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List of sovereign states by tax revenue to GDP ratio

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This article lists countries alphabetically, with total tax revenue as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) for the listed countries. The tax percentage for each country listed in the source has been added to the chart.

Tax as % of GDP (2020)[edit]

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Continent	Country	Tax revenue (% of GDP)	GDP (billions, PPP)	Tax revenue (billions)	Gov't expen- diture	Public debt[citation needed]
					(% of GDP, nominal)
Europe	France	46.2	$2,962.8	$1,368.81	56.4	98.6
Europe	Denmark	46.0	$301.3	$138.60	51.7	34.3
Europe	Belgium	44.6	$550.5	$245.52	52.5	101.4
Europe	Sweden	44.0	$542.0	$238.48	49.7	39.0
Europe	Finland	43.3	$256.5	$111.06	54.4	60.5
Europe	Italy	42.4	$2,397.4	$1,016.50	48.8	132.1
Europe	Austria	41.8	$463.2	$193.62	49.3	74.2
North America	Cuba	40.6	$155.9	$63.30	64.8	51.0
Europe	Greece	39.4	$312.7	$123.20	47.8	183.3
Europe	Netherlands	38.8	$969.2	$376.05	42.7	54.4
Europe	Luxembourg	38.7	$64.2	$24.85	42.7	21.8
Europe	Croatia	38.6	$107.4	$41.46	46.6	73.9
Europe	Norway	38.2	$395.9	$151.23	49.8	36.8[citation needed]
Europe	Bosnia and Herzegovina	37.9	$47.3	$17.93	41.1	37.0
Europe	Hungary	37.7	$311.9	$117.59	46.7	69.4
Europe	Iceland	37.7	$19.5	$7.35	43.2	35.4
Europe	Germany	37.5	$4,356.4	$1,633.65	43.9	59.8
Europe	Serbia	36.1	$122.8	$44.33	40.9	54.3
Europe	Montenegro	36.0	$11.9	$4.28	47.6	72.1
Europe	Slovenia	36.0	$76.0	$27.36	43.6	68.5
Europe	Czech Republic	34.9	$395.9	$138.17	39.7	33.0
Europe	Portugal	34.7	$329.2	$114.23	44.8	121.4
Europe	Ukraine	34.2	$390.3	$133.48	42.0	63.9
Europe	Poland	33.9	$1,212.9	$411.17	41.3	48.4
Europe	Cyprus	33.7	$34.5	$11.63	37.1	102.5
Europe	Spain	33.7	$1,864.4	$628.30	41.5	97.0
Europe	United Kingdom	33.3	$3,037.8	$630.59	41.0	86.9
Europe	Moldova	33.2	$25.9	$8.60	30.8	27.1
Europe	Estonia	33.0	$45.0	$14.85	39.4	8.1
Europe	Slovakia	32.9	$191.2	$62.90	40.8	48.8
Asia	Israel	32.7	$337.2	$110.26	39.4	59.6
Europe	Malta	32.7	$21.3	$6.97	36.5	45.4
South America	Brazil	32.3	$3,365.3	$1,086.99	38.9	87.9
North America	Canada	32.2	$1,836.8	$591.45	40.5	90.6
Oceania	New Zealand	32.0	$197.8	$63.30	37.5	29.4
North America	Barbados	31.8	$5.3	$1.69	32.0	124.5
Africa	Seychelles	31.7	$2.9	$0.92	37.0	58.2
South America	Uruguay	30.9	$81.6	$25.21	33.4	70.0
Africa	Djibouti	30.8	$4.0	$1.23	39.3	67.4
Asia	Japan	30.6	$5,594.5	$1,711.92	38.4	237.1
Asia	Solomon Islands	30.6	$1.4	$0.43	46.8	12.1
Europe	Latvia	30.4	$57.8	$17.57	37.3	37.6
South America	Argentina	30.3	$915.1	$277.28	40.5	86.3
Africa	Namibia	30.1	$27.1	$8.16	37.4	47.1
Europe	Lithuania	29.8	$97.0	$28.91	33.7	35.9
Africa	Lesotho	29.1	$6.9	$2.01	46.8	39.0
Africa	Eswatini	29.1	$12.1	$3.52	35.2	34.9
Asia	Macau	28.9	$77.3	$22.34	18.5	0.0
North America	Dominica	28.7	$0.7	$0.20	52.9	83.1
Africa	South Africa	28.6	$789.4	$225.77	33.0	56.7
Europe	Switzerland	28.5	$548.5	$156.32	34.0	40.5
North America	Belize	28.2	$3.4	$0.96	33.5	94.8
Oceania	Australia	27.8	$1,318.2	$366.46	35.8	40.7
North America	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	27.8	$1.3	$0.36	29.6	73.1
Europe	Bulgaria	27.7	$162.3	$44.96	33.6	20.5
North America	Jamaica	27.3	$27.0	$7.37	29.0	99.4
North America	United States	27.1	$20,494.1	$5,553.90	38.1	105.8
Asia	South Korea	26.9	$2,136.3	$574.66	32.8	40.7
Africa	Algeria	26.6	$657.5	$174.90	39.8	36.9
Oceania	Fiji	26.6	$9.1	$2.42	32.2	49.7
South America	Guyana	26.2	$6.7	$1.76	34.5	57.0
Asia	Brunei	26.0	$34.6	$9.00	35.8	2.5
Europe	Albania	25.7	$38.4	$9.87	29.1	68.6
Europe	Georgia	25.7	$42.6	$10.95	29.6	44.5
Europe	North Macedonia	25.5	$32.6	$8.31	31.1	39.5
Europe	Belarus	25.1	$189.2	$47.49	39.1	47.8
Asia/Europe	Turkey	24.9	$2,292.5	$570.83	34.6	29.1
Europe	Romania	24.7	$516.3	$127.53	31.4	36.6
Europe	Russia	24.2	$4,213.4	$1,019.64	34.7	14.0
North America	Costa Rica	24.1	$88.2	$21.26	19.7	53.5
Oceania	Samoa	24.1	$1.2	$0.29	35.3	50.2
South America	Bolivia	23.9	$84.1	$20.10	39.1	53.9
North America	Nicaragua	23.8	$35.7	$8.50	27.4	37.2
Europe	Kosovo	23.3	$20.9	$4.87	28.0	17.0
Asia	Mongolia	23.2	$43.5	$10.09	33.4	73.3
Africa	Mozambique	23.2	$39.2	$9.09	31.8	100.4
North America	Honduras	22.8	$49.2	$11.22	26.9	40.3
Europe	Ireland	22.8	$385.9	$87.99	26.6	65.2
North America	Saint Lucia	22.5	$2.5	$0.56	25.5	66.8
Africa	Togo	22.2	$14.0	$3.11	26.7	74.6
North America	Trinidad and Tobago	22.2	$44.4	$9.86	33.4	45.3
Africa	Congo	22.1	$30.3	$6.70	38.2	98.5
Africa	Zimbabwe	22.1	$42.5	$9.39	20.0	29.8
Africa	Senegal	22.0	$59.5	$13.09	22.8	64.4
Africa	Morocco	21.8	$314.6	$68.58	30.1	65.2
Africa	Tunisia	21.4	$144.2	$30.86	30.0	77.0
Oceania	Tonga	21.3	$0.6	$0.13	43.7	49.2
Africa	Gabon	21.1	$38.0	$8.02	18.9	58.2
Europe	Armenia	20.8	$30.4	$6.32	25.4	48.5
Asia	Tajikistan	20.6	$31.1	$6.41	34.0	47.9
Asia	Maldives	20.5	$8.0	$1.64	32.7	61.5
North America	El Salvador	20.4	$53.4	$10.89	23.9	67.1
Asia	Nepal	20.3	$86.1	$17.48	27.2	30.4
South America	Chile	20.2	$481.8	$97.32	25.3	25.6
South America	Venezuela	20.2	$277.8	$56.12	33.5	175.6
Africa	Mauritius	20.0	$30.0	$6.00	24.4	65.2
South America	Ecuador	19.9	$199.5	$39.70	37.5	46.1
Asia	Kyrgyzstan	19.8	$24.5	$4.85	37.2	56.0
Africa	Mauritania	19.7	$18.1	$3.57	28.0	83.9
South America	Colombia	18.8	$744.7	$140.00	27.7	50.5
Asia	Vietnam	18.6	$710.3	$132.12	28.3	57.5
Africa	Burkina Faso	18.1	$38.8	$7.02	27.7	43.0
Africa	Kenya	18.1	$177.3	$32.09	26.1	57.2
Asia	India	18.08	$10,505.3	$1,899.36	10.3	89.6
North America	Bahamas	17.9	$12.6	$2.26	20.5	61.0
Africa	Ghana	17.6	$190.7	$33.56	20.0	59.6
Asia	Thailand	17.6	$1,320.4	$232.39	21.7	42.1
Asia	China	17.5	$25,270.1	$4,422.27	32.7	50.5
Oceania	Kiribati	17.5	$0.2	$0.04	125.7	21.9
Africa	Ivory Coast	17.4	$107.0	$18.62	24.2	52.2
Asia	Uzbekistan	17.3	$250.3	$43.30	29.0	23.5
Africa	Malawi	17.3	$23.7	$4.10	30.7	61.3
Africa	Gambia	17.2	$6.1	$1.05	21.9	83.2
Oceania	Vanuatu	17.1	$0.8	$0.14	36.0	50.5
Africa	Rwanda	16.6	$27.4	$4.55	26.0	40.7
Asia	Kazakhstan	16.4	$508.6	$83.41	22.0	21.9
Asia	Cambodia	16.2	$70.5	$11.42	23.2	29.4
North America	Mexico	16.2	$2,569.8	$416.31	26.3	53.6
Africa	Mali	16.1	$44.2	$7.12	21.8	36.6
Asia	Turkmenistan	15.6	$112.7	$17.58	15.1	29.3
Africa	Comoros	15.5	$1.4	$0.22	29.7	31.2
South America	Peru	15.3	$457.5	$70.00	21.3	26.8
Asia	Lebanon	15.3	$89.5	$13.69	30.3	150.9
Africa	Egypt	15.2	$1,296.3	$197.04	31.7	92.6
Africa	Zambia	15.2	$72.9	$11.08	24.7	72.4
Asia	Jordan	15.0	$93.4	$14.01	29.7	94.2
North America	Panama	14.7	$106.8	$15.70	21.8	39.4
South America	Suriname	14.6	$8.9	$1.30	29.0	69.6
Africa	Cameroon	14.4	$95.3	$13.72	19.8	37.7
Africa	Niger	14.4	$23.5	$3.38	26.5	55.1
Asia	Philippines	14.2	$952.6	$135.27	20.1	39.6
Asia	Hong Kong	14.1	$480.5	$67.75	18.0	0.1
Asia	Singapore	14.1	$565.8	$79.78	17.2	108.3
Africa	Botswana	14.0	$41.9	$5.87	32.1	12.9
North America	Dominican Republic	13.9	$189.2	$26.30	17.8	41.6
South America	Paraguay	13.8	$94.5	$13.04	19.5	21.6
Oceania	Papua New Guinea	13.7	$30.9	$4.23	21.3	36.9
Asia	Bhutan	13.6	$7.8	$1.06	31.1	102.6
Africa	Burundi	13.6	$8.2	$1.12	21.8	58.4
Asia	Malaysia	13.6	$999.4	$135.92	22.6	56.2
Europe	Azerbaijan	13.3	$179.7	$23.90	35.1	19.4
Africa	Guinea	13.3	$30.7	$4.08	16.9	38.7
North America	Haiti	13.3	$20.7	$2.75	18.8	33.0
Africa	Benin	13.2	$27.7	$3.66	23.0	54.6
Asia	East Timor	13.1	$6.7	$0.88	56.2	5.4
Africa	Uganda	13.1	$97.0	$12.71	19.7	42.2
Oceania	Micronesia	13.0	$0.4	$0.05	63.2	20.2
Asia	Sri Lanka	12.6	$290.6	$36.62	19.2	84.1
Asia	Pakistan	12.5	$1,141.4	$142.68	21.0	72.1
North America	Guatemala	12.4	$145.6	$18.05	12.1	24.5
Africa	São Tomé and Príncipe	12.1	$0.7	$0.08	27.6	81.3
Asia	Laos	12.0	$53.7	$6.44	21.1	63.0
Africa	Liberia	11.9	$6.3	$0.75	33.9	40.5
Africa	Tanzania	11.8	$175.8	$20.74	16.8	36.0
Africa	Ethiopia	11.6	$219.5	$25.46	17.5	61.1
Asia	Indonesia	11.5	$3,494.7	$401.89	16.7	29.2
Africa	Madagascar	11.5	$42.9	$4.93	16.8	39.7
Africa	Sierra Leone	11.1	$12.3	$1.37	23.4	71.3
Africa	Guinea-Bissau	10.3	$3.4	$0.35	21.1	56.1
Africa	Angola	9.2	$199.3	$18.34	21.8	88.1
Asia	United Arab Emirates	9.2	$723.7	$66.58	30.5	18.7
Asia	Bangladesh	9.1	$761.7	$69.31	13.7	34.8
Asia	Taiwan	8.9	$1,251.5	$111.38	17.8	35.0
Africa	Eritrea	8.0	$10.0	$0.80	29.1	129.4
Africa	Sudan	8.0	$177.7	$14.22	13.6	163
Asia	Bahrain	7.8	$74.1	$5.78	33.6	93.4
Africa	Chad	7.7	$30.2	$2.33	14.8	46.6
Asia	Afghanistan	7.6	$72.6	$5.52	26.3	7.1
Africa	DR Congo	7.6	$72.9	$5.54	12.4	15.7
Asia	Yemen	7.4	$73.3	$5.42	10.8	63.2
Asia	Iran	7.3	$1,610.7	$117.58	19.0	33.2
Africa	Cape Verde	6.9	$4.0	$0.28	30.7	127.7
Africa	Central African Republic	6.9	$3.6	$0.25	14.7	48.5
Asia	Burma	6.1	$328.4	$20.03	20.4	38.2
Africa	Equatorial Guinea	5.9	$29.8	$1.76	21.3	35.9
Asia	Qatar	4.9	$354.8	$17.39	34.3	48.4
Asia	Oman	4.2	$198.5	$8.34	46.1	50.9
Africa	Nigeria	3.6	$1,168.5	$42.07	11.2	28.4
Asia	Saudi Arabia	3.4	$1,857.5	$63.16	35.7	19.1
Asia	Iraq	2.0	$673.3	$13.47	36.7	48.4
Asia	Kuwait	1.4	$306.4	$4.29	50.9	14.8
Asia	North Korea	N/A	$40.00	N/A	N/A	N/A
Africa	Libya	N/A	$74.7	N/A	105.8	4.9
Europe	Liechtenstein	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Africa	Somalia	N/A	$21.2	N/A	N/A	N/A
Asia	Syria	N/A	$64.5	N/A	N/A	130.6

Tax as % of GDP (2021)[edit]

Continent	Country	Tax revenue (% of GDP)	GDP (billions, PPP)	Tax revenue (billions)	Gov't expen- diture	Public debt
					(% of GDP, nominal)
Asia	India		$10,371		11.4

Tax as % of GDP (2022)[edit]

Continent	Country	Tax revenue (% of GDP)	GDP (billions, PPP)	Tax revenue (billions)	Gov't expen- diture	Public debt
					(% of GDP, nominal)
Asia	India		$11,905		10.7

See also[edit]

• List of countries by government budget
• List of countries by government spending as percentage of GDP
• List of countries by social welfare spending
• Taxation in the United States
• List of countries by tax rates
• Tax rates in Europe

References[edit]