economic2024

Goods and services taxes share of government revenue

Compare goods and services taxes share of government revenue across 90 ISO-mapped countries or territories using one fixed 2024 official-source slice.

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Key Insights

Global Average
31.0% of government revenue
Median: 30.5% of government revenue
Countries Covered
90
with available data
Highest
Macao
76.2% of government revenue
Lowest
United States of America
2.1% of government revenue
Top 5 Countries
1Macao76.2% of government revenue
2Bahamas58.7% of government revenue
3Mauritius53.3% of government revenue
4Guatemala51.9% of government revenue
5Lebanon48.4% of government revenue
By Region
Key Findings
  • 90 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite 2024 observation.
  • Macao has the highest published value (76.2354421212327 % of government revenue).
  • United States of America has the lowest published value (2.07768394797955 % of government revenue).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (2.1% of government revenue)High (76.2% of government revenue)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 31.0% of government revenue)

About This Statistic

General taxes on goods and services are taxes levied on the production, leasing, delivery, sale, purchase or other change of ownership of a wide range of goods and the provision of a wide range of services. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of revenue which includes all transactions that add to the amount of economic value of a unit or sector.

MapTheory retains one fixed year, unit and explicit source slice. Only finite ISO-mapped observations are included; aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies and conflicting duplicates are excluded. No values are estimated or imputed by MapTheory.

Methodology

General taxes on goods and services are taxes levied on the production, leasing, delivery, sale, purchase or other change of ownership of a wide range of goods and the provision of a wide range of services. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of revenue which includes all transactions that add to the amount of economic value of a unit or sector.

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1Macao76.2% of government revenue
2Bahamas58.7% of government revenue
3Mauritius53.3% of government revenue
4Guatemala51.9% of government revenue
5Lebanon48.4% of government revenue
6Armenia48.2% of government revenue
7Dominican Republic47.9% of government revenue
8Nicaragua47.5% of government revenue
9Chile47.0% of government revenue
10Albania44.5% of government revenue
11Georgia44.5% of government revenue
12Fiji44.4% of government revenue
13Uganda44.0% of government revenue
14Bosnia and Herzegovina42.7% of government revenue
15Burkina Faso42.3% of government revenue
16Thailand41.7% of government revenue
17Bulgaria41.5% of government revenue
18Madagascar41.2% of government revenue
19Kyrgyzstan39.6% of government revenue
20Latvia38.9% of government revenue
21The Republic of North Macedonia38.3% of government revenue
22United Republic of Tanzania37.5% of government revenue
23Hungary37.1% of government revenue
24El Salvador37.0% of government revenue
25Paraguay36.1% of government revenue
26Tajikistan35.3% of government revenue
27Türkiye35.0% of government revenue
28Sweden34.7% of government revenue
29Estonia34.4% of government revenue
30Greece33.3% of government revenue
31Lesotho32.7% of government revenue
32Romania32.7% of government revenue
33Panama32.6% of government revenue
34Ethiopia32.1% of government revenue
35South Africa32.1% of government revenue
36Israel31.9% of government revenue
37Zambia31.8% of government revenue
38Argentina31.8% of government revenue
39Mexico31.7% of government revenue
40Finland31.5% of government revenue
41Denmark31.4% of government revenue
42Portugal31.1% of government revenue
43United Kingdom31.1% of government revenue
44Lithuania31.0% of government revenue
45Mozambique30.5% of government revenue
46Malawi30.5% of government revenue
47Switzerland29.5% of government revenue
48Slovenia29.2% of government revenue
49Cyprus29.1% of government revenue
50Malta28.3% of government revenue
51Slovakia28.3% of government revenue
52People's Republic of China28.3% of government revenue
53Belarus28.0% of government revenue
54Czech Republic27.9% of government revenue
55Solomon Islands26.4% of government revenue
56New Zealand26.4% of government revenue
57Netherlands26.3% of government revenue
58Ukraine26.2% of government revenue
59Mongolia25.9% of government revenue
60Guinea-Bissau25.8% of government revenue
61Costa Rica25.6% of government revenue
62Papua New Guinea25.5% of government revenue
63Namibia25.4% of government revenue
64Philippines25.3% of government revenue
65Luxembourg25.3% of government revenue
66Austria25.0% of government revenue
67Spain25.0% of government revenue
68Uruguay24.7% of government revenue
69Colombia24.3% of government revenue
70Belgium23.9% of government revenue
71Russian Federation23.8% of government revenue
72Italy23.7% of government revenue
73Saudi Arabia22.9% of government revenue
74Ireland22.9% of government revenue
75Andorra22.8% of government revenue
76Malaysia22.6% of government revenue
77Azerbaijan21.7% of government revenue
78Singapore21.5% of government revenue
79Brazil20.3% of government revenue
80Germany20.0% of government revenue
81France18.9% of government revenue
82San Marino18.8% of government revenue
83Norway18.5% of government revenue
84United Arab Emirates17.3% of government revenue
85South Korea17.0% of government revenue
86Canada13.8% of government revenue
87Angola9.4% of government revenue
88Somalia5.8% of government revenue
89Nauru2.7% of government revenue
90United States of America2.1% of government revenue
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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2024).

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