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This entry records total taxes and other revenues received by the national government during the time period indicated, expressed as a percent of GDP. Taxes include personal and corporate income taxes, value added taxes, excise taxes, and tariffs. Other revenues include social contributions - such as payments for social security and hospital insurance - grants, and net revenues from public enterprises. Normalizing the data, by dividing total revenues by GDP, enables easy comparisons across countries, and provides an average rate at which all income (GDP) is paid to the national level government for the supply of public goods and services.


Country Comparison to the World

CountryTAXES AND OTHER REVENUES(% OF GDP)
Afghanistan 10.8% of GDP (2016 est.)
Albania 26.4% of GDP (2016 est.)
Algeria 25.4% of GDP (2016 est.)
American Samoa 32.2% of GDP (2013 est.)
Andorra 69% of GDP (2016)
Angola 29.7% of GDP (2016 est.)
Anguilla 54.2% of GDP (2016 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda 21.4% of GDP (2016 est.)
Argentina 21.4% of GDP (2016 est.)
Armenia 22.7% of GDP (2016 est.)
Aruba 27.7% of GDP (2016 est.)
Australia 33.5% of GDP (2016 est.)
Austria 48.4% of GDP (2016 est.)
Azerbaijan 30.9% of GDP (2016 est.)
Bahamas, The 21% of GDP (2016 est.)
Bahrain 13.7% of GDP (2016 est.)
Bangladesh 10.5% of GDP (2016 est.)
Barbados 26.8% of GDP (2016 est.)
Belarus 44.1% of GDP (2016 est.)
Belgium 49.4% of GDP (2016 est.)
Belize 28.2% of GDP (2016 est.)
Benin 16.8% of GDP (2016 est.)
Bermuda 18.5% of GDP (2016 est.)
Bhutan 30.7% of GDP (2016 est.)
Bolivia 43.2% of GDP (2016 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 46.5% of GDP (2016 est.)
Botswana 36.7% of GDP (2016 est.)
Brazil 17.6% of GDP (2016 est.)
British Virgin Islands 27.4% of GDP (2016 est.)
Brunei 28.3% of GDP (2016 est.)
Bulgaria 36.2% of GDP (2016 est.)
Burkina Faso 20.3% of GDP (2016 est.)
Burma 13.1% of GDP (2016 est.)
Burundi 19.2% of GDP (2016 est.)
Cabo Verde 24.1% of GDP (2016 est.)
Cambodia 17.5% of GDP (2016 est.)
Cameroon 15.4% of GDP (2016 est.)
Canada 38.8% of GDP (2016 est.)
Cayman Islands 38.2% of GDP (2016 est.)
Central African Republic 11.6% of GDP (2016 est.)
Chad 15.6% of GDP (2016 est.)
Chile 21.1% of GDP (2016 est.)
China 21.4% of GDP (2016 est.)
Colombia 28.5% of GDP (2016 est.)
Comoros 26.5% of GDP (2016 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 13.7% of GDP (2016 est.)
Congo, Republic of the 40.3% of GDP (2016 est.)
Cook Islands 35.6% of GDP (2010 est.)
Costa Rica 14.1% of GDP (2016 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire 19.7% of GDP (2016 est.)
Croatia 43.1% of GDP (2016 est.)
Cuba 60.7% of GDP (2015 est.)
Curacao 16.6% of GDP (2012 est.)
Cyprus 38.1% of GDP (2016 est.)
Czechia 38.1% of GDP (2016 est.)
Denmark 51.2% of GDP (2016 est.)
Djibouti 36.2% of GDP (2016 est.)
Dominica 28.3% of GDP (2016 est.)
Dominican Republic 14.4% of GDP (2016 est.)
Ecuador 31.2% of GDP (2016 est.)
Egypt 17.5% of GDP (2016 est.)
El Salvador 20.5% of GDP (2016 est.)
Equatorial Guinea 20.9% of GDP (2016 est.)
Eritrea 29.5% of GDP (2016 est.)
Estonia 40.7% of GDP (2016 est.)
Ethiopia 14.6% of GDP (2016 est.)
European Union 45.2% of GDP (2014)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 40.8% of GDP (FY09/10)
Faroe Islands 30.2% of GDP (2014 est.)
Fiji 27% of GDP (2016 est.)
Finland 53.7% of GDP (2016 est.)
France 52.5% of GDP (2016 est.)
French Polynesia 26.4% of GDP (2012)
Gabon 20% of GDP (2016 est.)
Gambia, The 26.1% of GDP (2016 est.)
Georgia 29.5% of GDP (2016 est.)
Germany 43.6% of GDP (2016 est.)
Ghana 20% of GDP (2016 est.)
Gibraltar 25.7% of GDP (2008 est.)
Greece 47.7% of GDP (2016 est.)
Greenland 71% of GDP (2015 est.)
Grenada 26.7% of GDP (2016 est.)
Guam 24.9% of GDP (2013 est.)
Guatemala 10.8% of GDP (2016 est.)
Guernsey 20.6% of GDP (2005)
Guinea-Bissau 14.7% of GDP (2016 est.)
Guinea 21% of GDP (2016 est.)
Guyana 26% of GDP (2016 est.)
Haiti 18.9% of GDP (2016 est.)
Holy See (Vatican City) NA%
Honduras 19% of GDP (2016 est.)
Hong Kong 18.7% of GDP (2016 est.)
Hungary 49% of GDP (2016 est.)
Iceland 53.2% of GDP (2016 est.)
India 12.1% of GDP (FY 2016 est.)
Indonesia 12.2% of GDP (2016 est.)
Iran 16% of GDP (2016 est.)
Iraq 30.3% of GDP (2016 est.)
Ireland 25.5% of GDP (2016 est.)
Isle of Man 23.7% of GDP (FY05/06 est.)
Israel 25.9% of GDP (2016 est.)
Italy 45.5% of GDP (2016 est.)
Jamaica 28.2% of GDP (2016 est.)
Japan 35.8% of GDP (2016 est.)
Jersey 17.2% of GDP (2005)
Jordan 21.9% of GDP (2016 est.)
Kazakhstan 18.2% of GDP (2016 est.)
Kenya 18.6% of GDP (2016 est.)
Kiribati 119.2% of GDP (2013 est.)
Korea, North 11.4% of GDP
note: excludes earnings from state-operated enterprises (2007 est.)
Korea, South 21.1% of GDP (2016 est.)
Kosovo 21.3% of GDP (2014 est.)
Kuwait 42.7% of GDP (2016 est.)
Kyrgyzstan 35.2% of GDP (2016 est.)
Laos 20.9% of GDP (2016 est.)
Latvia 34.9% of GDP (2016 est.)
Lebanon 19.2% of GDP (2016 est.)
Lesotho 46.3% of GDP (2016 est.)
Liberia 26.5% of GDP (2016 est.)
Libya 14.7% of GDP (2016 est.)
Liechtenstein 14.9% of GDP (2012 est.)
Lithuania 34.3% of GDP (2016 est.)
Luxembourg 42.4% of GDP (2016 est.)
Macau 27.5% of GDP (2016 est.)
Macedonia 29% of GDP (2016 est.)
Madagascar 15.6% of GDP (2016 est.)
Malawi 18.8% of GDP (2016 est.)
Malaysia 17.4% of GDP (2016 est.)
Maldives 45.3% of GDP (2016, est.)
Mali 18.2% of GDP (2016 est.)
Malta 35.4% of GDP (2016 est.)
Marshall Islands 62.1% of GDP (2013 est.)
Mauritania 24.2% of GDP (2016 est.)
Mauritius 21.1% of GDP (2016 est.)
Mexico 21.1% of GDP (2016 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of 65.8% of GDP (FY12/13 est.)
Moldova 34.7% of GDP (2016 est.)
Monaco 15.2% of GDP (2011 est.)
Mongolia 25.7% of GDP (2016 est.)
Montenegro 36.8% of GDP (2014 est.)
Morocco 24% of GDP (2016 est.)
Mozambique 21.2% of GDP (2016 est.)
Namibia 37.5% of GDP (2016 est.)
Nepal 23.5% of GDP (FY 2016 est.)
Netherlands 44% of GDP (2016 est.)
New Caledonia 12.8% of GDP (2015 est.)
New Zealand 37.7% of GDP (2016 est.)
Nicaragua 27.3% of GDP (2016 est.)
Nigeria 2.7% of GDP (2016 est.)
Niger 22.7% of GDP (2016 est.)
Northern Mariana Islands 20% of GDP (2013 est.)
Norway 53.1% of GDP (2016 est.)
Oman 34% of GDP (2016 est.)
Pakistan 14.2% of GDP (2016 est.)
Palau 66.1% of GDP (2016 est.)
Panama 21.2% of GDP (2016 est.)
Papua New Guinea 15.9% of GDP (2016 est.)
Paraguay 16.2% of GDP (2016 est.)
Peru 33.7% of GDP (2016 est.)
Philippines 14.8% of GDP (2016 est.)
Poland 15.7% of GDP (2016 est.)
Portugal 42.4% of GDP (2016 est.)
Puerto Rico 9% of GDP (2016 est.)
Qatar 26.6% of GDP (2016 est.)
Romania 30.5% of GDP (2016 est.)
Russia 14.7% of GDP (2016 est.)
Rwanda 22.4% of GDP (2016 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 38.8% of GDP (2016 est.)
Saint Lucia 12.9% of GDP (2011 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 32.5% of GDP (1996 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 29% of GDP (2016 est.)
Samoa 26.6% of GDP (2016 est.)
San Marino 42.9% of GDP (2011 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe 30.9% of GDP (2016 est.)
Saudi Arabia 23.5% of GDP (2016 est.)
Senegal 25.8% of GDP (2016 est.)
Serbia 42% of GDP (2016 est.)
Seychelles 34.3% of GDP (2016 est.)
Sierra Leone 13% of GDP (2016 est.)
Singapore 15.8% of GDP (2016 est.)
Slovakia 38.6% of GDP (2016 est.)
Slovenia 43.8% of GDP (2016 est.)
Solomon Islands 34.6% of GDP (2016 est.)
Somalia 2.5% of GDP (2014 est.)
South Africa 27.3% of GDP (2016 est.)
South Sudan 16.6% of GDP (FY 2013 est.)
Spain 36.8% of GDP (2016 est.)
Sri Lanka 13.4% of GDP (2016 est.)
Sudan 7.7% of GDP (2016 est.)
Suriname 11.4% of GDP (2016 est.)
Svalbard NA% of GDP
Swaziland 30.8% of GDP (2017 est.)
Sweden 48% of GDP (2016 est.)
Switzerland 32.6% of GDP (2016 est.)
Syria 2% of GDP (2016 est.)
Taiwan 15.6% of GDP (2016 est.)
Tajikistan 27.8% of GDP (2016 est.)
Tanzania 13.4% of GDP (2016 est.)
Thailand 18.9% of GDP (2016 est.)
Timor-Leste 12% of GDP (2016 est.)
Togo 25.2% of GDP (2016 est.)
Tonga 30.9% of GDP (2016 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago 32.1% of GDP (2016 est.)
Tunisia 23.3% of GDP (2016 est.)
Turkey 17.1% of GDP (2016 est.)
Turkmenistan 15.1% of GDP (2016 est.)
Tuvalu 133.4% of GDP (2013 est.)
Uganda 14.6% of GDP (2016 est.)
Ukraine 31.9% of GDP (2016 est.)
United Arab Emirates 26.2% of GDP (2016 est.)
United Kingdom 37.6% of GDP (2016 est.)
United States 18.1% of GDP
note: excludes contributions for social security and other programs; if social contributions were added, taxes and other revenues would amount to approximately 22% of GDP (2016 est.)
Uruguay 26.3% of GDP (2016 est.)
Uzbekistan 20.6% of GDP (2016 est.)
Vanuatu 22.8% of GDP (2016 est.)
Venezuela 28.7% of GDP (2016 est.)
Vietnam 24% of GDP (2016 est.)
Virgin Islands 24.1% of GDP (2013)
Wallis and Futuna NA%
West Bank 28% of GDP (2014 est.)
Western Sahara NA%
World 26.3% of GDP (2016 est.)
Yemen 5.6% of GDP (2016 est.)
Zambia 16.6% of GDP (2016 est.)
Zimbabwe 24% of GDP (2016 est.)