Tax revenue (% of GDP) - Revenue - Government finance - Public Sector - World Development Indicators

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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.
Tax revenue (% of GDP) - Revenue - Government finance - Public Sector - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Lesotho (2008)58.92
2Cyprus (2007)56.72
3Algeria (2008)46.46
4Denmark (2007)35.63
5Barbados (2007)35.59
6New Zealand (2007)31.67
7Macau (2008)29.67
8Malta (2007)28.59
9United Kingdom (2008)28.57
10Middle East & North Africa (2008)28.43
11Norway (2008)28.14
12South Africa (2008)27.72
13Swaziland (2003)27.63
14Morocco (2008)27.46
15Ecuador (1994)27.25
16Namibia (2007)27.24
17Zimbabwe (1997)26.37
18Seychelles (2008)25.97
19Trinidad and Tobago (2007)25.91
20Belgium (2008)25.59
21Belarus (2008)25.54
22Jamaica (2008)25.43
23Ireland (2007)25.37
24Israel (2008)25.35
25Iceland (2008)24.58
26Luxembourg (2007)24.48
27Bulgaria (2008)24.16
28Cape Verde (2008)23.92
29Georgia (2008)23.82
30Hungary (2008)23.61
31Netherlands (2007)23.57
32Mongolia (2008)23.15
33Australia (2007)23.14
34Qatar (2007)23.12
35Belize (2008)22.9
36Ghana (2007)22.88
37Tunisia (2008)22.79
38Fiji (2006)22.71
39Italy (2008)22.56
40St. Vincent and the Grenadines (1993)22.43
41San Marino (2006)22.37
42Gambia (1993)22.25
43St. Kitts and Nevis (2006)22.2
44Portugal (2008)22.16
45Serbia (2008)22.04
46France (2007)21.81
47Finland (2007)21.66
48Maldives (2008)21.02
49Papua New Guinea (2002)21.01
50Bosnia and Herzegovina (2008)20.96
51Sweden (1999)20.64
52Moldova (2008)20.47
53Croatia (2007)20.44
54Austria (2008)20.14
55Slovenia (2008)20.01
56Greece (2007)19.92
57Chile (2008)19.84
58Macedonia (2008)19.72
59Kenya (2008)18.88
60Euro area (2007)18.66
61Turkey (2008)18.6
62Poland (2008)18.36
63Jordan (2008)18.32
64Vanuatu (1999)18.28
65Mauritius (2008)18.19
66Upper middle income (2008)18.08
67Romania (2008)17.89
68Ukraine (2008)17.85
69Syria (1999)17.43
70Lithuania (2008)17.38
71Albania (2004)17.29
72Benin (2008)17.25
73Uruguay (2008)17.21
74Europe & Central Asia (2008)17.18
75Zambia (2007)17.08
76Nicaragua (2008)17.02
77Bolivia (2007)16.96
78Armenia (2008)16.95
79High income (2007)16.86
80Estonia (2007)16.84
81High income: OECD (2007)16.82
82Kyrgyzstan (2008)16.77
83Azerbaijan (2008)16.74
84Bahamas (2007)16.66
85Malaysia (2003)16.59
86North Korea (2007)16.56
87South Korea (2007)16.56
88Thailand (2008)16.46
89Brazil (2008)16.44
90Lebanon (2008)16.34
91Togo (2008)16.27
92Senegal (2001)16.12
93Dominican Republic (2007)15.91
94Costa Rica (2008)15.81
95Honduras (2008)15.8
96Russia (2008)15.67
97Ivory Coast (2008)15.57
98Mali (2007)15.56
99Venezuela (2005)15.51
100Peru (2008)15.42
101Egypt (2008)15.37
102Botswana (1996)15.09
103Latvia (2008)14.96
104Czech Republic (2008)14.82
105Singapore (2008)14.64
106Sri Lanka (2007)14.22
107Argentina (2004)14.2
108Canada (2007)14.17
109Middle income (2006)14.17
110Philippines (2008)14.13
111Low & middle income (2006)14.13
112El Salvador (2008)13.88
113Burundi (1999)13.6
114Slovakia (2008)13.46
115India (2008)12.92
116Uganda (2008)12.83
117Kazakhstan (2008)12.66
118Colombia (2008)12.63
119Burkina Faso (2008)12.49
120Paraguay (2008)12.47
121Indonesia (2004)12.33
122South Asia (2008)12.27
123Japan (1993)11.94
124Germany (2007)11.84
125Mexico (2000)11.66
126Niger (2007)11.46
127Madagascar (2007)11.43
128Guatemala (2008)11.32
129Cameroon (1999)11.2
130Guinea (1999)11.13
131Lower middle income (2006)10.92
132Sierra Leone (2004)10.78
133Spain (2008)10.64
134Nepal (2008)10.41
135United States (2008)10.29
136Switzerland (2007)10.18
137Ethiopia (2002)10.18
138East Asia & Pacific (2006)10.11
139Laos (2007)10.05
140Tajikistan (2004)9.82
141Pakistan (2008)9.82
142Yemen (1999)9.42
143China (2006)9.38
144Panama (2001)9.26
145Rwanda (1992)9.05
146Bangladesh (2008)8.82
147Cambodia (2006)8.18
148Bhutan (2004)7.93
149Oman (2001)7.39
150Iran (2007)7.26
151Sudan (1999)6.39
152Democratic Republic of the Congo (2002)6.32
153Republic of the Congo (2005)6.24
154Central African Republic (2004)6.21
155Afghanistan (2008)5.78
156Burma (2004)3.27
157United Arab Emirates (1999)1.72
158Bahrain (2008)1.45
159Kuwait (2008)0.89
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