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Total Tax Revenue as a Percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

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This map shows total tax revenue as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

Current world average tax revenue: 15.97% of world GDP

Tax revenue refers to compulsory transfers to the central government for public purposes. Certain compulsory transfers such as fines, penalties, and most social security contributions are excluded. Refunds and corrections of erroneously collected tax revenue are treated as negative revenue.

Last updated: 14 years ago

Category: Economic

Country Name	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997	1996	1995	1994	1993	1992	1991	1990
Afghanistan		5.78	5.1	5.95
Albania						17.29	17.1	16.11				13.6	10.19	9.41	13.42
Algeria		45.26	29.48	32.17
American Samoa
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Arab World
Argentina						14.2	12.52	9.82
Armenia		16.95	15.96	14.4	14.34	14	14
Aruba
Australia		24.17	24.0	24.5	24.75	24.23	24.22	23.37	24.69	22.98	22.38
Austria		20.17	20.22	19.9	20.23	20.96	21.23	21.13	21.69	19.88	20.22	20.3	20.1	18.93	17.83
Azerbaijan											12.73	12.68	10.69	9.85	17.95	25.56
Bahamas, The			16.66	16.63	15.11	14.15	13.86	13.52	14.49	15.6	15.4	14.46	15.66	17.1	17.35	16.72	15.39	15.43	13.64	13.86
Bahrain					1.38	4.94	3.76	4.0	4.65	4.24	5.0	5.66	5.1	5.0	4.8	5.17	5.35	5.39	5.0	5.19
Bangladesh		8.82	8.1	8.17	8.22	8.11	8.1	7.7	7.6
Barbados			35.59
Belarus		25.35	23.73	22.22	20.15	18.37	17.69	14.2	15.75	16.62	16.67	17.11	20.73	18.8	19.89	24.75	26.63	20.44
Belgium		25.55	25.13	25.77	26.1	25.93	25.45	26.0	27.0	27.41	27.15	27.15	26.52	25.96	25.45
Belize													19.21	19.54	18.76	19.92	19.53	19.94	20.71	21.41
Benin		17.25		15.96	15.47	16.35	15.66	15.68	15.47
Bermuda
Bhutan	9.15	8.51	7.53	9.28	8.49	7.82	9.53	9.79	8.91	10.28	7.41	8.49	6.98	7.92	6.99	6.34	6.45	5.31	5.1	4.7
Bolivia			16.96	16.82	16.22	15.0	12.97	13.18
Bosnia and Herzegovina		20.97	22.17	22.6	20.49	19.0	19.76
Botswana														15.1	16.62	19.55	23.68	27.85	25.56	27.5
Brazil		15.81	15.95	15.45
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria		24.16	24.63	23.61	22.97	21.83	18.85	16.78	17.45	18.31	17.91	18.57	17.97	17.39	20.0	21.24	15.21	16.9	22.33	23.83
Burkina Faso		12.34	12.49	12.0	11.56	11.81
Burundi											13.6	14.35	11.42	13.44	16.68	15.62	14.93	15.12	15.14
Cambodia				8.18	7.89	8.12	7.54	8.17
Cameroon																7.28	8.36	9.75	8.91	9.77
Canada		12.93	13.96	13.86	13.85	14.1	13.85	13.82	14.34	15.35	15.52	15.18	15.12	14.6	13.72	13.74	13.52	14.65	15.3
Cape Verde		24.87	23.78	22.74	20.5
Cayman Islands
Central African Republic						6.21
Chad
Channel Islands
Chile		19.67	21.4	20.56	18.74	17.0	16.31	16.8	16.6	16.72
China			9.93	9.19	8.68
Colombia							11.62
Comoros
Congo, Rep.					6.24	7.85	8.7	8.36	9.22
Costa Rica		15.81
Cote d'Ivoire		15.57	15.48	15.0	9.77	15.18	14.91
Croatia		20.33	20.44	20.42	20.22	20.29	21.11	21.69	21.22	22.6	23.36	25.19	22.0	22.94	23.1	26.87	21.55	19.73	14.89
Cuba
Cyprus		31.33	33.2	27.92	26.59	25.1	25.55	24.1	23.68	23.0	20.9	20.34	18.35	19.11	19.8
Czech Republic		14.82	15.19	14.69	15.58	15.7	16.15	15.76	15.91	15.44	15.85	15.34	15.89	16.44	17.1	19.39	22.29
Denmark		35.1	35.85	31.58	32.61	30.79	29.49	29.42	29.55	30.82	31.91	31.84	31.86	32.19	31.91
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic			15.91	14.84	14.55	12.89
East Asia & Pacific (all income levels)																	12.34	12.52	13.81	13.76
Ecuador																27.25	27.71	25.2	16.24	14.1
Egypt, Arab Rep.		15.32	15.35	15.83	14.1	13.84	13.35	13.41					15.96	17.46	17.62	19.1	18.76	18.48	14.9	13.19
El Salvador		13.88	13.98	13.44	12.49	10.99	11.16	10.71
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia		15.12	16.84	16.36	16.1	15.96	16.19	16.0	15.48	15.77	16.63	17.96	18.29	22.17	19.24
Ethiopia								10.18
Faeroe Islands
Fiji				23.18	21.35	22.19								21.2	22.21	21.5	21.41	21.6	21.87	22.76
Finland		21.39	21.7	22.12	22.6	22.57	22.7	22.95	22.33	24.65	22.77	22.97	22.85	22.1	20.77
France		21.44	21.77	22.44	22.32	22.21	22.0	22.38	22.96	23.16	23.4	22.63	20.63	19.89	18.79
French Polynesia
Gabon
Gambia, The																				18.2
Georgia		23.82	17.72	15.45	12.11	9.93	7.0	7.62	7.35	7.65	7.9	7.24	8.33
Germany		11.79	11.81	11.3	11.1	10.86	11.36	11.25	11.26	11.89	11.67	10.93	10.72	10.82	11.1
Ghana		23.8	22.88	20.52	21.32	21.75	18.48	17.49	17.19								13.15	10.77	13.16	11.44
Gibraltar
Greece		19.83	20.1	20.0	20.1	19.53	19.89	21.41	21.81	23.25	22.32	21.31	19.74	18.78	18.76
Greenland
Grenada															23.1	22.34	23.52	21.72	23.1
Guam
Guatemala		11.32	12.1	11.86	11.21	11.55	11.67	11.88	10.86	10.1	10.25	9.37	8.7	8.53	7.71	6.77	7.82	8.31	7.33	6.87
Guinea																		10.84	10.75	12.11
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras		15.94	16.31	15.24	14.53	14.5	13.75
Hong Kong SAR, China
Hungary		23.61	21.42	20.1	20.3	20.67	20.85	21.12	21.51	21.93	22.11	21.39	21.51	23.55	23.97
Iceland		24.37	27.31	28.1	28.1	25.87	24.67	23.64	23.66	26.1	26.57	24.57
India		12.34	11.83	11.1	9.88	9.41	9.23	8.81	8.21	8.97	8.8	8.21	9.12	9.34	9.33	9.1	8.64	9.92	10.29	10.11
Indonesia						12.33	12.39	11.83	11.58		16.32	15.0	16.0	14.23	14.96	15.95	14.36	15.76	15.64	17.75
Iran, Islamic Rep.		7.56	7.26	7.43	7.85	6.1	5.9	5.52	6.32	6.34	9.1	9.29	10.99	8.65	6.6	4.68	4.1	7.44	6.66	5.99
Iraq
Ireland		22.91	25.54	26.51	25.13	24.79	23.72	23.22	24.16	26.0	26.25	26.1	26.64	26.87	26.24
Israel		25.35	27.85	27.55	26.93	26.59	26.69	27.63	28.4	28.74
Italy		22.62	23.0	22.74	21.21	21.57	22.1	22.1	22.83	23.21	24.58	24.1	25.21	23.53	23.67
Jamaica		25.43	26.89	26.0	25.54	25.22	24.55
Japan																	11.94	12.1	13.64	13.44
Jordan		18.32
Kazakhstan		12.66	12.28	14.85	17.15	13.91	13.1	12.13	9.64	10.22	7.75	7.29	6.79
Kenya		18.88	17.86	17.38	18.67	16.97	15.77	17.29	17.83	16.83	16.15	15.1	16.1	15.85	20.49	14.94	14.97	18.41	17.62
Kiribati
Korea, Dem. Rep.
Korea, Rep.		16.3	16.56	15.19	14.73	14.25	14.95	14.43	14.71	15.41	14.29	14	14.24	14.48	14.23	13.89	13.55	13.72	13.45	14.42
Kosovo
Kuwait		0.89	0.88	0.82	0.98	1.1	0.96	0.96			1.27	1.49	1.17	0.97	1.15	1.42	1.1	0.1	0.26	1.55
Kyrgyz Republic		16.51	16.4	14.22					12.44	11.74	12.21	14.23	12.51	12.59	15.1	14.68	14.86
Lao PDR			10.1
Latvia		14.93	15.64	15.87	15.1	13.61	14.1	13.73	13.74	14.16	15.51	17.11	16.67	14.11	13.22	15.14
Lebanon		16.0	14.81	14.73	14.92	16.0	15.38	14.43	11.88	11.9
Lesotho		58.92	54.37	57.49	45.93	44.7	38.96	36.49	38.85	35.6	38.15	37.1	42.36	41.84	43.77	44.68	44.32	40.71	39.42	37.41
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania		17.43	17.78	17.86	17.26	16.96	17.1	17.29	14.39	14.56
Luxembourg		23.75	24.1	23.99	25.25	24.4	24.55	25.37	25.94	26.38	25.5
Macao SAR, China		29.67	25.25	22.12	22.17	22.1	20.86	18.62	18.18	16.57	15.71	15.63	17.79	14.7
Macedonia, FYR		19.73	20.1	19.47	19.83
Madagascar			11.43	10.67	10.11	10.88	10.0	7.67	9.74	11.33
Malawi
Malaysia							16.59	17.76	17.86	13.76	14.16	16.81	19.83	19.46	19.56	20.1	19.4	20.17	20.11	18.87
Maldives		21.0	21.53	20.23	17.95	16.57	14.31	13.31	13.68	13.8	14.1	14.2	14.45	13.45	13.6	13	13.73	14.96	14.61	13.96
Mali		13.3	14.22	15.66	15.66	15.29	13.77	13	13.95	13.15
Malta			28.59	27.26	26.34	26.18	24.88
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius		18.21	16.37	17.31	17.82	16.73	16.69	15.24	15.4	17.25	16.95	15.99	15.99	14.81	16.11	18.28	18.1	19.15	20.29	19.65
Mayotte
Mexico										11.66	10.74	10.19	11.2	10.79	10.65	10.63	11.26	11.59	11.55	11.78
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
Moldova		20.45	20.57	19.57	18.49	16.36	14.67	12.88	12.17	14.73	15.1	18.73	18.28	12.1
Monaco
Mongolia		23.15	25.3	31.13			19.87	14.67	15.9	14.52	11.45	9.67	11.85	10.96	11.57	13.34	20.47	13.15
Montenegro
Morocco		27.46	25.12	22.43	21.97	19.87	19.64	19.93
Mozambique
Myanmar						3.27	2.21	2	2.26	2.97	2.75	3.52	4.42	3.96	3.74	4.25	4.73	5.0	5.61	6.2
Namibia			27.24	29.15	25.76	24.29	23.18	25.98	26.4	27.53	31.9	29.28	30.48	27.41	28.41	27.16	29.84	30.34	32.41	27.31
Nepal	12.87	10.41	9.77	8.78	9.18	8.97	8.65	8.56	9.45	8.74	8.42	8.64	8.72	8.72	8.99	7.73	6.65	6.48	6.62	7
Netherlands		22.78	23.5	23.19	22.64	21.63	21.64	22.52	22.59	22.33	22.63	22.17	22.22	22.67	21.91
Netherlands Antilles
New Caledonia
New Zealand			31.67	33.16	31.29	30.16	30.2	29.11	29.49
Nicaragua									12.72	13.81	13.91	14.32	13.74	12.32	12.2	11.67	18.98	19.85	18.24	26.27
Niger			11.46	10.7	10.32
Nigeria
North America	8.46	10.36	12.13	12.1	11.42	10.29	10.3	10.76	12.81
Northern Mariana Islands
Norway		28.2	29.17	29.69	28.92	27.96	26.28	27.93	26.88	27.44
Oman									7.39	7.16	6.69	6.79	8.76	7.54	7.43	7.12	6.14	6.99	7.51	9.36
Pakistan			9.84	9.43	9.6	10.28	10.78	10.31	10.0	10.1	13.17	12.83	12.74	13.82	13.25	12.75	12.83	12.99	12.23	13.32
Palau
Panama									9.26	10.2	11.1	10.76	11.52	11.2	13	12.43	12.45	13.1	13.47	12.61
Papua New Guinea								21.0	24.7	18.98	21.79	20.48	23.72	22.46	19.73	20.6	19.86	18.28	17.73	20.1
Paraguay		11.81	11.45	12.1	11.87
Peru		15.42	15.6	15.1	13.52	13.1	12.84	12.1	12.44	12.23	12.65	13.92	14.16	14.1	13.61	12.97	12.17	11.99	11.0	10.77
Philippines		14.13	14.0	14.26	12.96	12.42	12.75	12.52	13.49	13.71	14.5	15.63	16.98	16.94	16.29	16.0	15.61	15.44	14.61	14.1
Poland		18.34	18.31	17.36	16.67	15.69	16.96	17.0	15.99
Portugal		22.13	22.42	22.0	21.31	20.59	21.49	21.48	20.99	21.34	21.34	20.72	20.57	20.75	19.8
Puerto Rico
Qatar			23.12	21.5	21.33	25.51
Russian Federation		15.75	16.55	16.58		13.22	13.28	13.63
Rwanda																		9.1	9.26	8.78
Samoa
San Marino				22.37	21.99	20.7	21.97	23.52
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal									16.12	16.13	15.51	14.79	14.71	14.25
Serbia		22.59	23.35
Seychelles		23.37	23.42	25.93	28.39	35.4	32.73	26.14	25.26	26.1	27.22	26.44	26.96	26.94	27.63	31.97	35.36
Sierra Leone						10.78	11.52	11.38	12.0	10.16	6.29	7.2	9.91	7.66	9.0	12.13	11.83	10.13	7.47	5.32
Singapore		13.77	13.12	12.12	11.8	12.17	13.0	13.29	15.29	15.39	15.18	14.6	15.99	16.54	16.43	17.32	16.98	16.89	15.99	15.36
Slovak Republic		13.46	14.13	13.85	14.93	15.85	17.25
Slovenia		20.0	19.64	20.99	20.52	20.56	20.81	18.86	20.53	20.56	22.1	21.12	20.71	20.4	19.9	21.49	19.71	18.77
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa		27.72	28.75	28.38	26.86	25.33	24	24.2	24.81	23.96
South Asia		12.1	11.46	10.77	9.84	9.52	9.41	9.0	8.56	9.28	9.5	8.99	9.78	10.16	10.13	9.8	9.52	10.62	10.73	10.62
Spain		10.71	13.9	13.17	12.59	11.76	12.19	12.79	15.83	16.16	15.99	15.57	15.58	16.1	15.86
Sri Lanka		13.28	14.22	14.58	13.73	13.47	12.71	13.56	14.63	14.5	15.0	14.48	16.0	16.95	17.75	17.17	17.47	17.95	18.3	19.0
St. Kitts and Nevis				22.27			23.93									20.29	20.21	19.34	19.55	19.63
St. Lucia
St. Vincent and the Grenadines																	22.43			22.14
Sudan											6.39	6.2
Suriname
Swaziland							27.63
Sweden		19	19.85	20.63	20.26	19.32	18.86	18.46	20.25	23.12	24.67	22.66	22.0	21.1	20.84
Switzerland			10	10.43	10.31	9.98	9.95	9.95	10.0	11.1	9.73	10.16	9.13	9.17	8.71	8.61	8.0	8.71	8.55	8.81
Syrian Arab Republic											17.43	15.71	16.3	15.64	18.63	17.47	17.46	19.4	18.1	16.71
Tajikistan						9.82	9.71		8.2	7.7	8.21	7.69
Tanzania
Thailand		16.46	16.11	16.73	17.24	15.92	15.46
Togo		16.27	16.35	14.71	13.93	14.39
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago			26.91	30.26	26.38	22.7	21.43	20.46	22.12						22.71	21.39	23.22
Tunisia	19.69	22.5	20.84	20.55	21.0	20.7	20.59	21.48	21.63	21.31	21.1	21.11	20.25	19.84	20.49	20.76	21.0	20.5	20.38	19.95
Turkey		18.59	18.73	19.7
Turkmenistan
Turks and Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
Uganda		12.9	12.39	12.28	11.78	10.71	11.26	11.18	10.44	10.44	11.45	10.0
Ukraine		17.88	16.48	17.75	17.12	13.28	13.65	13.1	12.1	14.1	12.99
United Arab Emirates											1.72	1.68	1.53
United Kingdom		28.46	27.77	28.0	27.25	26.56	26.34	27.1	28.21	28.43	28.0	27.77	26.74	26.28	26.33
United States	8.46	10.1	11.95	11.89	11.2	9.98	10.0	10.55	12.71
Uruguay		17.77	17.99	18.77	17.9	17.85	17.21	15.78	15.31	14.7	15.28	16.98	16.78	17.35	16.88	19.0	19.39	17.24	16.79	16.2
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu											16.57	17.16	19.28	19.8	19.1					21.52
Venezuela, RB					15.51	12.93	11.53	10.95	11.8	13.29	13.49	12.7	17.47	13.96	12.92	14.1	13.45	13.6	18.27	18.1
Vietnam
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
World		15.97	16.15	15.94	15.34	15.1	14.93	14.92	16.13
Yemen, Rep.											9.42	13.0	10.78	10.72	8.61	8.28	9.24	9.66	13.3	10.86
Zambia			16.89	16.34	17.22	17.57	16.65	17.43	18.62		18.43	17.69	17.66	17.72	17.18	18.83	15.0	18.71	17.49	19.48
Zimbabwe													26.37	22.6	23.16	19.85	22.97	22.1	19.96	21.57

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