Data for 2018

Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2018

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Tax revenue as a share of GDP is how much of a country’s economy its governments collect in taxes — national, regional and local, social security contributions included. It is the OECD’s standard measure of a state’s tax take, compiled under one classification of taxes so that a country in Africa, Latin America or Asia can be read against an OECD member.

Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2018 covers 140 countries on 7 measures. France is highest, at 46.022; Somalia is lowest, at 1.577. The middle country reads 21.237. Against 2017, 140 values changed (87 up, 53 down), the same countries are covered.

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Tax Revenue (% of GDP) · Data for 2018

HighestFrance

46.022

LowestSomalia

1.577

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

140countries
7measures per country
2018the year it describes
140distinct values14 decimals, as published
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Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2018: every country, as published by OECD.

France`FRA`Western Europe	46.022	11.416	15.9975	1.5948	4.03439	12.396	0.583570
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	44.445	27.562	0.0768	0.2818	1.83591	14.649	0.039353
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	44.243	15.929	9.6977	5.1286	0.95948	12.488	0.040302
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	43.867	16.155	13.2821	0.0016	3.44552	10.982	0.000000
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	42.672	14.879	11.9217	0.0000	1.44413	14.408	0.018973
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	42.664	12.337	14.9096	2.7179	0.54805	11.973	0.177630
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	42.285	11.088	5.2032	1.2719	0.00000	21.958	2.764567
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	41.683	12.908	12.9013	0.0000	2.47994	12.050	1.343219
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	40.109	9.118	11.8738	0.0000	3.07615	16.041	0.000000
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	39.606	15.602	10.7655	0.0000	3.84524	9.345	0.047902
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	39.253	16.445	9.9905	0.0552	1.11403	11.648	0.000000
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	38.414	12.342	14.2006	0.0000	1.05727	10.805	0.007862
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	38.299	5.766	11.2009	0.0000	1.17570	20.156	0.000000
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	38.144	11.276	13.7245	0.0000	1.54229	11.499	0.102506
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	38.070	7.348	15.5747	0.0476	0.60794	14.492	0.000000
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	36.653	6.686	11.5942	0.9418	0.95928	16.419	0.052821
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	36.074	17.776	3.3999	0.2957	2.04815	11.965	0.589066
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	35.601	25.006	0.0000	0.0000	0.00000	10.595	0.000000
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	34.717	7.310	12.9294	0.2198	1.29680	12.911	0.050336
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	34.653	9.812	9.3325	0.0000	1.44624	13.895	0.167838
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	34.559	7.798	15.1522	0.0000	0.44959	11.155	0.004716
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	34.406	10.066	11.6544	0.0000	2.51997	10.149	0.016333
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	33.876	7.056	14.5636	0.0000	0.40894	11.847	0.000000
Canada`CAN`Northern America	33.482	16.492	4.6500	0.6650	3.85074	7.785	0.039585
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	32.957	9.440	6.4047	0.0000	0.86951	16.243	0.000008
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	32.761	11.513	6.2899	0.1210	4.09631	10.741	0.000000
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	32.546	7.296	11.2653	0.0000	0.21926	13.765	0.000000
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	32.176	18.117	0.0000	0.0000	1.88030	12.178	0.000644
Brazil`BRA`South America	31.911	7.006	8.2721	0.6028	1.45000	14.576	0.003751
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	31.693	6.766	9.4424	0.0111	0.98859	14.484	0.000000
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	31.548	10.077	12.6873	0.0000	2.55053	6.154	0.079941
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	30.762	10.001	5.2279	1.1620	3.30630	11.064	0.000000
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	30.496	8.179	5.5187	0.0000	1.52985	15.269	0.000000
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	30.358	11.806	4.8061	0.0000	1.20196	12.544	0.000000
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	30.122	9.382	2.1755	0.0000	0.50676	18.058	0.000000
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	29.937	7.947	8.6969	0.3585	0.27283	11.899	0.763023
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	29.879	5.524	12.5128	0.0000	0.29798	11.543	0.000000
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	29.789	5.642	8.6867	0.0308	0.56452	14.865	0.000760
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	29.039	10.936	0.0000	0.0000	0.00000	18.103	0.000000
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	28.993	4.939	9.0740	0.0000	0.29821	14.682	0.000000
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	28.611	17.194	0.0000	1.3826	2.72755	7.307	0.000000
Argentina`ARG`South America	28.513	5.066	6.2017	0.0000	2.68219	14.377	0.186178
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	27.371	7.041	1.0244	1.3900	1.20748	16.591	0.117359
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	27.182	12.952	6.4751	0.0000	2.04225	5.568	0.144975
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	26.906	6.792	12.4148	0.2631	0.31971	7.057	0.058935
Uruguay`URY`South America	26.623	6.999	6.9512	0.0000	2.01758	10.495	0.160000
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	26.450	13.657	0.3548	0.3219	1.54768	10.568	-0.000197
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	26.205	8.034	5.4502	0.0000	1.39550	11.227	0.098654
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	25.901	4.577	10.5450	0.0000	0.55521	10.216	0.008415
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	25.864	8.587	0.0000	0.0000	0.12373	17.153	0.000000
Niue`NIU`Polynesia	25.373	8.215	0.0000	0.0000	0.00000	17.158	0.000000
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	25.239	8.619	6.4106	0.0743	2.93033	6.632	0.573699
Bolivia`BOL`South America	24.978	3.804	6.0228	0.0000	0.19519	12.650	2.305719
United States`USA`Northern America	24.816	11.365	6.0804	0.0104	2.94587	4.415	0.000000
Belize`BLZ`Central America	24.704	6.257	1.9039	0.0000	1.07923	15.464	0.000000
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	23.968	5.787	7.1768	0.0000	1.03535	9.704	0.264901
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	23.902	6.418	4.8159	0.0000	0.51700	12.151	0.000000
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	23.698	5.447	0.0000	0.0000	0.03228	18.219	0.000000
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	23.515	6.598	0.0000	0.0000	0.84187	16.075	0.000000
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	23.227	7.119	5.9915	0.0000	0.23393	9.688	0.194232
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	23.157	4.718	7.9397	1.3844	0.41458	8.104	0.596723
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	23.020	8.780	0.0000	0.0000	0.97236	13.148	0.119671
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	22.765	12.005	2.8876	0.0000	0.22415	7.648	0.000000
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	22.355	4.890	—	0.0000	0.92710	16.266	0.273051
Guyana`GUY`South America	22.165	7.940	2.1296	0.0000	0.49021	11.385	0.220793
Honduras`HND`Central America	21.913	6.270	3.3553	0.1782	0.56374	11.128	0.417897
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	21.741	9.929	3.6110	0.1687	1.28800	6.741	0.002807
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	21.434	12.067	0.0000	0.0000	—	9.367	0.000000
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	21.310	7.260	2.7078	0.1430	0.45792	10.355	0.386671
Chile`CHL`South America	21.282	7.612	1.4708	0.0000	1.10013	11.333	-0.233424
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	21.192	10.035	0.0595	0.0000	0.34432	10.677	0.076660
Ecuador`ECU`South America	21.079	4.881	5.4977	0.0000	0.34609	10.335	0.019414
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	20.792	4.831	2.1509	0.0000	0.47081	13.340	0.000000
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	20.282	3.467	—	0.0000	0.34534	16.470	0.000146
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	20.280	8.754	0.2889	0.0000	0.00000	11.791	-0.553689
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	20.149	3.937	—	0.0000	0.04796	16.165	0.000000
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	20.085	4.178	0.0000	0.0000	0.00000	15.907	0.000000
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	19.882	8.935	5.9789	—	0.57836	4.386	0.003823
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	19.684	5.001	0.7462	0.1128	0.96848	12.830	0.025962
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	19.583	5.971	0.0374	0.0000	0.91357	12.661	0.000000
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	19.581	12.068	0.3429	0.0000	0.12203	6.940	0.108778
Colombia`COL`South America	19.265	6.484	1.8417	0.3504	1.54542	8.241	0.802631
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	18.344	1.604	3.1942	0.0000	1.39097	12.155	0.000000
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	18.342	4.926	4.7312	0.0000	0.02712	8.658	0.000000
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	17.674	6.031	1.0028	0.0000	0.48573	10.025	0.129651
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	17.404	8.404	2.4546	0.0000	0.45493	6.090	0.000000
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	17.335	6.163	2.3738	0.0000	0.45406	7.416	0.927384
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	17.288	4.699	1.1682	0.0411	0.43749	10.190	0.752940
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	16.960	6.426	0.5352	1.0005	0.48305	8.507	0.007790
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	16.888	6.811	1.0043	0.0000	0.01557	9.057	0.000000
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	16.802	4.268	1.8581	0.1395	0.11296	10.312	0.111013
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	16.768	7.345	0.5341	0.0000	0.00705	8.745	0.136936
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	16.710	5.859	—	0.0000	1.41082	9.294	0.146220
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	16.535	0.000	2.2149	0.0000	1.85216	12.468	0.000000
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	16.206	4.364	2.9998	0.0000	0.29070	8.067	0.484385
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	16.166	7.218	—	0.0627	0.07911	8.806	0.000000
Peru`PER`South America	16.127	5.342	1.9688	0.0131	0.87660	7.572	0.353832
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	15.774	0.000	0.0000	0.0000	0.49660	15.278	0.000000
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	15.731	6.582	0.0000	0.0000	0.00000	9.149	0.000000
Mexico`MEX`Central America	15.709	6.914	2.1057	0.3859	0.31894	5.715	0.269750
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	15.518	6.213	2.3899	0.0000	0.09031	6.825	0.000000
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	14.766	2.999	—	0.1218	0.12343	11.261	0.260724
Suriname`SUR`South America	14.702	7.159	—	0.0000	0.01807	7.524	0.000000
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	14.658	4.449	0.7729	0.0153	0.43953	8.982	0.000000
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	14.359	5.296	0.7173	0.0000	—	8.345	0.000000
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	14.171	3.821	1.0206	0.1447	0.11400	8.819	0.252293
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	13.967	3.286	—	0.0000	0.59768	10.075	0.007896
Paraguay`PRY`South America	13.859	2.284	3.5602	0.0000	0.18023	7.764	0.070541
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	13.823	3.309	2.1656	0.1259	0.27793	7.688	0.257170
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	13.597	10.854	—	0.0000	0.00000	2.726	0.016812
Panama`PAN`Central America	13.533	3.971	4.8632	0.1930	0.36311	4.093	0.050011
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	13.497	8.049	0.0000	0.0000	3.48810	1.561	0.398718
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	13.293	8.602	0.0000	0.0000	0.04472	4.646	0.000000
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	13.209	4.004	0.0597	0.0780	0.56927	8.498	0.000029
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	13.197	2.945	2.1948	0.1638	0.29273	6.757	0.844523
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	13.193	7.706	0.0000	0.0109	0.12632	5.350	0.000000
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	13.177	6.474	—	0.0400	0.01762	6.645	0.000000
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	12.904	1.766	1.4742	1.5293	0.36963	7.690	0.074439
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	12.871	5.991	0.0000	0.0000	1.79951	3.791	1.288744
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	12.797	6.149	0.0000	0.0000	—	6.642	0.005994
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	12.480	8.562	0.2971	0.0000	0.00000	3.202	0.420053
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	12.417	2.511	—	0.1956	0.05872	9.652	0.000000
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	12.085	5.015	—	0.0001	0.16572	6.904	0.000001
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	11.973	5.054	0.4289	0.0000	0.16781	5.010	1.312151
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	11.674	4.001	—	0.0000	0.04745	7.599	0.026984
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	11.318	1.677	0.1642	0.0000	0.00000	9.371	0.105374
Niger`NER`Western Africa	11.198	2.361	0.5319	0.0524	0.07820	7.382	0.792582
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	10.911	2.560	0.6446	0.0000	0.08945	7.570	0.046752
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	10.868	2.423	—	0.0000	0.12342	8.322	0.000000
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	10.697	2.431	—	0.0540	0.06571	8.146	0.001147
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	10.372	4.035	1.5307	0.0920	0.16057	4.532	0.021652
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	10.222	3.301	—	0.0000	0.17677	6.525	0.220198
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	7.966	3.149	0.9722	0.0000	—	3.845	0.000000
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	7.608	3.291	0.4771	0.1838	0.04978	3.349	0.257260
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	7.591	1.693	0.6044	0.2490	0.20780	4.827	0.009566
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	7.480	2.340	0.0000	0.0000	0.00000	5.140	0.000000
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	6.497	4.339	0.6459	0.0000	0.00376	1.250	0.257937
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	6.352	3.843	0.5323	0.0248	—	1.605	0.346504
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5.671	2.933	—	0.0074	0.09310	2.637	0.000693
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1.577	0.110	0.0000	0.0000	0.03379	1.433	0.000000

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

France46.022
Denmark44.445
Sweden44.243
Belgium43.867
Finland42.672

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 21.237. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of GDP)
HighestDenmark27.562
Lowest2 share it
Middle country: 6.642
Social security contributions (% of GDP)
HighestFrance15.9975
Lowest20 share it
Middle country: 2.3738
Taxes on payroll and workforce (% of GDP)
HighestSweden5.1286
Lowest84 share it
Middle country: 0.0000
Taxes on property (% of GDP)
HighestUnited Kingdom4.09631
Lowest11 share it
Middle country: 0.45792
Taxes on goods and services (% of GDP)
HighestCuba21.958
LowestEquatorial Guinea1.250
Middle country: 10.169
Other taxes (% of GDP)
HighestCuba2.764567
LowestArmenia-0.553689
Middle country: 0.008156

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

+0 / −0countries joined / left
140values changed, of 140 in both
87 · 53rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Nauru24.691 → 35.601+10.910
Trinidad and Tobago19.289 → 22.765+3.476
Timor-Leste10.598 → 13.597+2.999
Luxembourg36.649 → 39.606+2.957
Guyana19.532 → 22.165+2.632

Fell most

Mali17.259 → 13.823−3.436
Niue28.268 → 25.373−2.894
Republic of the Congo10.291 → 7.591−2.699
United States26.459 → 24.816−1.643
Argentina30.041 → 28.513−1.527

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