# Tax revenue by country: data and definition

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Indicator field guide / GC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS

# Tax revenue

Taxes are compulsory, unrequited payments, in cash or in kind, made by institutional

units to government units. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.

Unit: % of GDP. [Original provider definition and metadata ↗](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/GC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS)

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## Covered economies, 2023

| Economy | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Albania | 17.8% |
| Andorra | 14.1% |
| Angola | 9.0% |
| Argentina | 9.9% |
| Armenia | 22.4% |
| Austria | 25.6% |
| Azerbaijan | 17.8% |
| Bahamas, The | 16.2% |
| Belarus | 12.7% |
| Belgium | 22.5% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 19.1% |
| Botswana | 22.4% |
| Brazil | 14.0% |
| Bulgaria | 20.5% |
| Burkina Faso | 18.6% |
| Cambodia | 12.2% |
| Canada | 13.7% |
| Chile | 17.7% |
| China | 7.6% |
| Colombia | 17.5% |
| Costa Rica | 13.8% |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 13.0% |
| Croatia | 21.2% |
| Cyprus | 23.3% |
| Czechia | 18.1% |
| Denmark | 32.0% |
| Dominican Republic | 14.5% |
| El Salvador | 20.9% |
| Estonia | 21.4% |
| Ethiopia | 3.9% |
| Fiji | 20.5% |
| Finland | 25.4% |
| France | 23.2% |
| Georgia | 23.6% |
| Germany | 10.7% |
| Ghana | 12.4% |
| Greece | 26.5% |
| Guatemala | 11.6% |
| Guinea-Bissau | 8.9% |
| Hungary | 22.9% |
| Iceland | 23.2% |
| Ireland | 17.5% |
| Israel | 22.1% |
| Italy | 24.7% |
| Jordan | 15.5% |
| Kazakhstan | 11.9% |
| Kenya | 14.1% |
| Kiribati | 17.5% |
| Korea, Rep. | 14.6% |
| Kyrgyz Republic | 19.6% |
| Latvia | 16.6% |
| Lesotho | 40.0% |
| Lithuania | 21.3% |
| Luxembourg | 27.0% |
| Macao SAR, China | 22.9% |
| Madagascar | 9.5% |
| Malawi | 14.2% |
| Malaysia | 12.6% |
| Malta | 21.4% |
| Mauritius | 20.6% |
| Mexico | 14.2% |
| Moldova | 18.6% |
| Mongolia | 14.3% |
| Morocco | 20.7% |
| Mozambique | 22.4% |
| Namibia | 32.7% |
| Naoero | 32.1% |
| Nepal | 13.9% |
| Netherlands | 25.2% |
| New Zealand | 28.1% |
| Nicaragua | 19.9% |
| North Macedonia | 17.8% |
| Norway | 26.1% |
| Panama | 8.4% |
| Papua New Guinea | 15.9% |
| Paraguay | 10.1% |
| Philippines | 14.1% |
| Poland | 18.0% |
| Portugal | 22.7% |
| Romania | 15.7% |
| Russian Federation | 12.2% |
| Rwanda | 13.1% |
| Samoa | 24.0% |
| San Marino | 17.3% |
| Saudi Arabia | 7.8% |
| Senegal | 19.5% |
| Singapore | 13.7% |
| Slovak Republic | 19.4% |
| Slovenia | 20.3% |
| Solomon Islands | 23.0% |
| Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 2.1% |
| South Africa | 25.4% |
| Spain | 15.0% |
| Sri Lanka | 9.9% |
| Sweden | 27.4% |
| Switzerland | 8.7% |
| Tajikistan | 10.8% |
| Tanzania | 11.7% |
| Thailand | 15.5% |
| Togo | 13.9% |
| Tonga | 20.5% |
| Turkiye | 18.2% |
| Uganda | 13.0% |
| Ukraine | 17.5% |
| United Arab Emirates | 0.6% |
| United Kingdom | 26.9% |
| United States | 10.6% |
| Uruguay | 18.4% |
| Uzbekistan | 11.0% |
| Vanuatu | 16.5% |
| Zambia | 17.3% |

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