ![]() |
24.9 | $2,292.5 | $570.83 | 34.6 | 29.1 |
Europe | ![]() |
24.7 | $516.3 | $127.53 | 31.4 | 36.6 |
Europe | ![]() |
24.2 | $4,213.4 | $1,019.64 | 34.7 | 14.0 |
Americas | ![]() |
24.1 | $88.2 | $21.26 | 19.7 | 53.5 |
Asia-Pacific | ![]() |
24.1 | $1.2 | $0.29 | 35.3 | 50.2 |
Americas | ![]() |
23.9 | $84.1 | $20.10 | 39.1 | 53.9 |
Americas | ![]() |
23.8 | $35.7 | $8.50 | 27.4 | 37.2 |
Europe | ![]() |
23.3 | $20.9 | $4.87 | 28.0 | 17.0 |
Asia-Pacific | ![]() |
23.2 | $43.5 | $10.09 | 33.4 | 73.3 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | ![]() |
23.2 | $39.2 | $9.09 | 31.8 | 100.4 |
Americas | ![]() |
22.8 | $49.2 | $11.22 | 26.9 | 40.3 |
Europe | ![]() |
22.8 | $385.9 | $87.99 | 26.6 | 65.2 |
Americas | ![]() |
22.5 | $2.5 | $0.56 | 25.5 | 66.8 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | ![]() |
22.2 | $14.0 | $3.11 | 26.7 | 74.6 |
Americas | ![]() |
22.2 | $44.4 | $9.86 | 33.4 | 45.3 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | ![]() |
22.1 | $30.3 | $6.70 | 38.2 | 98.5 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | ![]() |
22.1 | $42.5 | $9.39 | 20.0 | 29.8 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | ![]() |
22.0 | $59.5 | $13.09 | 22.8 | 64.4 |
Middle East and North Africa | ![]() |
21.8 | $314.6 | $68.58 | 30.1 | 65.2 |
Middle East and North Africa | ![]() |
21.4 | $144.2 | $30.86 | 30.0 | 77.0 |
Asia-Pacific | ![]() |
21.3 | $0.6 | $0.13 | 43.7 | 49.2 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | ![]() |
21.1 | $38.0 | $8.02 | 18.9 | 58.2 |
Europe | ![]() |
20.8 | $30.4 | $6.32 | 25.4 | 48.5 |
Asia-Pacific | ![]() |
20.6 | $31.1 | $6.41 | 34.0 | 47.9 |
Asia-Pacific | ![]() |
20.5 | $8.0 | $1.64 | 32.7 | 61.5 |
Americas | ![]() |
20.4 | $53.4 | $10.89 | 23.9 | 67.1 |
Asia-Pacific | ![]() |
20.3 | $86.1 | $17.48 | 27.2 | 30.4 |
Americas | ![]() |
20.2 | $481.8 | $97.32 | 25.3 | 25.6 |
Americas | ![]() |
20.2 | $277.8 | $56.12 | 33.5 | 175.6 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | ![]() |
20.0 | $30.0 | $6.00 | 24.4 | 65.2 |
Americas | ![]() |
19.9 | $199.5 | $39.70 | 37.5 | 46.1 |
Asia-Pacific | ![]() |
19.8 | $24.5 | $4.85 | 37.2 | 56.0 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | ![]() |
19.7 | $18.1 | $3.57 | 28.0 | 83.9 |
Americas | ![]() |
18.8 | $744.7 | $140.00 | 27.7 | 50.5 |
Asia-Pacific | ![]() |
18.6 | $710.3 | $132.12 | 28.3 | 57.5 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | ![]() |
18.1 | $38.8 | $7.02 | 27.7 | 43.0 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | ![]() |
18.1 | $177.3 | $32.09 | 26.1 | 57.2 |
Asia-Pacific | ![]() |
18.08 | $10,505.3 | $1,899.36 | 31.15 | 89.6 |
Americas | ![]() |
17.9 | $12.6 | $2.26 | 20.5 | 61.0 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | ![]() |
17.6 | $190.7 | $33.56 | 20.0 | 59.6 |
Asia-Pacific | ![]() |
17.6 | $1,320.4 | $232.39 | 21.7 | 42.1 |
Asia-Pacific | ![]() |
17.5 | $25,270.1 | $4,422.27 | 32.7 | 50.5 |
Asia-Pacific | ![]() |
17.5 | $0.2 | $0.04 | 125.7 | 21.9 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | ![]() |
17.4 | $107.0 | $18.62 | 24.2 | 52.2 |
Asia-Pacific | ![]() |
17.3 | $250.3 | $43.30 | 29.0 | 23.5 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | ![]() |
17.3 | $23.7 | $4.10 | 30.7 | 61.3 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | ![]() |
17.2 | $6.1 | $1.05 | 21.9 | 83.2 |
Asia-Pacific | ![]() |
17.1 | $0.8 | $0.14 | 36.0 | 50.5 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | ![]() |
16.6 | $27.4 | $4.55 | 26.0 | 40.7 |
Asia-Pacific | ![]() |
16.4 | $508.6 | $83.41 | 22.0 | 21.9 |
Asia-Pacific | ![]() |
16.2 | $70.5 | $11.42 | 23.2 | 29.4 |
Americas | ![]() |
16.2 | $2,569.8 | $416.31 | 26.3 | 53.6 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | ![]() |
16.1 | $44.2 | $7.12 | 21.8 | 36.6 |
Asia-Pacific | ![]() |
15.6 | $112.7 | $17.58 | 15.1 | 29.3 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | ![]() |
15.5 | $1.4 | $0.22 | 29.7 | 31.2 |
Americas | ![]() |
15.3 | $457.5 | $70.00 | 21.3 | 26.8 |
Middle East and North Africa | ![]() |
15.3 | $89.5 | $13.69 | 30.3 | 150.9 |
Middle East and North Africa | ![]() |
15.2 | $1,296.3 | $197.04 | 31.7 | 92.6 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | ![]() |
15.2 | $72.9 | $11.08 | 24.7 | 72.4 |
Middle East and North Africa | ![]() |
15.0 | $93.4 | $14.01 | 29.7 | 94.2 |
Americas | ![]() |
14.7 | $106.8 | $15.70 | 21.8 | 39.4 |
Americas | ![]() |
14.6 | $8.9 | $1.30 | 29.0 | 69.6 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | ![]() |
14.4 | $95.3 | $13.72 | 19.8 | 37.7 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | ![]() |
14.4 | $23.5 | $3.38 | 26.5 | 55.1 |
Asia-Pacific | ![]() |
14.2 | $952.6 | $135.27 | 20.1 | 39.6 |
Asia-Pacific | ![]() |
14.1 | $480.5 | $67.75 | 18.0 | 0.1 |
Asia-Pacific | ![]() |
14.1 | $565.8 | $79.78 | 17.2 | 108.3 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | ![]() |
14.0 | $41.9 | $5.87 | 32.1 | 12.9 |
Americas | ![]() |
13.9 | $189.2 | $26.30 | 17.8 | 41.6 |
Americas | ![]() |
13.8 | $94.5 | $13.04 | 19.5 | 21.6 |
Asia-Pacific | ![]() |
13.7 | $30.9 | $4.23 | 21.3 | 36.9 |
Asia-Pacific | ![]() |
13.6 | $7.8 | $1.06 | 31.1 | 102.6 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | ![]() |
13.6 | $8.2 | $1.12 | 21.8 | 58.4 |
Asia-Pacific | ![]() |
13.6 | $999.4 | $135.92 | 22.6 | 56.2 |
Europe | ![]() |
13.3 | $179.7 | $23.90 | 35.1 | 19.4 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | ![]() |
13.3 | $30.7 | $4.08 | 16.9 | 38.7 |
Americas | ![]() |
13.3 | $20.7 | $2.75 | 18.8 | 33.0 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | ![]() |
13.2 | $27.7 | $3.66 | 23.0 | 54.6 |
Asia-Pacific | ![]() |
13.1 | $6.7 | $0.88 | 56.2 | 5.4 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | ![]() |
13.1 | $97.0 | $12.71 | 19.7 | 42.2 |
Asia-Pacific | ![]() |
13.0 | $0.4 | $0.05 | 63.2 | 20.2 |
Asia-Pacific | ![]() |
12.6 | $290.6 | $36.62 | 19.2 | 84.1 |
Asia-Pacific | ![]() |
12.5 | $1,141.4 | $142.68 | 21.0 | 72.1 |
Americas | ![]() |
12.4 | $145.6 | $18.05 | 12.1 | 24.5 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | ![]() |
12.1 | $0.7 | $0.08 | 27.6 | 81.3 |
Asia-Pacific | ![]() |
12.0 | $53.7 | $6.44 | 21.1 | 63.0 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | ![]() |
11.9 | $6.3 | $0.75 | 33.9 | 40.5 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | ![]() |
11.8 | $175.8 | $20.74 | 16.8 | 36.0 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | ![]() |
11.6 | $219.5 | $25.46 | 17.5 | 61.1 |
Asia-Pacific | ![]() |
11.5 | $3,494.7 | $401.89 | 16.7 | 29.2 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | ![]() |
11.5 | $42.9 | $4.93 | 16.8 | 39.7 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | ![]() |
11.1 | $12.3 | $1.37 | 23.4 | 71.3 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | ![]() |
10.3 | $3.4 | $0.35 | 21.1 | 56.1 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | ![]() |
9.2 | $199.3 | $18.34 | 21.8 | 88.1 |
Middle East and North Africa | ![]() |
9.2 | $723.7 | $66.58 | 30.5 | 18.7 |
Asia-Pacific | ![]() |
9.1 | $761.7 | $69.31 | 13.7 | 34.8 |
Asia-Pacific | ![]() |
8.9 | $1,251.5 | $111.38 | 17.8 | 35.0 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | ![]() |
8.0 | $10.0 | $0.80 | 29.1 | 129.4 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | ![]() |
8.0 | $177.7 | $14.22 | 13.6 | 163 |
Middle East and North Africa | ![]() |
7.8 | $74.1 | $5.78 | 33.6 | 93.4 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | ![]() |
7.7 | $30.2 | $2.33 | 14.8 | 46.6 |
Asia-Pacific | ![]() |
7.6 | $72.6 | $5.52 | 26.3 | 7.1 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | ![]() |
7.6 | $72.9 | $5.54 | 12.4 | 15.7 |
Middle East and North Africa | ![]() |
7.4 | $73.3 | $5.42 | 10.8 | 63.2 |
Middle East and North Africa | ![]() |
7.3 | $1,610.7 | $117.58 | 19.0 | 33.2 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | ![]() |
6.9 | $4.0 | $0.28 | 30.7 | 127.7 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | ![]() |
6.9 | $3.6 | $0.25 | 14.7 | 48.5 |
Asia-Pacific | ![]() |
6.1 | $328.4 | $20.03 | 20.4 | 38.2 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | ![]() |
5.9 | $29.8 | $1.76 | 21.3 | 35.9 |
Middle East and North Africa | ![]() |
4.9 | $354.8 | $17.39 | 34.3 | 48.4 |
Middle East and North Africa | ![]() |
4.2 | $198.5 | $8.34 | 46.1 | 50.9 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | ![]() |
3.6 | $1,168.5 | $42.07 | 11.2 | 28.4 |
Middle East and North Africa | ![]() |
3.4 | $1,857.5 | $63.16 | 35.7 | 19.1 |
Middle East and North Africa | ![]() |
2.0 | $673.3 | $13.47 | 36.7 | 48.4 |
Middle East and North Africa | ![]() |
1.4 | $306.4 | $4.29 | 50.9 | 14.8 |
Asia-Pacific | ![]() |
N/A | $40.00 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Middle East and North Africa | ![]() |
N/A | $74.7 | N/A | 105.8 | 4.9 |
Europe | ![]() |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Sub-Saharan Africa | ![]() |
N/A | $21.2 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Middle East and North Africa | ![]() |
N/A | $64.5 | N/A | N/A | 130.6 |
See also
- List of countries by government budget
- List of countries by government spending as percentage of GDP
- List of countries by social welfare spending
- Taxation in the United States
- List of countries by tax rates
- Tax rates in Europe
References
- ^ "Total tax revenues". Our World in Data. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ Heritage.org (2020). "Heritage data".
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