Tax revenue - Country rankings

The average for 2016 was 17.68 percent.The highest value was in Iceland: 38.52 percent and the lowest value was in the United Arab Emirates: 0.04 percent. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available for: Tax revenue.

Tax revenue, percent of GDP, 2016
(percent, Source: The World Bank, TheGlobalEconomy.com)

1. Iceland

2. Lesotho

3. Denmark

4. Seychelles

5. Namibia

6. Sweden

7. Macao

8. New Zealand

9. South Africa

10. Greece

11. Solomon Isl.

12. Malta

13. Jamaica

14. Luxembourg

15. Austria

16. UK

17. Kiribati

18. Cyprus

19. Samoa

20. Latvia

21. Uruguay

22. Italy

23. Georgia

24. Israel

25. Hungary

26. France

27. Belgium

28. Portugal

29. Australia

30. Netherlands

31. Norway

32. Togo

33. Armenia

34. Finland

35. Botswana

36. Senegal

37. Mozambique

38. Bulgaria

39. Bosnia & Herz.

40. Palau

41. Ukraine

42. Moldova

43. Ireland

44. Nepal

45. Slovenia

46. Turkey

47. Mauritius

48. Albania

49. El Salvador

50. Slovakia

51. Chile

52. Uzbekistan

53. Kyrgyzstan

54. Macedonia

55. Romania

56. Vanuatu

57. Nicaragua

58. Poland

59. Burkina Faso

60. Kenya

61. Thailand

62. Malawi

63. San Marino

64. Mali

65. Cambodia

66. Ivory Coast

67. Zambia

68. South Korea

69. Rwanda

70. Czech Rep.

71. Bahamas

72. Costa Rica

73. Lebanon

74. Spain

75. Peru

76. Belarus

77. Malaysia

78. Singapore

79. Philippines

80. Mexico

81. Domin. Rep.

82. Papua N.G.

83. Uganda

84. Colombia

85. Bhutan

86. Laos

87. Brazil

88. Paraguay

89. Sri Lanka

90. Canada

91. Argentina

92. Mongolia

93. Germany

94. Japan

95. USA

96. Guatemala

97. Indonesia

98. Angola

99. Kazakhstan

100. Switzerland

101. Russia

102. Bangladesh

103. Burma

104. Micronesia

105. Lithuania

106. Iraq

107. Estonia

108. UA Emirates

Definition: 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 in the European union
Tax revenue in Europe
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