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Tax revenue (including social contributions) as a share of GDP

Name: Tax revenue (including social contributions) as a share of GDP
Creator: International Monetary Fund (IMF), Government Finance Statistics (GFS) / World Revenue Longitudinal Data (WoRLD)
Keywords: statistic-of-the-day, ai-generated, taxation, public finance, government revenue, fiscal capacity, social contributions, GDP share

Tax revenue including social contributions as a share of GDP (2022): a comparable measure of how much governments raise in compulsory revenues.

Source: International Monetary Fund (IMF), Government Finance Statistics (GFS) / World Revenue Longitudinal Data (WoRLD)•160 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

21.4%

Median: 19.0%

Countries Covered

160

with available data

Highest

Faroe Islands

47.2%

Lowest

United Arab Emirates

0.9%

Top 5 Countries

1Faroe Islands47.2%

2Denmark45.8%

3France45.0%

4Belgium44.1%

5Sweden43.9%

By Region

Europe36.3%(32 countries)

Oceania30.5%(2 countries)

South America22.2%(7 countries)

North America22.2%(4 countries)

Africa17.7%(9 countries)

Key Findings

•Tax-to-GDP ratios vary dramatically worldwide, from low single digits in some Gulf states to mid-40%+ in Nordic economies.
•Higher ratios often coincide with large social insurance systems where contributions are a major revenue source.
•Many low- and lower-middle-income countries remain below ~15% tax-to-GDP, highlighting fiscal capacity constraints.
•Countries with similar income levels can have very different tax-to-GDP ratios, reflecting policy, administration, and economic structure.

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (7.6%)High (47.2%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 21.4%)

Europe (32)

Oceania (2)

South America (7)

North America (4)

Africa (9)

Other (81)

Asia (25)

About This Statistic

This statistic measures total tax revenue plus compulsory social security contributions collected by a country’s general government, expressed as a percentage of GDP. It is a widely used indicator of a state’s revenue-raising capacity and the overall “size” of compulsory financing for public services and social insurance.

Cross-country differences reflect policy choices (tax rates, bases, enforcement), economic structure (informality, commodity dependence), and demographics (the scale of pension/health systems). Values are broadly comparable because the underlying source harmonizes government finance concepts across countries, though coverage and reporting lags can vary.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Faroe Islands	47.2%
2	Denmark	45.8%
3	France	45.0%
4	Belgium	44.1%
5	Sweden	43.9%
6	Norway	43.1%
7	Italy	42.6%
8	Finland	42.1%
9	Germany	40.4%
10	Netherlands	39.6%
11	Greece	39.2%
12	Luxembourg	38.2%
13	Algeria	37.9%
14	Spain	37.5%
15	Iceland	37.4%
16	Croatia	36.9%
17	Slovenia	36.8%
18	Poland	36.6%
19	Serbia	36.3%
20	Hungary	35.6%
21	Portugal	34.8%
22	Czech Republic	34.7%
23	Bulgaria	34.3%
24	Japan	34.1%
25	Estonia	34.0%
26	Cyprus	33.8%
27	Armenia	33.5%
28	United Kingdom	33.2%
29	Russian Federation	33.1%
30	Slovakia	32.9%
31	Brazil	32.6%
32	Canada	32.4%
33	Seychelles	32.2%
34	Lithuania	32.0%
35	Ukraine	31.9%
36	Austria	31.8%
37	New Zealand	31.7%
38	Latvia	31.1%
39	Belarus	30.8%
40	Israel	30.6%
41	Tunisia	30.2%
42	Kyrgyzstan	29.9%
43	Cape Verde	29.8%
44	Australia	29.2%
45	Bahamas	28.7%
46	Moldova, Republic of	28.6%
47	Afghanistan	28.4%
48	Switzerland	27.9%
49	South Korea	27.8%
50	The Republic of North Macedonia	27.7%
51	Romania	27.6%
52	Albania	27.6%
53	United States of America	27.4%
54	Uruguay	27.1%
55	Trinidad and Tobago	26.2%
56	Bosnia and Herzegovina	25.9%
57	Mongolia	25.6%
58	Georgia	25.0%
59	South Africa	25.0%
60	Botswana	24.5%
61	Türkiye	24.1%
62	Uzbekistan	23.5%
63	Costa Rica	23.4%
64	Namibia	22.3%
65	Malta	21.9%
66	Morocco	21.8%
67	Ireland	21.5%
68	Chile	21.4%
69	Barbados	21.1%
70	Maldives	21.0%
71	Mauritius	20.9%
72	El Salvador	20.8%
73	Kazakhstan	20.4%
74	Cayman Islands	20.3%
75	People's Republic of China	20.1%
76	Suriname	20.1%
77	Guyana	19.8%
78	Ecuador	19.6%
79	Argentina	19.5%
80	Eritrea	19.1%
81	Colombia	18.9%
82	Vietnam	18.9%
83	Zambia	18.5%
84	Nepal	18.3%
85	Bolivia	18.2%
86	Senegal	18.0%
87	Nicaragua	17.7%
88	Togo	17.6%
89	Thailand	16.8%
90	Angola	16.8%
91	Mexico	16.6%
92	New Caledonia	16.4%
93	Cameroon	16.1%
94	Peru	16.1%
95	Jordan	15.9%
96	Fiji	15.8%
97	Philippines	15.7%
98	Kenya	15.6%
99	Rwanda	15.4%
100	Brunei Darussalam	15.0%
101	Panama	14.8%
102	Venezuela	14.7%
103	Central African Republic	14.5%
104	Republic of the Congo	14.2%
105	Malaysia	14.1%
106	Mali	14.0%
107	Gabon	13.9%
108	Dominican Republic	13.8%
109	Belize	13.6%
110	Mauritania	13.5%
111	Singapore	13.5%
112	Burundi	13.4%
113	Cuba	13.2%
114	Uganda	13.1%
115	Guinea	13.0%
116	Honduras	12.9%
117	Malawi	12.8%
118	Cambodia	12.7%
119	Lebanon	12.7%
120	Papua New Guinea	12.6%
121	Egypt	12.6%
122	Ghana	12.5%
123	Paraguay	12.4%
124	Cote d'Ivoire	12.3%
125	Guatemala	12.2%
126	Bahrain	12.1%
127	Indonesia	12.0%
128	Sierra Leone	12.0%
129	Sri Lanka	11.9%
130	Saudi Arabia	11.9%
131	United Republic of Tanzania	11.8%
132	Djibouti	11.7%
133	Jamaica	11.5%
134	Pakistan	11.5%
135	India	11.3%
136	Benin	11.2%
137	Republic of The Gambia	11.0%
138	Zimbabwe	11.0%
139	Lao People's Democratic Republic	10.9%
140	Madagascar	10.8%
141	Democratic Republic of the Congo	10.5%
142	Bhutan	10.2%
143	Solomon Islands	10.1%
144	Bangladesh	9.7%
145	Ethiopia	9.5%
146	Chad	9.3%
147	Niger	8.8%
148	Somalia	8.6%
149	Islamic Republic of Iran	8.4%
150	Haiti	7.9%
151	Sudan	7.8%
152	Nigeria	7.7%
153	Myanmar	7.6%
154	Iraq	6.7%
155	South Sudan	4.8%
156	Qatar	2.9%
157	Oman	2.7%
158	Yemen	2.5%
159	Kuwait	1.7%
160	United Arab Emirates	0.9%

Showing 160 of 160 countries

Topics

#statistic-of-the-day #ai-generated #taxation #public finance #government revenue #fiscal capacity #social contributions #GDP share

Data Source

This data comes from International Monetary Fund (IMF), Government Finance Statistics (GFS) / World Revenue Longitudinal Data (WoRLD) (2022).

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