Taxes on goods and services - Country rankings
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Taxes on goods and services, percent of total revenue, 2021 - Country rankings:
The average for 2021 based on 94 countries was 33.45 percent.The highest value was in Macao: 63.13 percent and the lowest value was in the USA: 1.96 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 | Taxes on goods and services, 2021 | Global rank | Available data |
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Macao | 63.13 | 1 | 1996 - 2021 |
Bahamas | 61.14 | 2 | 1992 - 2021 |
Mauritius | 54.12 | 3 | 1973 - 2021 |
Guatemala | 52.95 | 4 | 1990 - 2021 |
Armenia | 52.48 | 5 | 2004 - 2021 |
Georgia | 52.07 | 6 | 1995 - 2021 |
Madagascar | 51.67 | 7 | 1990 - 2021 |
Moldova | 48.2 | 8 | 1996 - 2021 |
Nicaragua | 47.13 | 9 | 1990 - 2021 |
Chile | 46.63 | 10 | 1973 - 2021 |
Cambodia | 46.01 | 11 | 2002 - 2021 |
Croatia | 45.91 | 12 | 1991 - 2021 |
Albania | 45.59 | 13 | 1995 - 2021 |
Morocco | 45.09 | 14 | 1990 - 2021 |
Bulgaria | 44.42 | 15 | 1990 - 2021 |
Sri Lanka | 43.93 | 16 | 1990 - 2021 |
Ukraine | 43.35 | 17 | 1999 - 2021 |
Bosnia & Herz. | 43.26 | 18 | 2005 - 2021 |
Bangladesh | 43.22 | 19 | 2001 - 2021 |
Thailand | 42.86 | 20 | 1972 - 2021 |
Uganda | 42.49 | 21 | 2015 - 2021 |
Latvia | 42.4 | 22 | 1994 - 2021 |
Palestine | 41.17 | 23 | 2005 - 2021 |
Ivory Coast | 40.7 | 24 | 1995 - 2021 |
Samoa | 40.46 | 25 | 2012 - 2021 |
Burkina Faso | 40.24 | 26 | 2002 - 2021 |
North Macedonia | 40.14 | 27 | 2005 - 2021 |
Serbia | 39.84 | 28 | 2007 - 2021 |
Nepal | 39.27 | 29 | 1990 - 2021 |
Hungary | 39.1 | 30 | 1981 - 2021 |
Iceland | 38.87 | 31 | 1972 - 2021 |
Finland | 38.15 | 32 | 1972 - 2021 |
Paraguay | 37.55 | 33 | 2005 - 2021 |
Poland | 37.37 | 34 | 1984 - 2021 |
Sweden | 37.29 | 35 | 1972 - 2021 |
Indonesia | 37.19 | 36 | 1972 - 2021 |
Malawi | 37.17 | 37 | 2009 - 2021 |
Peru | 36.33 | 38 | 1972 - 2021 |
Mozambique | 35.57 | 39 | 2010 - 2021 |
Estonia | 35.37 | 40 | 1991 - 2021 |
Turkey | 35.13 | 41 | 1972 - 2021 |
Kyrgyzstan | 35.11 | 42 | 2014 - 2021 |
Lebanon | 34.9 | 43 | 2000 - 2021 |
Romania | 33.63 | 44 | 1972 - 2021 |
Lithuania | 33.36 | 45 | 1991 - 2021 |
Israel | 33.14 | 46 | 1972 - 2021 |
UK | 32.75 | 47 | 1972 - 2021 |
Fiji | 32.67 | 48 | 1990 - 2021 |
Slovenia | 32.4 | 49 | 1992 - 2021 |
Denmark | 32.21 | 50 | 1972 - 2021 |
Greece | 32.19 | 51 | 1972 - 2021 |
Kenya | 32.06 | 52 | 2014 - 2021 |
Cyprus | 31.65 | 53 | 1972 - 2021 |
Mexico | 31.54 | 54 | 1972 - 2021 |
Portugal | 31.04 | 55 | 1975 - 2021 |
Mongolia | 30.94 | 56 | 1992 - 2021 |
Malta | 30.74 | 57 | 1972 - 2021 |
Slovakia | 30.6 | 58 | 1995 - 2021 |
New Zealand | 30.3 | 59 | 1972 - 2021 |
C.A. Republic | 30.15 | 60 | 2004 - 2021 |
Lesotho | 29.82 | 61 | 1984 - 2021 |
Argentina | 29.54 | 62 | 1990 - 2021 |
Ireland | 28.69 | 63 | 1972 - 2021 |
Costa Rica | 28.47 | 64 | 1972 - 2021 |
Philippines | 28.34 | 65 | 1990 - 2021 |
Luxembourg | 28.14 | 66 | 1972 - 2021 |
Netherlands | 28.01 | 67 | 1973 - 2021 |
Switzerland | 27.56 | 68 | 1972 - 2021 |
Belgium | 27.01 | 69 | 1995 - 2021 |
Kazakhstan | 26.76 | 70 | 1997 - 2021 |
Czechia | 26.5 | 71 | 1993 - 2021 |
Spain | 26.25 | 72 | 1972 - 2021 |
Austria | 25.94 | 73 | 1972 - 2021 |
Russia | 25.33 | 74 | 1999 - 2021 |
Colombia | 25.26 | 75 | 1998 - 2021 |
Namibia | 24.45 | 76 | 1990 - 2021 |
Italy | 23.84 | 77 | 1973 - 2021 |
Norway | 22.7 | 78 | 1972 - 2021 |
Zambia | 22.64 | 79 | 1990 - 2021 |
Singapore | 20.82 | 80 | 1972 - 2021 |
France | 20.81 | 81 | 1972 - 2021 |
Germany | 20.35 | 82 | 1972 - 2021 |
San Marino | 20.1 | 83 | 1995 - 2021 |
Australia | 20.07 | 84 | 1972 - 2021 |
Brazil | 19.71 | 85 | 2010 - 2021 |
Malaysia | 19.35 | 86 | 1996 - 2021 |
Azerbaijan | 18.99 | 87 | 1994 - 2021 |
South Korea | 18.68 | 88 | 1972 - 2021 |
Botswana | 16.92 | 89 | 1990 - 2021 |
Kiribati | 14.77 | 90 | 2011 - 2021 |
Canada | 13.42 | 91 | 1995 - 2021 |
UA Emirates | 10.52 | 92 | 1997 - 2021 |
Eq. Guinea | 5.97 | 93 | 2006 - 2021 |
USA | 1.96 | 94 | 1972 - 2021 |
Economic outlook around the world
Definition: Taxes on goods and services include general sales and turnover or value added taxes, selective excises on goods, selective taxes on services, taxes on the use of goods or property, taxes on extraction and production of minerals, and profits of fiscal monopolies.
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54.12
52.95
52.48
52.07
51.67
48.20
47.13
46.63
46.01
45.91
45.59
45.09
44.42
43.93
43.35
43.26
43.22
42.86
42.49
42.40
41.17
40.70
40.46
40.24
40.14
39.84
39.27
39.10
38.87
38.15
37.55
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35.57
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35.13
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34.90
33.63
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33.14
32.75
32.67
32.40
32.21
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32.06
31.65
31.54
31.04
30.94
30.74
30.60
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29.82
29.54
28.69
28.47
28.34
28.14
28.01
27.56
27.01
26.76
26.50
26.25
25.94
25.33
25.26
24.45
23.84
22.70
22.64
20.82
20.81
20.35
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20.07
19.71
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18.99
18.68
16.92
14.77
13.42
10.52
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