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Taxation Statistics > Tax revenue > % of GDP (2006) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1     Lesotho: 57.49 %   2006 Time series
# 2     New Zealand: 33.16 %   2006 Time series
# 3     Algeria: 32.17 %   2006 Time series
# 4     Denmark: 31.58 %   2006 Time series
# 5     Mongolia: 31.13 %   2006 Time series
# 6     Trinidad and Tobago: 30.26 %   2006 Time series
# 7     Norway: 29.69 %   2006 Time series
# 8     Namibia: 29.15 %   2006 Time series
# 9     South Africa: 28.38 %   2006 Time series
# 10     Iceland: 28.07 %   2006 Time series
# 11     United Kingdom: 28.02 %   2006 Time series
# 12     Cyprus: 27.92 %   2006 Time series
# 13     Israel: 27.55 %   2006 Time series
# 14     Malta: 27.26 %   2006 Time series
# 15     Ireland: 26.51 %   2006 Time series
# 16     Jamaica: 26.01 %   2006 Time series
# 17     Seychelles: 25.93 %   2006 Time series
# 18     Belgium: 25.77 %   2006 Time series
# 19     Australia: 24.5 %   2006 Time series
# 20     Luxembourg: 23.99 %   2006 Time series
# 21     Bulgaria: 23.61 %   2006 Time series
# 22     Netherlands: 23.19 %   2006 Time series
# 23     Fiji: 23.18 %   2006 Time series
# 24     Cape Verde: 22.74 %   2006 Time series
# 25     Italy: 22.74 %   2006 Time series
# 26     Bosnia and Herzegovina: 22.6 %   2006 Time series
# 27     France: 22.44 %   2006 Time series
# 28     Morocco: 22.43 %   2006 Time series
# 29     San Marino: 22.37 %   2006 Time series
# 30     Saint Kitts and Nevis: 22.27 %   2006 Time series
# 31     Belarus: 22.22 %   2006 Time series
# 32     Finland: 22.12 %   2006 Time series
# 33     Portugal: 22.03 %   2006 Time series
# 34     Qatar: 21.5 %   2006 Time series
# 35     Slovenia: 20.99 %   2006 Time series
# 36     Sweden: 20.63 %   2006 Time series
# 37     Chile: 20.56 %   2006 Time series
# 38     Tunisia: 20.55 %   2006 Time series
# 39     Ghana: 20.52 %   2006 Time series
# 40     Croatia: 20.42 %   2006 Time series
# 41     Maldives: 20.23 %   2006 Time series
# 42     Hungary: 20.05 %   2006 Time series
# 43     Greece: 20.04 %   2006 Time series
# 44     Austria: 19.9 %   2006 Time series
# 45     Turkey: 19.7 %   2006 Time series
# 46     Moldova: 19.57 %   2006 Time series
# 47     Macedonia, Republic of: 19.47 %   2006 Time series
# 48     Uruguay: 18.77 %   2006 Time series
# 49     Lithuania: 17.86 %   2006 Time series
# 50     Ukraine: 17.75 %   2006 Time series
# 51     Kenya: 17.38 %   2006 Time series
# 52     Poland: 17.36 %   2006 Time series
# 53     Mauritius: 17.31 %   2006 Time series
# 54     Bolivia: 16.82 %   2006 Time series
# 55     Thailand: 16.73 %   2006 Time series
# 56     Bahamas, The: 16.63 %   2006 Time series
# 57     Russia: 16.58 %   2006 Time series
# 58     Estonia: 16.36 %   2006 Time series
# 59     Zambia: 16.34 %   2006 Time series
# 60     Benin: 15.96 %   2006 Time series
# 61     Latvia: 15.87 %   2006 Time series
# 62     Mali: 15.66 %   2006 Time series
# 63     Georgia: 15.45 %   2006 Time series
# 64     Brazil: 15.45 %   2006 Time series
# 65     Honduras: 15.24 %   2006 Time series
# 66     Peru: 15.05 %   2006 Time series
# 67     Côte d'Ivoire: 15.02 %   2006 Time series
# 68     Kazakhstan: 14.85 %   2006 Time series
# 69     Dominican Republic: 14.84 %   2006 Time series
# 70     Lebanon: 14.73 %   2006 Time series
# 71     Togo: 14.71 %   2006 Time series
# 72     Czech Republic: 14.69 %   2006 Time series
# 73     Sri Lanka: 14.58 %   2006 Time series
# 74     Armenia: 14.4 %   2006 Time series
# 75     Philippines: 14.26 %   2006 Time series
# 76     Kyrgyzstan: 14.22 %   2006 Time series
# 77     Canada: 13.86 %   2006 Time series
# 78     Slovakia: 13.85 %   2006 Time series
# 79     El Salvador: 13.44 %   2006 Time series
# 80     Spain: 13.17 %   2006 Time series
# 81     Uganda: 12.28 %   2006 Time series
# 82     Singapore: 12.12 %   2006 Time series
# 83     Paraguay: 12.09 %   2006 Time series
# 84     Burkina Faso: 12.01 %   2006 Time series
# 85     United States: 11.89 %   2006 Time series
# 86     Guatemala: 11.86 %   2006 Time series
# 87     Romania: 11.38 %   2006 Time series
# 88     Germany: 11.3 %   2006 Time series
# 89     India: 11.05 %   2006 Time series
# 90     Niger: 10.7 %   2006 Time series
# 91     Madagascar: 10.67 %   2006 Time series
# 92     Switzerland: 10.43 %   2006 Time series
# 93     Pakistan: 9.43 %   2006 Time series
# 94     Bhutan: 9.28 %   2006 Time series
# 95     China: 9.19 %   2006 Time series
# 96     Nepal: 8.78 %   2006 Time series
# 97     Cambodia: 8.18 %   2006 Time series
# 98     Bangladesh: 8.17 %   2006 Time series
# 99     Afghanistan: 5.95 %   2006 Time series
# 100     Kuwait: 0.82 %   2006 Time series
Weighted average: 18.7 %  

Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union 20.25 %   


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: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

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"Tax revenue > % of GDP (2006) by country", International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/tax_tax_rev_of_gdp-taxation-tax-revenue-of-gdp&date=2006

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