Former British colonies Compared by Economy > Taxes and other revenues

DEFINITION: This entry records total taxes and other revenues received by the national government during the time period indicated, expressed as a percent of GDP. Taxes include personal and corporate income taxes, value added taxes, excise taxes, and tariffs. Other revenues include social contributions - such as payments for social security and hospital insurance - grants, and net revenues from public enterprises. Normalizing the data, by dividing total revenues by GDP, enables easy comparisons across countries, and provides an average rate at which all income (GDP) is paid to the national level government for the supply of public goods and services.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Lesotho	68.3% of GDP	2012
2	Kuwait	63.6% of GDP	2012
3	Tuvalu	54.6% of GDP	2006
4	Brunei	44% of GDP	2012
5	New Zealand	41.7% of GDP	2012
6	Qatar	40.2% of GDP	2012
7	Swaziland	39.2% of GDP	2012
8	Botswana	38.7% of GDP	2012
9	Canada	38.4% of GDP	2012
10	United Arab Emirates	36.1% of GDP	2012
11	Namibia	35.1% of GDP	2012
12	Australia	33.2% of GDP	2012
13	Saint Kitts and Nevis	30.8% of GDP	2012
14	Maldives	30.7% of GDP	2012
15	Bahrain	30.2% of GDP	2012
16	Trinidad and Tobago	30.1% of GDP	2012
17	Belize	28.9% of GDP	2012
18	Bhutan	28.8% of GDP	2012
19	Barbados	28.1% of GDP	2012
20	Dominica	27.5% of GDP	2012
21	Fiji	26.7% of GDP	2012
22	Jamaica	26.5% of GDP	2012
23	The Gambia	25.8% of GDP	2012
=24	Malawi	25.1% of GDP	2012
=24	Guyana	25.1% of GDP	2012
26	Israel	25% of GDP	2012
27	Yemen	24.2% of GDP	2012
28	Ghana	23.3% of GDP	2012
29	Grenada	22.5% of GDP	2009
30	Malaysia	22.4% of GDP	2012
31	Jordan	21.7% of GDP	2012
32	Zambia	20.9% of GDP	2012
33	Tanzania	20% of GDP	2012
34	Egypt	19.8% of GDP	2012
35	Antigua and Barbuda	19.6% of GDP	2012
36	The Bahamas	19.2% of GDP	2012
37	Kenya	18.5% of GDP	2012
38	Singapore	15.9% of GDP	2012
39	Sierra Leone	15.4% of GDP	2012
40	United States	15.3% of GDP	2013
41	Uganda	14.8% of GDP	2012
42	Saint Lucia	14.2% of GDP	2011
43	Sri Lanka	13.4% of GDP	2012
44	Pakistan	12.4% of GDP	2012
45	Bangladesh	11.6% of GDP	2012
46	India	9.5% of GDP	2012
47	Nigeria	8.4% of GDP	2012
48	Sudan	6.6% of GDP	2012
49	Burma	4.2% of GDP	2012

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