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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
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.
63.13
61.14
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
37.37
37.29
37.19
37.17
36.33
35.57
35.37
35.13
35.11
34.90
33.63
33.36
33.14
32.75
32.67
32.40
32.21
32.19
32.06
31.65
31.54
31.04
30.94
30.74
30.60
30.30
30.15
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
20.10
20.07
19.71
19.35
18.99
18.68
16.92
14.77
13.42
10.52
5.97
1.96
0
15.8
31.6
47.3
63.13
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