Tax Revenue to GDP by Country
Central government tax revenue as a percentage of GDP. Latest values for 164 economies.
Among 161 countries, Lesotho has the highest tax revenue to gdp at 35.4% and United Arab Emirates the lowest at 0.6% (latest available readings).
Tax Revenue to GDP by Region
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Tax Revenue to GDP — All Countries
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| # | Country | Last | Previous | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Lesotho | 35.4% | 40.0% | 2024 |
| 2 | Namibia | 33.9% | 32.7% | 2024 |
| 3 | Denmark | 33.4% | 32.0% | 2024 |
| 4 | New Zealand | 29.5% | 28.1% | 2024 |
| 5 | Luxembourg | 28.6% | 27.0% | 2024 |
| 6 | Macao | 27.4% | 22.9% | 2024 |
| 7 | Greece | 27.4% | 26.5% | 2024 |
| 8 | Sweden | 27.2% | 27.4% | 2024 |
| 9 | United Kingdom | 26.9% | 26.9% | 2024 |
| 10 | South Africa | 25.9% | 25.4% | 2024 |
| 11 | Austria | 25.8% | 25.6% | 2024 |
| 12 | Italy | 25.6% | 24.7% | 2024 |
| 13 | Finland | 25.3% | 25.4% | 2024 |
| 14 | Netherlands | 25.3% | 25.2% | 2024 |
| 15 | Norway | 24.5% | 26.1% | 2024 |
| 16 | Eswatini | 24.3% | 27.1% | 2021 |
| 17 | Georgia | 24.3% | 23.6% | 2024 |
| 18 | Malta | 24.1% | 21.4% | 2024 |
| 19 | Samoa | 24.0% | 24.0% | 2023 |
| 20 | Fiji | 23.9% | 20.5% | 2024 |
| 21 | Cyprus | 23.9% | 23.3% | 2024 |
| 22 | Serbia | 23.9% | 19.7% | 2022 |
| 23 | St Vincent and the Grenadines | 23.8% | 24.4% | 2017 |
| 24 | Jamaica | 23.7% | 25.5% | 2020 |
| 25 | Australia | 23.6% | 23.0% | 2022 |
| 26 | Barbados | 23.4% | 21.0% | 2016 |
| 27 | Solomon Islands | 23.3% | 23.0% | 2024 |
| 28 | Israel | 23.2% | 22.1% | 2024 |
| 29 | Iceland | 23.2% | 22.2% | 2023 |
| 30 | Belgium | 23.0% | 22.5% | 2024 |
| 31 | France | 22.8% | 23.2% | 2024 |
| 32 | Hungary | 22.7% | 22.9% | 2024 |
| 33 | Morocco | 22.7% | 20.7% | 2024 |
| 34 | Estonia | 22.7% | 21.4% | 2024 |
| 35 | Botswana | 22.4% | 19.6% | 2023 |
| 36 | Armenia | 22.4% | 22.4% | 2024 |
| 37 | Portugal | 22.3% | 22.7% | 2024 |
| 38 | Seychelles | 22.1% | 22.3% | 2008 |
| 39 | Lithuania | 21.9% | 21.3% | 2024 |
| 40 | Mozambique | 21.8% | 22.4% | 2024 |
| 41 | El Salvador | 21.8% | 20.9% | 2024 |
| 42 | Timor-Leste | 21.6% | 15.1% | 2022 |
| 43 | Naoero | 21.4% | 32.1% | 2024 |
| 44 | Belize | 21.3% | 20.6% | 2017 |
| 45 | Croatia | 21.2% | 21.7% | 2023 |
| 46 | Ukraine | 21.0% | 17.5% | 2024 |
| 47 | Slovenia | 21.0% | 20.3% | 2024 |
| 48 | Bulgaria | 20.7% | 20.5% | 2024 |
| 49 | Mauritius | 20.5% | 20.6% | 2024 |
| 50 | Tonga | 20.5% | 20.4% | 2023 |
| 51 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 20.2% | 19.1% | 2024 |
| 52 | Tunisia | 20.1% | 20.2% | 2012 |
| 53 | Nicaragua | 20.1% | 19.9% | 2024 |
| 54 | European Union | 19.8% | 19.6% | 2024 |
| 55 | Kyrgyzstan | 19.6% | 19.6% | 2024 |
| 56 | Senegal | 19.5% | 18.6% | 2023 |
| 57 | Maldives | 19.5% | 20.1% | 2021 |
| 58 | Euro Area | 19.2% | 19.1% | 2024 |
| 59 | Slovakia | 19.1% | 19.4% | 2024 |
| 60 | Zambia | 18.8% | 17.3% | 2024 |
| 61 | Moldova | 18.8% | 18.6% | 2024 |
| 62 | North Macedonia | 18.8% | 17.8% | 2024 |
| 63 | Burkina Faso | 18.7% | 18.6% | 2024 |
| 64 | Czech Republic | 18.6% | 18.1% | 2024 |
| 65 | Cape Verde | 18.4% | 18.2% | 2020 |
| 66 | Chile | 18.3% | 17.7% | 2024 |
| 67 | St Lucia | 18.2% | 19.1% | 2017 |
| 68 | Gambia | 18.2% | – | 1990 |
| 69 | Palau | 18.1% | 18.4% | 2020 |
| 70 | Albania | 18.0% | 17.8% | 2024 |
| 71 | Ireland | 17.9% | 17.5% | 2024 |
| 72 | Uruguay | 17.9% | 18.4% | 2024 |
| 73 | Latvia | 17.6% | 16.6% | 2024 |
| 74 | Turkey | 17.6% | 18.2% | 2024 |
| 75 | Kiribati | 17.5% | 20.2% | 2023 |
| 76 | Poland | 17.4% | 18.0% | 2024 |
| 77 | Azerbaijan | 17.3% | 17.8% | 2024 |
| 78 | Bahamas | 17.3% | 16.2% | 2024 |
| 79 | San Marino | 17.3% | 17.8% | 2023 |
| 80 | Marshall Islands | 17.2% | 18.6% | 2020 |
| 81 | Bolivia | 17.0% | 16.8% | 2007 |
| 82 | Mongolia | 16.9% | 14.3% | 2024 |
| 83 | Trinidad and Tobago | 16.8% | 19.9% | 2019 |
| 84 | Vanuatu | 16.5% | 14.4% | 2023 |
| 85 | Romania | 16.2% | 15.7% | 2024 |
| 86 | Peru | 15.9% | 13.2% | 2021 |
| 87 | Malawi | 15.6% | 14.2% | 2024 |
| 88 | Andorra | 15.6% | 14.1% | 2024 |
| 89 | Papua New Guinea | 15.5% | 15.9% | 2024 |
| 90 | Jordan | 15.5% | 15.9% | 2023 |
| 91 | Brazil | 15.4% | 14.0% | 2024 |
| 92 | Colombia | 15.2% | 17.5% | 2024 |
| 93 | Thailand | 15.2% | 15.5% | 2024 |
| 94 | Honduras | 15.1% | 17.3% | 2020 |
| 95 | St Kitts and Nevis | 15.0% | 17.4% | 2020 |
| 96 | Spain | 14.9% | 15.0% | 2024 |
| 97 | Mexico | 14.8% | 14.2% | 2024 |
| 98 | Dominican Republic | 14.7% | 14.5% | 2024 |
| 99 | Philippines | 14.4% | 14.1% | 2024 |
| 100 | Kenya | 14.1% | 14.6% | 2023 |
| 101 | Nepal | 13.9% | 17.5% | 2023 |
| 102 | Togo | 13.9% | 13.4% | 2023 |
| 103 | 🌐World | 13.9% | 13.9% | 2024 |
| 104 | Canada | 13.7% | 13.7% | 2024 |
| 105 | Singapore | 13.6% | 13.7% | 2024 |
| 106 | Costa Rica | 13.5% | 13.8% | 2024 |
| 107 | South Korea | 13.3% | 14.6% | 2024 |
| 108 | Ecuador | 13.1% | 12.7% | 2022 |
| 109 | Belarus | 13.0% | 12.7% | 2024 |
| 110 | Ivory Coast | 13.0% | 11.8% | 2023 |
| 111 | Rwanda | 12.7% | 13.1% | 2024 |
| 112 | Burundi | 12.7% | 13.1% | 2021 |
| 113 | Uganda | 12.6% | 13.0% | 2024 |
| 114 | Egypt | 12.5% | 12.2% | 2015 |
| 115 | Malaysia | 12.4% | 12.6% | 2024 |
| 116 | Ghana | 12.4% | 12.3% | 2023 |
| 117 | Bhutan | 12.3% | 14.5% | 2020 |
| 118 | Tanzania | 12.3% | 11.7% | 2024 |
| 119 | Cambodia | 12.2% | 13.5% | 2023 |
| 120 | Laos | 12.1% | 10.4% | 2022 |
| 121 | Mali | 12.0% | 12.2% | 2020 |
| 122 | Kazakhstan | 11.9% | 12.1% | 2023 |
| 123 | Niger | 11.8% | 10.9% | 1980 |
| 124 | Guatemala | 11.6% | 11.6% | 2024 |
| 125 | Cameroon | 11.3% | 10.9% | 2021 |
| 126 | Paraguay | 11.3% | 10.1% | 2024 |
| 127 | Japan | 11.1% | 11.2% | 1993 |
| 128 | Lebanon | 11.1% | 5.7% | 2024 |
| 129 | Indonesia | 11.1% | 13.3% | 2009 |
| 130 | Uzbekistan | 11.0% | 11.5% | 2023 |
| 131 | Madagascar | 10.9% | 9.5% | 2024 |
| 132 | Germany | 10.9% | 10.7% | 2024 |
| 133 | Russia | 10.9% | 12.2% | 2024 |
| 134 | Benin | 10.8% | 12.3% | 1979 |
| 135 | United States | 10.8% | 10.6% | 2024 |
| 136 | Tajikistan | 10.7% | 10.8% | 2024 |
| 137 | DR Congo | 10.7% | 7.9% | 2022 |
| 138 | Argentina | 10.4% | 9.9% | 2024 |
| 139 | Afghanistan | 9.9% | 9.5% | 2017 |
| 140 | Sri Lanka | 9.9% | 7.3% | 2023 |
| 141 | Gabon | 9.5% | 12.4% | 2021 |
| 142 | Switzerland | 9.5% | 8.7% | 2024 |
| 143 | Guinea-Bissau | 8.3% | 8.9% | 2024 |
| 144 | Central African Republic | 8.2% | 8.7% | 2021 |
| 145 | Saudi Arabia | 8.1% | 7.8% | 2024 |
| 146 | Bangladesh | 7.6% | 7.0% | 2021 |
| 147 | Angola | 7.6% | 9.0% | 2024 |
| 148 | Guinea | 7.4% | 7.4% | 1992 |
| 149 | Sudan | 7.4% | 8.2% | 2016 |
| 150 | Iran | 7.4% | 6.2% | 2009 |
| 151 | Zimbabwe | 7.2% | 5.5% | 2018 |
| 152 | Panama | 7.2% | 8.4% | 2024 |
| 153 | Micronesia | 7.0% | 19.9% | 2020 |
| 154 | China | 7.0% | 7.6% | 2024 |
| 155 | India | 6.9% | 12.0% | 2022 |
| 156 | Equatorial Guinea | 6.6% | 5.4% | 2022 |
| 157 | Republic of the Congo | 6.5% | 8.3% | 2021 |
| 158 | Myanmar | 6.0% | 2.8% | 2019 |
| 159 | Ethiopia | 3.4% | 3.9% | 2024 |
| 160 | Bahrain | 2.8% | 2.9% | 2020 |
| 161 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 2.2% | 2.1% | 2024 |
| 162 | Kuwait | 1.5% | 1.2% | 1998 |
| 163 | Iraq | 1.3% | 2.0% | 2019 |
| 164 | United Arab Emirates | 0.6% | 0.6% | 2024 |
Tax Revenue to GDP around the world — in simple words
Overview
Tax Revenue to GDP is available for 142 economies with recent data. The median value is 17.0% and the simple average is 16.8%.
Highest: Lesotho (35.4%), Namibia (33.9%), Denmark (33.4%), New Zealand (29.5%), Luxembourg (28.6%).
Lowest: United Arab Emirates (0.6%), Iraq (1.3%), Somalia, Fed. Rep. (2.2%), Bahrain (2.8%), Ethiopia (3.4%).
Major economies
Among the 17 major economies tracked here, United Kingdom (26.9%) has the highest reading and India (6.9%) the lowest. Their median is 13.7%.
Tax Revenue to GDP — Regional Medians
Median of the latest readings of countries in each World Bank region. The median is the middle value — half the countries are above it and half below.
| Region | Countries | Median |
|---|---|---|
| East Asia & Pacific | 25 | 16.9% |
| Europe & Central Asia | 48 | 20.8% |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 20 | 15.1% |
| Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 9 | 11.1% |
| North America | 2 | 12.2% |
| South Asia | 6 | 11.1% |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 32 | 12.7% |
Understanding Tax Revenue to GDP — a simple guide
What it measures
Central government tax revenue as a percentage of GDP.
How it is calculated
Central government tax collections ÷ GDP × 100.
12% means central taxes equal 12% of GDP.
Strong tax collection capacity.
Weaker collection or a large informal economy.
Why it matters for the economy and markets
The tax-to-GDP ratio indicates fiscal capacity and the efficiency of tax collection.
How to read it
It excludes state/local taxes in federal countries, so it can understate total taxation.
How to use the chart
Use the 5Y / 10Y / 25Y / Max buttons to change the time range, or drag the slider under the chart. Hover (or tap) on the line to see the exact value for any period. Dashed lines and hatched bars are IMF projections, not actual data. The “Download CSV” button gives you the full data series.
Frequently asked questions
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Data are sourced from official international organisations (IMF, World Bank, BIS) and national authorities, and are shown for educational and informational purposes only. They are not investment advice and no recommendation is made. Figures may be revised by the source; IMF figures for the current and future years are projections. This page was last updated on Saturday, October 17, 2026.