economic2024

Tax revenue (% of GDP) — series 2

Name: Tax revenue (% of GDP) — series 2
Creator: World Bank World Development Indicators
Keywords: economic, %, tax, revenue, gdp, series

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2024. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators•161 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

16.5%

Median: 16.8%

Countries Covered

161

with available data

Highest

Lesotho

35.4%

Lowest

United Arab Emirates

0.6%

Top 5 Countries

1Lesotho35.4%

2Namibia33.9%

3Denmark33.4%

4New Zealand29.5%

5Luxembourg28.6%

By Region

Oceania26.5%(2 countries)

Europe22.0%(32 countries)

Other16.2%(88 countries)

South America15.2%(7 countries)

Africa13.8%(7 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.6%)High (35.4%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 16.5%)

Oceania (2)

Europe (32)

Other (88)

South America (7)

Africa (7)

North America (4)

Asia (21)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Lesotho	35.4%
2	Namibia	33.9%
3	Denmark	33.4%
4	New Zealand	29.5%
5	Luxembourg	28.6%
6	Macao	27.4%
7	Greece	27.4%
8	Sweden	27.2%
9	United Kingdom	26.9%
10	South Africa	25.9%
11	Austria	25.8%
12	Italy	25.6%
13	Finland	25.3%
14	Netherlands	25.3%
15	Norway	24.5%
16	Eswatini	24.3%
17	Georgia	24.3%
18	Malta	24.1%
19	Samoa	24.0%
20	Fiji	23.9%
21	Cyprus	23.9%
22	Serbia	23.9%
23	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	23.8%
24	Jamaica	23.7%
25	Australia	23.6%
26	Barbados	23.4%
27	Solomon Islands	23.3%
28	Israel	23.2%
29	Iceland	23.2%
30	Belgium	23.0%
31	France	22.8%
32	Hungary	22.7%
33	Estonia	22.7%
34	Botswana	22.4%
35	Armenia	22.4%
36	Portugal	22.3%
37	Seychelles	22.1%
38	Lithuania	21.9%
39	Mozambique	21.8%
40	El Salvador	21.8%
41	Timor-Leste	21.6%
42	Nauru	21.4%
43	Belize	21.3%
44	Croatia	21.2%
45	Ukraine	21.0%
46	Slovenia	21.0%
47	Morocco	20.7%
48	Bulgaria	20.7%
49	Mauritius	20.5%
50	Tonga	20.5%
51	Bosnia and Herzegovina	20.2%
52	Tunisia	20.1%
53	Nicaragua	20.1%
54	Kyrgyzstan	19.6%
55	Senegal	19.5%
56	Maldives	19.5%
57	Slovakia	19.1%
58	Zambia	18.8%
59	The Republic of North Macedonia	18.8%
60	Burkina Faso	18.7%
61	Czech Republic	18.6%
62	Moldova, Republic of	18.6%
63	Cape Verde	18.4%
64	Chile	18.3%
65	Saint Lucia	18.2%
66	Republic of The Gambia	18.2%
67	Palau	18.1%
68	Albania	18.0%
69	Poland	18.0%
70	Ireland	17.9%
71	Uruguay	17.9%
72	Latvia	17.6%
73	Türkiye	17.6%
74	Kiribati	17.5%
75	Azerbaijan	17.3%
76	Bahamas	17.3%
77	San Marino	17.3%
78	Marshall Islands	17.2%
79	Bolivia	17.0%
80	Mongolia	16.9%
81	Trinidad and Tobago	16.8%
82	Vanuatu	16.5%
83	Romania	16.2%
84	Peru	15.9%
85	Malawi	15.6%
86	Andorra	15.6%
87	Papua New Guinea	15.5%
88	Jordan	15.5%
89	Brazil	15.4%
90	Colombia	15.2%
91	Thailand	15.2%
92	Honduras	15.1%
93	Saint Kitts and Nevis	15.0%
94	Spain	14.9%
95	Mexico	14.8%
96	Dominican Republic	14.7%
97	Philippines	14.4%
98	Kenya	14.1%
99	Nepal	13.9%
100	Togo	13.9%
101	Canada	13.7%
102	Singapore	13.6%
103	Costa Rica	13.5%
104	South Korea	13.3%
105	Ecuador	13.1%
106	Rwanda	13.1%
107	Belarus	13.0%
108	Cote d'Ivoire	13.0%
109	United Republic of Tanzania	12.7%
110	Burundi	12.7%
111	Uganda	12.6%
112	Egypt	12.5%
113	Malaysia	12.4%
114	Ghana	12.4%
115	Bhutan	12.3%
116	Cambodia	12.2%
117	Lao People's Democratic Republic	12.1%
118	Mali	12.0%
119	Kazakhstan	11.9%
120	Niger	11.8%
121	Guatemala	11.6%
122	Cameroon	11.3%
123	Paraguay	11.3%
124	Japan	11.1%
125	Lebanon	11.1%
126	Indonesia	11.1%
127	Uzbekistan	11.0%
128	Madagascar	10.9%
129	Germany	10.9%
130	Russian Federation	10.9%
131	Benin	10.8%
132	United States of America	10.8%
133	Tajikistan	10.7%
134	Democratic Republic of the Congo	10.7%
135	Argentina	10.4%
136	Afghanistan	9.9%
137	Sri Lanka	9.9%
138	Gabon	9.5%
139	Switzerland	9.5%
140	Guinea-Bissau	8.3%
141	Central African Republic	8.2%
142	Saudi Arabia	8.1%
143	Bangladesh	7.6%
144	Angola	7.6%
145	Guinea	7.4%
146	Sudan	7.4%
147	Islamic Republic of Iran	7.4%
148	Zimbabwe	7.2%
149	Panama	7.2%
150	Micronesia, Federated States of	7.0%
151	People's Republic of China	7.0%
152	India	6.9%
153	Equatorial Guinea	6.6%
154	Republic of the Congo	6.5%
155	Myanmar	6.0%
156	Ethiopia	3.4%
157	Bahrain	2.8%
158	Somalia	2.2%
159	Kuwait	1.5%
160	Iraq	1.3%
161	United Arab Emirates	0.6%

Showing 161 of 161 countries

Topics

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Data Source

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

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