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Tax revenue, % of GDP: ranking of countries
142 countries ranked by their latest value (2019–2024). Lesotho is highest at 35.4%; United Arab Emirates is lowest at 0.6%.
World 13.9% (2024)Median country 17.0%142 countries
Tax revenue: world and regions, 1994–2024
WorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & CaribbeanNorth AmericaSouth Asia
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Regional lines are World Bank aggregates.
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Latest value for each country; the year column shows when it was reported.
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| # | Country | Region | Tax revenue | Year | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lesotho | Sub-Saharan Africa | 35.4% | 2024 | |
| 2 | Namibia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 33.9% | 2024 | |
| 3 | Denmark | Europe & Central Asia | 33.4% | 2024 | |
| 4 | New Zealand | East Asia & Pacific | 29.5% | 2024 | |
| 5 | Luxembourg | Europe & Central Asia | 28.6% | 2024 | |
| 6 | Macao | East Asia & Pacific | 27.4% | 2024 | |
| 7 | Greece | Europe & Central Asia | 27.4% | 2024 | |
| 8 | Sweden | Europe & Central Asia | 27.2% | 2024 | |
| 9 | United Kingdom | Europe & Central Asia | 26.9% | 2024 | |
| 10 | South Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | 25.9% | 2024 | |
| 11 | Austria | Europe & Central Asia | 25.8% | 2024 | |
| 12 | Italy | Europe & Central Asia | 25.6% | 2024 | |
| 13 | Finland | Europe & Central Asia | 25.3% | 2024 | |
| 14 | Netherlands | Europe & Central Asia | 25.3% | 2024 | |
| 15 | Norway | Europe & Central Asia | 24.5% | 2024 | |
| 16 | Eswatini | Sub-Saharan Africa | 24.3% | 2021 | |
| 17 | Georgia | Europe & Central Asia | 24.3% | 2024 | |
| 18 | Malta | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 24.1% | 2024 | |
| 19 | Samoa | East Asia & Pacific | 24.0% | 2023 | |
| 20 | Fiji | East Asia & Pacific | 23.9% | 2024 | |
| 21 | Cyprus | Europe & Central Asia | 23.9% | 2024 | |
| 22 | Serbia | Europe & Central Asia | 23.9% | 2022 | |
| 23 | Jamaica | Latin America & Caribbean | 23.7% | 2020 | |
| 24 | Australia | East Asia & Pacific | 23.6% | 2022 | |
| 25 | Solomon Islands | East Asia & Pacific | 23.3% | 2024 | |
| 26 | Israel | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 23.2% | 2024 | |
| 27 | Iceland | Europe & Central Asia | 23.2% | 2023 | |
| 28 | Belgium | Europe & Central Asia | 23.0% | 2024 | |
| 29 | France | Europe & Central Asia | 22.8% | 2024 | |
| 30 | Hungary | Europe & Central Asia | 22.7% | 2024 | |
| 31 | Morocco | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 22.7% | 2024 | |
| 32 | Estonia | Europe & Central Asia | 22.7% | 2024 | |
| 33 | Botswana | Sub-Saharan Africa | 22.4% | 2023 | |
| 34 | Armenia | Europe & Central Asia | 22.4% | 2024 | |
| 35 | Portugal | Europe & Central Asia | 22.3% | 2024 | |
| 36 | Lithuania | Europe & Central Asia | 21.9% | 2024 | |
| 37 | Mozambique | Sub-Saharan Africa | 21.8% | 2024 | |
| 38 | El Salvador | Latin America & Caribbean | 21.8% | 2024 | |
| 39 | Timor-Leste | East Asia & Pacific | 21.6% | 2022 | |
| 40 | Nauru | East Asia & Pacific | 21.4% | 2024 | |
| 41 | Croatia | Europe & Central Asia | 21.2% | 2023 | |
| 42 | Ukraine | Europe & Central Asia | 21.0% | 2024 | |
| 43 | Slovenia | Europe & Central Asia | 21.0% | 2024 | |
| 44 | Bulgaria | Europe & Central Asia | 20.7% | 2024 | |
| 45 | Mauritius | Sub-Saharan Africa | 20.5% | 2024 | |
| 46 | Tonga | East Asia & Pacific | 20.5% | 2023 | |
| 47 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Europe & Central Asia | 20.2% | 2024 | |
| 48 | Nicaragua | Latin America & Caribbean | 20.1% | 2024 | |
| 49 | Kyrgyzstan | Europe & Central Asia | 19.6% | 2024 | |
| 50 | Senegal | Sub-Saharan Africa | 19.5% | 2023 | |
| 51 | Maldives | South Asia | 19.5% | 2021 | |
| 52 | Slovakia | Europe & Central Asia | 19.1% | 2024 | |
| 53 | Zambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 18.8% | 2024 | |
| 54 | Moldova | Europe & Central Asia | 18.8% | 2024 | |
| 55 | North Macedonia | Europe & Central Asia | 18.8% | 2024 | |
| 56 | Burkina Faso | Sub-Saharan Africa | 18.7% | 2024 | |
| 57 | Czechia | Europe & Central Asia | 18.6% | 2024 | |
| 58 | Cabo Verde | Sub-Saharan Africa | 18.4% | 2020 | |
| 59 | Chile | Latin America & Caribbean | 18.3% | 2024 | |
| 60 | Palau | East Asia & Pacific | 18.1% | 2020 | |
| 61 | Albania | Europe & Central Asia | 18.0% | 2024 | |
| 62 | Ireland | Europe & Central Asia | 17.9% | 2024 | |
| 63 | Uruguay | Latin America & Caribbean | 17.9% | 2024 | |
| 64 | Latvia | Europe & Central Asia | 17.6% | 2024 | |
| 65 | Türkiye | Europe & Central Asia | 17.6% | 2024 | |
| 66 | Kiribati | East Asia & Pacific | 17.5% | 2023 | |
| 67 | Poland | Europe & Central Asia | 17.4% | 2024 | |
| 68 | Azerbaijan | Europe & Central Asia | 17.3% | 2024 | |
| 69 | Bahamas | Latin America & Caribbean | 17.3% | 2024 | |
| 70 | San Marino | Europe & Central Asia | 17.3% | 2023 | |
| 71 | Marshall Islands | East Asia & Pacific | 17.2% | 2020 | |
| 72 | Mongolia | East Asia & Pacific | 16.9% | 2024 | |
| 73 | Trinidad and Tobago | Latin America & Caribbean | 16.8% | 2019 | |
| 74 | Vanuatu | East Asia & Pacific | 16.5% | 2023 | |
| 75 | Romania | Europe & Central Asia | 16.2% | 2024 | |
| 76 | Peru | Latin America & Caribbean | 15.9% | 2021 | |
| 77 | Malawi | Sub-Saharan Africa | 15.6% | 2024 | |
| 78 | Andorra | Europe & Central Asia | 15.6% | 2024 | |
| 79 | Papua New Guinea | East Asia & Pacific | 15.5% | 2024 | |
| 80 | Jordan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 15.5% | 2023 | |
| 81 | Brazil | Latin America & Caribbean | 15.4% | 2024 | |
| 82 | Colombia | Latin America & Caribbean | 15.2% | 2024 | |
| 83 | Thailand | East Asia & Pacific | 15.2% | 2024 | |
| 84 | Honduras | Latin America & Caribbean | 15.1% | 2020 | |
| 85 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Latin America & Caribbean | 15.0% | 2020 | |
| 86 | Spain | Europe & Central Asia | 14.9% | 2024 | |
| 87 | Mexico | Latin America & Caribbean | 14.8% | 2024 | |
| 88 | Dominican Republic | Latin America & Caribbean | 14.7% | 2024 | |
| 89 | Philippines | East Asia & Pacific | 14.4% | 2024 | |
| 90 | Kenya | Sub-Saharan Africa | 14.1% | 2023 | |
| 91 | Nepal | South Asia | 13.9% | 2023 | |
| 92 | Togo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 13.9% | 2023 | |
| 93 | Canada | North America | 13.7% | 2024 | |
| 94 | Singapore | East Asia & Pacific | 13.6% | 2024 | |
| 95 | Costa Rica | Latin America & Caribbean | 13.5% | 2024 | |
| 96 | South Korea | East Asia & Pacific | 13.3% | 2024 | |
| 97 | Ecuador | Latin America & Caribbean | 13.1% | 2022 | |
| 98 | Belarus | Europe & Central Asia | 13.0% | 2024 | |
| 99 | Côte d'Ivoire | Sub-Saharan Africa | 13.0% | 2023 | |
| 100 | Rwanda | Sub-Saharan Africa | 12.7% | 2024 | |
| 101 | Burundi | Sub-Saharan Africa | 12.7% | 2021 | |
| 102 | Uganda | Sub-Saharan Africa | 12.6% | 2024 | |
| 103 | Malaysia | East Asia & Pacific | 12.4% | 2024 | |
| 104 | Ghana | Sub-Saharan Africa | 12.4% | 2023 | |
| 105 | Bhutan | South Asia | 12.3% | 2020 | |
| 106 | Tanzania | Sub-Saharan Africa | 12.3% | 2024 | |
| 107 | Cambodia | East Asia & Pacific | 12.2% | 2023 | |
| 108 | Laos | East Asia & Pacific | 12.1% | 2022 | |
| 109 | Mali | Sub-Saharan Africa | 12.0% | 2020 | |
| 110 | Kazakhstan | Europe & Central Asia | 11.9% | 2023 | |
| 111 | Guatemala | Latin America & Caribbean | 11.6% | 2024 | |
| 112 | Cameroon | Sub-Saharan Africa | 11.3% | 2021 | |
| 113 | Paraguay | Latin America & Caribbean | 11.3% | 2024 | |
| 114 | Lebanon | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 11.1% | 2024 | |
| 115 | Uzbekistan | Europe & Central Asia | 11.0% | 2023 | |
| 116 | Madagascar | Sub-Saharan Africa | 10.9% | 2024 | |
| 117 | Germany | Europe & Central Asia | 10.9% | 2024 | |
| 118 | Russia | Europe & Central Asia | 10.9% | 2024 | |
| 119 | United States | North America | 10.8% | 2024 | |
| 120 | Tajikistan | Europe & Central Asia | 10.7% | 2024 | |
| 121 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 10.7% | 2022 | |
| 122 | Argentina | Latin America & Caribbean | 10.4% | 2024 | |
| 123 | Sri Lanka | South Asia | 9.9% | 2023 | |
| 124 | Gabon | Sub-Saharan Africa | 9.5% | 2021 | |
| 125 | Switzerland | Europe & Central Asia | 9.5% | 2024 | |
| 126 | Guinea-Bissau | Sub-Saharan Africa | 8.3% | 2024 | |
| 127 | Central African Republic | Sub-Saharan Africa | 8.2% | 2021 | |
| 128 | Saudi Arabia | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 8.1% | 2024 | |
| 129 | Bangladesh | South Asia | 7.6% | 2021 | |
| 130 | Angola | Sub-Saharan Africa | 7.6% | 2024 | |
| 131 | Panama | Latin America & Caribbean | 7.2% | 2024 | |
| 132 | Micronesia | East Asia & Pacific | 7.0% | 2020 | |
| 133 | China | East Asia & Pacific | 7.0% | 2024 | |
| 134 | India | South Asia | 6.9% | 2022 | |
| 135 | Equatorial Guinea | Sub-Saharan Africa | 6.6% | 2022 | |
| 136 | Republic of the Congo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 6.5% | 2021 | |
| 137 | Myanmar | East Asia & Pacific | 6.0% | 2019 | |
| 138 | Ethiopia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 3.4% | 2024 | |
| 139 | Bahrain | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 2.8% | 2020 | |
| 140 | Somalia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 2.2% | 2024 | |
| 141 | Iraq | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 1.3% | 2019 | |
| 142 | United Arab Emirates | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.6% | 2024 |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Tax revenue (% of GDP)