Tax revenue - Country rankings
(measure: percent; Source: The World Bank)
* indicates monthly or quarterly data series
Tax revenue - Country rankings:
The average for 2017 was 17.48 percent.The highest value was in Denmark: 33.32 percent and the lowest value was in Somalia: 0 percent. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.
Tax revenue, percent of GDP, 2017
(percent, Source: The World Bank, TheGlobalEconomy.com)
(percent, Source: The World Bank, TheGlobalEconomy.com)
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.
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