* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Tax revenue, percent of GDP, 2021 - Country rankings:

The average for 2021 based on 100 countries was 19.25 percent.The highest value was in Croatia: 152.18 percent and the lowest value was in the United Arab Emirates: 0.54 percent. The indicator is available from 1972 to 2021. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: percent; Source: The World Bank
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Countries Tax revenue, 2021 Global rank Available data
Croatia 152.18 1 1995 - 2021
Denmark 35.46 2 1972 - 2021
Lesotho 32.39 3 1982 - 2021
New Zealand 28.84 4 1972 - 2021
Namibia 27.97 5 1990 - 2021
Kiribati 27.38 6 2011 - 2021
Sweden 27.34 7 1972 - 2021
UK 26.38 8 1972 - 2021
Luxembourg 26.14 9 1972 - 2021
South Africa 25.92 10 1972 - 2021
Austria 25.78 11 1972 - 2021
Norway 25.75 12 1972 - 2021
Italy 25.41 13 1973 - 2021
Greece 25.34 14 1972 - 2021
Samoa 25.02 15 2012 - 2021
Netherlands 24.78 16 1973 - 2021
Israel 24.62 17 1995 - 2021
Malta 24.23 18 1972 - 2021
Cyprus 24.11 19 1975 - 2021
France 23.97 20 1972 - 2021
Belgium 23.35 21 1995 - 2021
Mozambique 23.31 22 2010 - 2021
Australia 23.13 23 1972 - 2021
Botswana 22.25 24 1990 - 2021
Portugal 22.14 25 1973 - 2021
Armenia 22.03 26 2004 - 2021
Latvia 21.77 27 1995 - 2021
Georgia 21.73 28 1995 - 2021
Iceland 21.62 29 1972 - 2021
Palestine 21.47 30 2005 - 2021
Hungary 21.46 31 1991 - 2021
Estonia 21.42 32 1995 - 2021
Lithuania 21.39 33 1995 - 2021
Solomon Isl. 20.67 34 2011 - 2021
Finland 20.66 35 1972 - 2021
Bulgaria 20.62 36 1990 - 2021
Serbia 20.62 37 2007 - 2021
Macao 19.85 38 1996 - 2021
Chile 19.6 39 1972 - 2021
Morocco 19.55 40 1990 - 2021
El Salvador 19.42 41 1998 - 2021
Slovakia 19.29 42 1995 - 2021
Poland 19.21 43 1994 - 2021
Bosnia & Herz. 19.12 44 2005 - 2021
Ukraine 19.08 45 1999 - 2021
Nicaragua 18.9 46 1990 - 2021
Moldova 18.39 47 1996 - 2021
Slovenia 18.3 48 1995 - 2021
Mauritius 18.28 49 1976 - 2021
Albania 18.2 50 1995 - 2021
Turkey 17.88 51 1972 - 2021
North Macedonia 17.61 52 2005 - 2021
Senegal 17.52 53 2015 - 2021
Nepal 17.49 54 1990 - 2021
Ireland 17.48 55 1972 - 2021
Kyrgyzstan 17.45 56 2014 - 2021
San Marino 17.3 57 2002 - 2021
Mongolia 16.91 58 1992 - 2021
South Korea 16.8 59 1972 - 2021
Zambia 16.74 60 1990 - 2021
Cambodia 16.36 61 2002 - 2021
Peru 16.11 62 1972 - 2021
Burkina Faso 15.91 63 2002 - 2021
Fiji 15.91 64 1990 - 2021
Spain 15.23 65 1972 - 2021
Romania 14.99 66 1981 - 2021
Colombia 14.44 67 1998 - 2021
Domin. Rep. 14.38 68 1972 - 2021
Brazil 14.32 69 2010 - 2021
Thailand 14.32 70 1972 - 2021
Philippines 14.13 71 1990 - 2021
Costa Rica 14.07 72 1972 - 2021
Bahamas 13.98 73 1990 - 2021
Mexico 13.87 74 1972 - 2021
Azerbaijan 13.42 75 1994 - 2021
Czechia 13.36 76 1993 - 2021
Canada 13.26 77 1990 - 2021
Kenya 13.26 78 2014 - 2021
Singapore 13.12 79 1972 - 2021
Ecuador 12.86 80 2013 - 2021
Ivory Coast 12.56 81 1990 - 2021
Uganda 12.46 82 2015 - 2021
Russia 11.65 83 1999 - 2021
Guatemala 11.61 84 1990 - 2021
Argentina 11.48 85 1990 - 2021
Malawi 11.38 86 2009 - 2021
Malaysia 11.24 87 1996 - 2021
Germany 11.23 88 1972 - 2021
USA 11.23 89 1972 - 2021
Switzerland 10.25 90 1980 - 2021
Madagascar 10.24 91 1990 - 2021
Paraguay 9.79 92 2005 - 2021
Kazakhstan 9.45 93 1997 - 2021
Indonesia 9.09 94 1972 - 2021
C.A. Republic 8.21 95 2004 - 2021
Bangladesh 7.64 96 2001 - 2021
Sri Lanka 7.38 97 1990 - 2021
Lebanon 5.68 98 1997 - 2021
Eq. Guinea 5.37 99 2006 - 2021
UA Emirates 0.54 100 1997 - 2021


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.
152.18
35.46
32.39
28.84
27.97
27.38
27.34
26.38
26.14
25.92
25.78
25.75
25.41
25.34
25.02
24.78
24.62
24.23
24.11
23.97
23.35
23.31
23.13
22.25
22.14
22.03
21.77
21.73
21.62
21.47
21.46
21.42
21.39
20.67
20.66
20.62
20.62
19.85
19.60
19.55
19.42
19.29
19.21
19.12
19.08
18.90
18.39
18.30
18.28
18.20
17.88
17.61
17.52
17.49
17.48
17.45
17.30
16.91
16.80
16.74
16.36
16.11
15.91
15.91
15.23
14.99
14.44
14.38
14.32
14.32
14.13
14.07
13.98
13.87
13.42
13.36
13.26
13.26
13.12
12.86
12.56
12.46
11.65
11.61
11.48
11.38
11.24
11.23
11.23
10.25
10.24
9.79
9.45
9.09
8.21
7.64
7.38
5.68
5.37
0.54
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