Economy > Taxes and other revenues: Countries Compared

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	Niue	150.5% of GDP	2005
2	Greenland	79.6% of GDP	2010
3	Libya	71.1% of GDP	2012
4	Lesotho	68.3% of GDP	2012
5	Cuba	66.1% of GDP	2012
6	Kuwait	63.6% of GDP	2012
7	Marshall Islands	58.7% of GDP	2009
8	Norway	58% of GDP	2012
9	Denmark	56% of GDP	2012
=10	Finland	54.6% of GDP	2012
=10	Tuvalu	54.6% of GDP	2006
12	France	52.6% of GDP	2012
13	Sweden	52.2% of GDP	2012
14	Belgium	51.7% of GDP	2012
15	Austria	49.5% of GDP	2012
16	Iraq	49.2% of GDP	2012
17	Italy	48.5% of GDP	2012
18	Bosnia and Herzegovina	48.1% of GDP	2012
=19	Bolivia	47.1% of GDP	2012
=19	Netherlands	47.1% of GDP	2012
21	Hungary	46.8% of GDP	2012
22	Saudi Arabia	46.5% of GDP	2012
23	Greece	45.5% of GDP	2012
=24	Oman	45.4% of GDP	2012
=24	Germany	45.4% of GDP	2012
26	Angola	45.1% of GDP	2012
27	Faroe Islands	44.2% of GDP	2010
28	Brunei	44% of GDP	2012
29	Iceland	43.6% of GDP	2012
	Eurozone average (profile)	43.44% of GDP	2012
30	Congo, Republic of the	43.2% of GDP	2012
31	Seychelles	43.1% of GDP	2012
=32	Slovenia	43% of GDP	2012
=32	Gibraltar	43% of GDP	2008
34	Luxembourg	42.7% of GDP	2012
	European Union average (profile)	42.1% of GDP	2012
35	Czech Republic	41.9% of GDP	2012
36	Solomon Islands	41.8% of GDP	2012
=37	Portugal	41.7% of GDP	2012
=37	Ecuador	41.7% of GDP	2012
=37	New Zealand	41.7% of GDP	2012
=40	Serbia	40.9% of GDP	2012
=40	Malta	40.9% of GDP	2012
42	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	40.8% of GDP	2010
43	Cyprus	40.6% of GDP	2012
	NATO countries average (profile)	40.53% of GDP	2012
=44	Montenegro	40.4% of GDP	2012
=44	United Kingdom	40.4% of GDP	2012
	OPEC countries average (profile)	40.37% of GDP	2012
46	Palau	40.3% of GDP	2010
=47	Qatar	40.2% of GDP	2012
=47	Mauritania	40.2% of GDP	2012
	High income OECD countries average (profile)	40.13% of GDP	2012
49	Algeria	40% of GDP	2012
50	Anguilla	39.6% of GDP	2012
	Europe average (profile)	39.42% of GDP	2012
51	Brazil	39.4% of GDP	2012
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	39.26% of GDP	2012
52	Swaziland	39.2% of GDP	2012
=53	Botswana	38.7% of GDP	2012
=53	Croatia	38.7% of GDP	2012
=53	Cook Islands	38.7% of GDP	2006
=56	Canada	38.4% of GDP	2012
=56	Moldova	38.4% of GDP	2012
=58	Estonia	36.9% of GDP	2012
=58	Spain	36.9% of GDP	2012
60	Equatorial Guinea	36.8% of GDP	2012
	Non-religious countries average (profile)	36.57% of GDP	2012
61	San Marino	36.5% of GDP	2011
62	Macau	36.2% of GDP	2012
63	United Arab Emirates	36.1% of GDP	2012
	Potential Future EU Members average (profile)	35.97% of GDP	2012
=64	Bulgaria	35.9% of GDP	2012
=64	Belarus	35.9% of GDP	2012
66	Latvia	35.7% of GDP	2012
	Cold countries average (profile)	35.64% of GDP	2012
67	Northern Mariana Islands	35.5% of GDP	2011
=68	Ireland	35.1% of GDP	2012
=68	Namibia	35.1% of GDP	2012
70	Djibouti	34.9% of GDP	2012
	Eastern Europe average (profile)	34.59% of GDP	2012
71	Samoa	34.3% of GDP	2012
72	Switzerland	34.2% of GDP	2012
73	Sao Tome and Principe	34.1% of GDP	2012
	Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile)	33.99% of GDP	2012
74	Japan	33.8% of GDP	2012
75	American Samoa	33.6% of GDP	2007
76	Slovakia	33.5% of GDP	2012
77	Lithuania	33.4% of GDP	2012
=78	Romania	33.3% of GDP	2012
=78	Federated States of Micronesia	33.3% of GDP	2011
80	Australia	33.2% of GDP	2012
	Heavily indebted countries average (profile)	32.94% of GDP	2012
81	Uzbekistan	32.9% of GDP	2012
82	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	32.5% of GDP	2013
83	Azerbaijan	32.4% of GDP	2012
	Christian countries average (profile)	32.36% of GDP	2012
84	Burundi	32.3% of GDP	2012
85	Kiribati	32.2% of GDP	2010
86	Ukraine	32.1% of GDP	2012
87	Mongolia	31.9% of GDP	2012
	Catholic countries average (profile)	31.85% of GDP	2012
88	Peru	31.7% of GDP	2012
89	West Bank	31.6% of GDP	2011
90	Saint Kitts and Nevis	30.8% of GDP	2012
91	Maldives	30.7% of GDP	2012
92	Papua New Guinea	30.4% of GDP	2012
93	Republic of Macedonia	30.3% of GDP	2012
=94	Bahrain	30.2% of GDP	2012
=94	Cayman Islands	30.2% of GDP	2012
=94	New Caledonia	30.2% of GDP	2001
97	Trinidad and Tobago	30.1% of GDP	2012
98	Democratic Republic of the Congo	30% of GDP	2012
99	Kyrgyzstan	29.8% of GDP	2012
100	Colombia	29.6% of GDP	2012
	Former Soviet republics average (profile)	29.55% of GDP	2012
101	Mozambique	29.3% of GDP	2012
102	Venezuela	29.2% of GDP	2012
	Landlocked countries average (profile)	28.9% of GDP	2010
=103	Belize	28.9% of GDP	2012
=103	Uruguay	28.9% of GDP	2012
105	Bhutan	28.8% of GDP	2012
106	Georgia	28.3% of GDP	2012
107	Tajikistan	28.2% of GDP	2012
108	Barbados	28.1% of GDP	2012
109	Comoros	28% of GDP	2012
=110	Dominica	27.5% of GDP	2012
=110	Gabon	27.5% of GDP	2012
	Muslim countries average (profile)	27.49% of GDP	2012
=112	British Virgin Islands	27.4% of GDP	2012
=112	Kosovo	27.4% of GDP	2011
	Former Spanish colonies average (profile)	27.18% of GDP	2012
	Latin America and Caribbean average (profile)	27.13% of GDP	2012
	Religious countries average (profile)	27% of GDP	2012
	Hot countries average (profile)	26.89% of GDP	2012
=114	Morocco	26.7% of GDP	2012
=114	Fiji	26.7% of GDP	2012
	Emerging markets average (profile)	26.52% of GDP	2012
116	Jamaica	26.5% of GDP	2012
=117	Eritrea	26.4% of GDP	2012
=117	Tunisia	26.4% of GDP	2012
=119	South Africa	26.3% of GDP	2012
=119	Nicaragua	26.3% of GDP	2012
	Former British colonies average (profile)	26.2% of GDP	2012
121	Niger	26.2% of GDP	2012
	Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile)	25.93% of GDP	2012
122	Argentina	25.9% of GDP	2012
123	The Gambia	25.8% of GDP	2012
124	Panama	25.4% of GDP	2012
125	Vietnam	25.3% of GDP	2012
126	Liechtenstein	25.2% of GDP	2011
=127	Malawi	25.1% of GDP	2012
=127	Guyana	25.1% of GDP	2012
=129	Israel	25% of GDP	2012
=129	Tonga	25% of GDP	2012
	East Asia and Pacific average (profile)	24.98% of GDP	2012
=131	South Korea	24.8% of GDP	2012
=131	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	24.8% of GDP	2012
133	Albania	24.7% of GDP	2012
134	Rwanda	24.3% of GDP	2012
135	Yemen	24.2% of GDP	2012
136	East Timor	24.1% of GDP	2012
137	Armenia	23.9% of GDP	2012
	Former French colonies average (profile)	23.84% of GDP	2012
138	Turkey	23.8% of GDP	2012
139	Isle of Man	23.7% of GDP	2006
=140	Senegal	23.5% of GDP	2012
=140	Laos	23.5% of GDP	2012
=142	Guinea	23.3% of GDP	2012
=142	Ghana	23.3% of GDP	2012
144	Haiti	23.2% of GDP	2012
=145	Burkina Faso	23% of GDP	2012
=145	Lebanon	23% of GDP	2012
=145	Mexico	23% of GDP	2012
148	China	22.9% of GDP	2012
149	Cape Verde	22.7% of GDP	2012
150	Aruba	22.6% of GDP	2012
151	Grenada	22.5% of GDP	2009
152	Malaysia	22.4% of GDP	2012
=153	Hong Kong	22.3% of GDP	2012
=153	Liberia	22.3% of GDP	2012
155	Chile	22.2% of GDP	2012
=156	Mauritius	21.7% of GDP	2012
=156	Jordan	21.7% of GDP	2012
=158	Vanuatu	21.6% of GDP	2012
=158	Chad	21.6% of GDP	2012
160	Cote d'Ivoire	21.1% of GDP	2012
=161	Benin	20.9% of GDP	2012
=161	Zambia	20.9% of GDP	2012
163	Russia	20.8% of GDP	2012
164	Guernsey	20.6% of GDP	2005
165	Guam	20.5% of GDP	2011
166	Togo	20.3% of GDP	2012
	South and Central Asia average (profile)	20.26% of GDP	2012
	failed states average (profile)	20.24% of GDP	2012
=167	Tanzania	20% of GDP	2012
=167	Thailand	20% of GDP	2012
169	Egypt	19.8% of GDP	2012
=170	El Salvador	19.6% of GDP	2012
=170	Antigua and Barbuda	19.6% of GDP	2012
=170	Kazakhstan	19.6% of GDP	2012
=170	Monaco	19.6% of GDP	2011
174	Cameroon	19.3% of GDP	2012
175	The Bahamas	19.2% of GDP	2012
176	Nepal	18.7% of GDP	2012
177	Kenya	18.5% of GDP	2012
178	Poland	18.3% of GDP	2012
179	Paraguay	18.1% of GDP	2012
180	Mali	17.9% of GDP	2012
=181	Madagascar	17.6% of GDP	2012
=181	Suriname	17.6% of GDP	2010
183	Bermuda	17.4% of GDP	2012
184	Cambodia	17.3% of GDP	2012
=185	Taiwan	16.8% of GDP	2012
=185	Honduras	16.8% of GDP	2012
187	Indonesia	16.7% of GDP	2012
188	Jersey	16.3% of GDP	2005
=189	Central African Republic	15.9% of GDP	2012
=189	Guinea-Bissau	15.9% of GDP	2012
=189	Singapore	15.9% of GDP	2012
192	Sierra Leone	15.4% of GDP	2012
=193	United States	15.3% of GDP	2013
=193	French Polynesia	15.3% of GDP	1999
195	Ethiopia	15.2% of GDP	2012
196	Turkmenistan	14.9% of GDP	2012
197	Uganda	14.8% of GDP	2012
	South Asia average (profile)	14.72% of GDP	2012
=198	Philippines	14.7% of GDP	2012
=198	Iran	14.7% of GDP	2012
200	Costa Rica	14.6% of GDP	2012
201	Saint Lucia	14.2% of GDP	2011
202	Dominican Republic	14.1% of GDP	2012
203	Sri Lanka	13.4% of GDP	2012
204	Pakistan	12.4% of GDP	2012
205	Guatemala	11.8% of GDP	2012
206	Bangladesh	11.6% of GDP	2012
207	North Korea	11.4% of GDP	2013
208	Afghanistan	11.3% of GDP	2012
209	India	9.5% of GDP	2012
=210	Nigeria	8.4% of GDP	2012
=210	Andorra	8.4% of GDP	2011
212	Syria	8.1% of GDP	2012
213	Puerto Rico	7.2% of GDP	2000
214	Sudan	6.6% of GDP	2012
215	Burma	4.2% of GDP	2012

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