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Field Listing :: Taxes and other revenues
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
Country
Taxes and other revenues(% of GDP)
Afghanistan 8.7% of GDP (2011 est.)
Albania 25.6% of GDP (2011 est.)
Algeria 38.7% of GDP (2011 est.)
American Samoa 33.6% of GDP (FY07)
Angola 42.5% of GDP (2011 est.)
Anguilla 13% of GDP (2009 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda 19.3% of GDP (2009 est.)
Argentina 23.6% of GDP (2011 est.)
Armenia 22.5% of GDP (2011 est.)
Aruba 24.2% of GDP (2011 est.)
Australia 31.8% of GDP (2011 est.)
Austria 48.3% of GDP (2011 est.)
Azerbaijan 13.6% of GDP (2011 est.)
Bahamas, The 18.8% of GDP (FY11/12 est.)
Bahrain 28.7% of GDP (2011 est.)
Bangladesh 11.2% of GDP (2011 est.)
Barbados 27.9% of GDP (2011 est.)
Belarus 41.9% of GDP (2011 est.)
Belgium 48.6% of GDP (2011 est.)
Belize 27.1% of GDP (2011 est.)
Benin 18.9% of GDP (2011 est.)
Bhutan 43.3% of GDP (2011 est.)
Bolivia 44.1% of GDP (2011 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 47% of GDP (2011 est.)
Botswana 32% of GDP (2011 est.)
Brazil 39.2% of GDP (2011 est.)
British Virgin Islands 27.4% of GDP (2011 est.)
Brunei 35.3% of GDP (2011 est.)
Bulgaria 33.8% of GDP (2011 est.)
Burkina Faso 22.1% of GDP (2011 est.)
Burma 3.9% of GDP (2011 est.)
Burundi 19.5% of GDP (2011 est.)
Cambodia 15.7% of GDP (2011 est.)
Cameroon 19.5% of GDP (2011 est.)
Canada 38% of GDP (2011 est.)
Cape Verde 29% of GDP (2011 est.)
Cayman Islands 29.3% of GDP (2011 est.)
Central African Republic 17.4% of GDP (2011 est.)
Chad 26.8% of GDP (2011 est.)
Chile 22.4% of GDP (2011 est.)
China 22.6% of GDP (2011 est.)
Colombia 27.4% of GDP (2011 est.)
Comoros 21.3% of GDP (2011 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 30.3% of GDP (2011 est.)
Congo, Republic of the 47% of GDP (2011 est.)
Cook Islands 38.7% of GDP (FY05/06)
Costa Rica 14.1% of GDP (2011 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire 18.1% of GDP (2011 est.)
Croatia 47.2% of GDP (2011 est.)
Cuba 75.8% of GDP (2011 est.)
Curacao 10.8% of GDP (2011 est.)
Cyprus 41.5% of GDP (2011 est.)
Czech Republic 23.9% of GDP (2011 est.)
Denmark 35.5% of GDP (2011 est.)
Djibouti 36.2% of GDP (2011 est.)
Dominica 30.3% of GDP (2011 est.)
Dominican Republic 14.1% of GDP (2011 est.)
Ecuador 28% of GDP (2011 est.)
Egypt 19% of GDP (2011 est.)
El Salvador 19.4% of GDP (2011 est.)
Equatorial Guinea 44.5% of GDP (2011 est.)
Eritrea 27.4% of GDP (2011 est.)
Estonia 38.2% of GDP (2011 est.)
Ethiopia 17.1% of GDP (2011 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 40.8% of GDP (FY09/10)
Faroe Islands 55% of GDP (2010)
Fiji 26.7% of GDP (2011 est.)
Finland 51.1% of GDP (2011 est.)
France 49.9% of GDP (2011 est.)
French Polynesia 14.2% of GDP (1999)
Gabon 34.1% of GDP (2011 est.)
Gambia, The 18.1% of GDP (2011 est.)
Georgia 28.4% of GDP (2011 est.)
Germany 43.4% of GDP (2011 est.)
Ghana 23.7% of GDP (2011 est.)
Gibraltar 43% of GDP (2008 est.)
Greece 42.7% of GDP (2011 est.)
Greenland 50.9% of GDP (2010)
Grenada 21.3% of GDP (2009 est.)
Guam 11.5% of GDP (2002 est.)
Guatemala 11.8% of GDP (2011 est.)
Guernsey 20.6% of GDP (2005)
Guinea 18.4% of GDP (2011 est.)
Guinea-Bissau 18.9% of GDP (2011 est.)
Guyana 25.5% of GDP (2011 est.)
Haiti 20.1% of GDP (2011 est.)
Honduras 17.3% of GDP (2011 est.)
Hong Kong 22.8% of GDP (2011 est.)
Hungary 52.8% of GDP (2011 est.)
Iceland 41.7% of GDP (2011 est.)
India 11.7% of GDP (2011 est.)
Indonesia 15.9% of GDP (2011 est.)
Iran 27.2% of GDP (2011 est.)
Iraq 60% of GDP (2011 est.)
Ireland 34.9% of GDP (2011 est.)
Isle of Man 35.5% of GDP (FY05/06 est.)
Israel 27.5% of GDP (2011 est.)
Italy 46.6% of GDP (2011 est.)
Jamaica 25.6% of GDP (2011 est.)
Japan 33.6% of GDP (2011 est.)
Jersey 16.3% of GDP (2005)
Jordan 20.3% of GDP (2011 est.)
Kazakhstan 20.5% of GDP (2011 est.)
Kenya 19% of GDP (2011 est.)
Kiribati 33.2% of GDP (FY05)
Korea, North 11.4% of GDP
note: excludes earnings from state-operated enterprises (2007 est.)
Korea, South 24% of GDP (2011 est.)
Kosovo 27% of GDP (2011 est.)
Kuwait 61.3% of GDP (2011 est.)
Kyrgyzstan 28.5% of GDP (2011 est.)
Laos 22.3% of GDP (2011 est.)
Latvia 35.3% of GDP (2011 est.)
Lebanon 23.9% of GDP (2011 est.)
Lesotho 51.7% of GDP (2011 est.)
Liberia 37.3% of GDP (2011 est.)
Libya 49.2% of GDP (2011 est.)
Liechtenstein 20.9% of GDP (2008 est.)
Lithuania 33.1% of GDP (2011 est.)
Luxembourg 42.9% of GDP (2011 est.)
Macau 65.7% of GDP (2011 est.)
Macedonia 30% of GDP (2011 est.)
Madagascar 15.8% of GDP (2011 est.)
Malawi 31.1% of GDP (2011 est.)
Malaysia 21.5% of GDP (2011 est.)
Maldives 24.5% of GDP (2010 est.)
Mali 20.4% of GDP (2011 est.)
Malta 51.2% of GDP (2011 est.)
Marshall Islands 76.3% of GDP (2008)
Mauritania 32.6% of GDP (2011 est.)
Mauritius 20.9% of GDP (2011 est.)
Mexico 22.8% of GDP (2011 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of 69.7% of GDP (FY07 est.)
Moldova 38.2% of GDP (2011 est.)
Monaco 18.4% of GDP (2010 est.)
Mongolia 40.4% of GDP (2011 est.)
Montenegro 37.5% of GDP (2011 est.)
Morocco 25.9% of GDP (2011 est.)
Mozambique 29% of GDP (2011 est.)
Namibia 29.7% of GDP (2011 est.)
Nepal 21% of GDP (FY11)
Netherlands 45.4% of GDP (2011 est.)
New Caledonia 30.2% of GDP (2001 est.)
New Zealand 37.6% of GDP (2011 est.)
Nicaragua 19.3% of GDP (2011 est.)
Niger 20.8% of GDP (2011 est.)
Nigeria 9.6% of GDP (2011 est.)
Niue 150.5% of GDP (FY04/05)
Northern Mariana Islands 30.5% of GDP (FY91/92)
Norway 58% of GDP (2011 est.)
Oman 41.4% of GDP (2011 est.)
Pakistan 12.5% of GDP (2011 est.)
Palau 70% of GDP (2008 est.)
Panama 25.4% of GDP (2011 est.)
Papua New Guinea 32.9% of GDP (2011 est.)
Paraguay 21.3% of GDP (2011 est.)
Peru 20.6% of GDP (2011 est.)
Philippines 14.7% of GDP (2011 est.)
Poland 18% of GDP (2011 est.)
Portugal 46.4% of GDP (2011 est.)
Puerto Rico 7.2% of GDP (FY99/00)
Qatar 42.7% of GDP (2011 est.)
Romania 31.4% of GDP (2011 est.)
Russia 20.7% of GDP (2011 est.)
Rwanda 23.2% of GDP (2011 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 25.9% of GDP (2011 est.)
Saint Lucia 14.9% of GDP (2011 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 26.6% of GDP (2011 est.)
Samoa 41.1% of GDP (2011 est.)
San Marino 54.8% of GDP (2009)
Sao Tome and Principe 30.2% of GDP (2011 est.)
Saudi Arabia 51.2% of GDP (2011 est.)
Senegal 23% of GDP (2011 est.)
Serbia 39% of GDP (2011 est.)
Seychelles 39.1% of GDP (2011 est.)
Sierra Leone 22.9% of GDP (2011 est.)
Singapore 15.6% of GDP (2011 est.)
Slovakia 33.9% of GDP (2011 est.)
Slovenia 42.9% of GDP (2011 est.)
Solomon Islands 37.4% of GDP (2011 est.)
South Africa 25.2% of GDP (2011 est.)
Spain 36.5% of GDP (2011 est.)
Sri Lanka 14.4% of GDP (2011 est.)
Sudan 13.9% of GDP (2011 est.)
Suriname 21.8% of GDP (2010 est.)
Svalbard NA% of GDP
Swaziland 25.5% of GDP (2011 est.)
Sweden 51.6% of GDP (2011 est.)
Switzerland 34.3% of GDP (2011 est.)
Syria 18.1% of GDP (2011 est.)
Taiwan 16.1% of GDP (2011 est.)
Tajikistan 28.3% of GDP (2011 est.)
Tanzania 19.7% of GDP (2011 est.)
Thailand 19.2% of GDP (2011 est.)
Timor-Leste 60.3% of GDP (2011 est.)
Togo 22% of GDP (2011 est.)
Tonga 26.8% of GDP (2011 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago 32.3% of GDP (2011 est.)
Tunisia 21.9% of GDP (2011 est.)
Turkey 22.7% of GDP (2011 est.)
Turkmenistan 16.2% of GDP (2011 est.)
Tuvalu 61.5% of GDP (2006)
Uganda 14.5% of GDP (2011 est.)
Ukraine 30.3% of GDP (2011 est.)
United Arab Emirates 31.5% of GDP (2011 est.)
United Kingdom 40.8% of GDP (2011 est.)
United States 15.3% 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 (2011 est.)
Uruguay 29.1% of GDP (2011 est.)
Uzbekistan 32.9% of GDP (2011 est.)
Vanuatu 27.3% of GDP (2011 est.)
Venezuela 28.7% of GDP (2011 est.)
Vietnam 26.7% of GDP (2011 est.)
West Bank 32.4% of GDP (2011 est.)
World 28.9% of GDP (2011 est.)
Yemen 21.7% of GDP (2011 est.)
Zambia 18.8% of GDP (2011 est.)
Zimbabwe NA% of GDP (2010 est.)
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