FACTOID # 3: People in Germany, Belgium, Hungary and Sweden have to pay almost half their salaries in tax.
 
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Taxation Statistics > Tax revenue > % of GDP (most recent) by country

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

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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