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DEFINITION
Tax revenue refers to compulsory transfers to the central government for public purposes. Certain compulsory transfers such as fines, penalties, and most social security contributions are excluded. Refunds and corrections of erroneously collected tax revenue are treated as negative revenue.
Taxation Statistics > Tax revenue > % of GDP (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Madagascar :
54.39 %
2004
# 2
Lesotho :
41.74 %
2004
# 3
Seychelles :
38.28 %
2005
# 4
New Zealand :
31.82 %
2005
# 5
Barbados :
31.57 %
2004
# 6
Algeria :
31.36 %
2002
# 7
Denmark :
30.61 %
2004
# 8
Norway :
30.39 %
2005
# 9
Israel :
29.29 %
2005
# 10
United Kingdom :
28.31 %
2005
# 11
Malta :
27.63 %
2004
# 12
South Africa :
27.5 %
2005
# 13
Jamaica :
27.3 %
2005
# 14
Belgium :
26.45 %
2005
# 15
Zimbabwe :
26.37 %
1997
# 16
Swaziland :
26.02 %
2003
# 17
Namibia :
25.88 %
2003
# 18
Cyprus :
25.72 %
2004
# 19
Ireland :
24.98 %
2005
# 20
Luxembourg :
24.9 %
2005
# 21
Morocco :
24.72 %
2005
# 22
Iceland :
24.64 %
2002
# 23
Jordan :
24.18 %
2005
# 24
Turkey :
24.17 %
2001
# 25
Trinidad and Tobago :
23.96 %
2004
# 26
Australia :
23.89 %
2005
# 27
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
23.74 %
2003
= 28
Fiji :
23.52 %
2005
= 28
San Marino :
23.52 %
2002
# 30
Bulgaria :
23.43 %
2005
# 31
Croatia :
23.34 %
2005
# 32
Netherlands :
23.16 %
2005
# 33
Serbia and Montenegro :
22.95 %
2002
# 34
Finland :
22.92 %
2005
# 35
France :
22.66 %
2005
# 36
Mongolia :
22.58 %
2003
# 37
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
22.43 %
1993
# 38
Ghana :
22.36 %
2004
# 39
Gambia, The :
22.25 %
1993
# 40
Macau :
22.1 %
2005
# 41
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
21.78 %
2005
# 42
Greece :
21.77 %
2005
# 43
Portugal :
21.61 %
2005
# 44
Slovenia :
21.36 %
2005
# 45
Italy :
21.32 %
2005
# 46
Tunisia :
21.28 %
2005
# 47
Papua New Guinea :
21.01 %
2002
# 48
Sweden :
20.85 %
2005
# 49
Belarus :
20.59 %
2005
# 50
Kazakhstan :
20.58 %
2005
# 51
Hungary :
20.49 %
2005
# 52
Austria :
19.97 %
2005
# 53
Chile :
19.25 %
2005
# 54
Belize :
19.14 %
1997
# 55
Moldova :
18.94 %
2005
# 56
Uruguay :
18.51 %
2005
# 57
Zambia :
18.43 %
1999
# 58
Vanuatu :
18.28 %
1999
# 59
Mauritius :
18.14 %
2005
# 60
Ukraine :
17.8 %
2005
# 61
Malaysia :
17.58 %
2003
# 62
Lithuania :
17.5 %
2005
# 63
Syria :
17.43 %
1999
# 64
Albania :
17.29 %
2004
# 65
Senegal :
17.24 %
2001
# 66
Thailand :
17.14 %
2005
# 67
Estonia :
16.97 %
2004
# 68
Kenya :
16.86 %
2004
# 69
Russia :
16.63 %
2005
# 70
Nicaragua :
16.61 %
2005
# 71
Bolivia :
16.59 %
2005
# 72
Poland :
16.47 %
2005
# 73
Bahamas, The :
16.33 %
2005
# 74
Maldives :
16.31 %
2005
# 75
Lebanon :
16.13 %
2004
# 76
Venezuela :
16.1 %
2005
# 77
Korea, South :
15.8 %
2005
# 78
Czech Republic :
15.61 %
2005
# 79
Latvia :
15.26 %
2005
# 80
Slovakia :
15.09 %
2005
= 81
Botswana :
15.08 %
1996
= 81
Dominican Republic :
15.08 %
2004
# 83
Colombia :
15.06 %
2005
# 84
Benin :
14.57 %
2005
# 85
Côte d'Ivoire :
14.51 %
2005
# 86
Canada :
14.35 %
2005
# 87
Armenia :
14.33 %
2005
# 88
Sri Lanka :
14.27 %
2005
# 89
Argentina :
14.2 %
2004
= 90
Costa Rica :
13.65 %
2005
= 90
Egypt :
13.65 %
2002
# 92
Burundi :
13.6 %
1999
# 93
Peru :
13.52 %
2005
# 94
Togo :
13.33 %
2005
# 95
Philippines :
13.02 %
2005
# 96
Azerbaijan :
12.73 %
1999
# 97
Spain :
12.65 %
2005
# 98
El Salvador :
12.57 %
2005
# 99
Indonesia :
12.45 %
2004
# 100
Kyrgyzstan :
12.44 %
2001
# 101
Singapore :
12.42 %
2004
# 102
Ecuador :
12.4 %
1994
# 103
Cameroon :
12.33 %
1998
# 104
Brazil :
12.15 %
1998
# 105
Georgia :
12.14 %
2005
# 106
Burkina Faso :
12.13 %
2005
# 107
Paraguay :
12.11 %
2005
# 108
Japan :
11.94 %
1993
# 109
Uganda :
11.9 %
2003
# 110
Romania :
11.74 %
2002
# 111
Mexico :
11.66 %
2000
# 112
United States :
11.2 %
2005
# 113
Guinea :
11.13 %
1999
# 114
Germany :
11.04 %
2005
# 115
Sierra Leone :
11.03 %
2004
# 116
Ethiopia :
10.81 %
2002
# 117
India :
10.16 %
2004
# 118
Nepal :
10.14 %
2005
# 119
Switzerland :
10.04 %
2002
# 120
Tajikistan :
9.82 %
2004
# 121
Guatemala :
9.63 %
2005
# 122
Pakistan :
9.53 %
2005
# 123
Yemen :
9.42 %
1999
# 124
Panama :
9.26 %
2001
# 125
Rwanda :
9.05 %
1992
# 126
China :
8.86 %
2004
# 127
Congo, Republic of the :
8.54 %
2003
# 128
Bangladesh :
8.11 %
2004
# 129
Cambodia :
8.02 %
2005
# 130
Iran :
7.91 %
2005
= 131
Bhutan :
7.39 %
2004
= 131
Oman :
7.39 %
2001
# 133
Sudan :
6.39 %
1999
# 134
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
6.32 %
2002
# 135
Central African Republic :
6.03 %
2004
# 136
Bahrain :
5.49 %
2005
# 137
Afghanistan :
3.87 %
2005
# 138
Burma :
2 %
2002
# 139
United Arab Emirates :
1.72 %
1999
# 140
Kuwait :
0.98 %
2005
Weighted average:
17.5 %
DEFINITION: Tax revenue refers to compulsory transfers to the central government for public purposes. Certain compulsory transfers such as fines, penalties, and most social security contributions are excluded. Refunds and corrections of erroneously collected tax revenue are treated as negative revenue.
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