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 11.3% of GDP (2012 est.)
Albania 24.7% of GDP (2012 est.)
Algeria 40% of GDP (2012 est.)
American Samoa 33.6% of GDP (2007)
Andorra 8.4% of GDP (2011)
Angola 45.1% of GDP (2012 est.)
Anguilla 39.6% of GDP (2012 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda 19.6% of GDP (2012 est.)
Argentina 25.9% of GDP (2012 est.)
Armenia 23.9% of GDP (2012 est.)
Aruba 22.6% of GDP (2012 est.)
Australia 33.2% of GDP (2012 est.)
Austria 49.5% of GDP (2012 est.)
Azerbaijan 32.4% of GDP (2012 est.)
Bahamas, The 19.2% of GDP (2012 est.)
Bahrain 30.2% of GDP (2012 est.)
Bangladesh 11.6% of GDP (2012 est.)
Barbados 28.1% of GDP (2012 est.)
Belarus 35.9% of GDP (2012 est.)
Belgium 51.7% of GDP (2012 est.)
Belize 28.9% of GDP (2012 est.)
Benin 20.9% of GDP (2012 est.)
Bermuda 17.4% of GDP (FY11/12 est.)
Bhutan 28.8% of GDP (2012 est.)
Bolivia 47.1% of GDP (2012 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 48.1% of GDP (2012 est.)
Botswana 38.7% of GDP (2012 est.)
Brazil 39.4% of GDP (2012 est.)
British Virgin Islands 27.4% of GDP (2012 est.)
Brunei 44% of GDP (2012 est.)
Bulgaria 35.9% of GDP (2012 est.)
Burkina Faso 23% of GDP (2012 est.)
Burma 4.2% of GDP (2012 est.)
Burundi 32.3% of GDP (2012 est.)
Cabo Verde 22.7% of GDP (2012 est.)
Cambodia 17.3% of GDP (2012 est.)
Cameroon 19.3% of GDP (2012 est.)
Canada 38.4% of GDP (2012 est.)
Cayman Islands 30.2% of GDP (2012 est.)
Central African Republic 15.9% of GDP (2012 est.)
Chad 21.6% of GDP (2012 est.)
Chile 22.2% of GDP (2012 est.)
China 22.9% of GDP (2012 est.)
Colombia 29.6% of GDP (2012 est.)
Comoros 28% of GDP (2012 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 30% of GDP (2012 est.)
Congo, Republic of the 43.2% of GDP (2012 est.)
Cook Islands 38.7% of GDP (FY05/06)
Costa Rica 14.6% of GDP (2012 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire 21.1% of GDP (2012 est.)
Croatia 38.7% of GDP (2012 est.)
Cuba 66.1% of GDP (2012 est.)
Curacao 10.8% of GDP (2011 est.)
Cyprus 40.6% of GDP (2012 est.)
Czech Republic 41.9% of GDP (2012 est.)
Denmark 56% of GDP (2012 est.)
Djibouti 34.9% of GDP (2012 est.)
Dominica 27.5% of GDP (2012 est.)
Dominican Republic 14.1% of GDP (2012 est.)
Ecuador 41.7% of GDP (2012 est.)
Egypt 19.8% of GDP (2012 est.)
El Salvador 19.6% of GDP (2012 est.)
Equatorial Guinea 36.8% of GDP (2012 est.)
Eritrea 26.4% of GDP (2012 est.)
Estonia 36.9% of GDP (2012 est.)
Ethiopia 15.2% of GDP (2012 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 40.8% of GDP (FY09/10)
Faroe Islands 44.2% of GDP (2010 est.)
Fiji 26.7% of GDP (2012 est.)
Finland 54.6% of GDP (2012 est.)
France 52.6% of GDP (2012 est.)
French Polynesia 15.3% of GDP (1999)
Gabon 27.5% of GDP (2012 est.)
Gambia, The 25.8% of GDP (2012 est.)
Georgia 28.3% of GDP (2012 est.)
Germany 45.4% of GDP (2012 est.)
Ghana 23.3% of GDP (2012 est.)
Gibraltar 43% of GDP (2008 est.)
Greece 45.5% of GDP (2012 est.)
Greenland 79.6% of GDP (2010)
Grenada 22.5% of GDP (2009 est.)
Guam 20.5% of GDP (FY10/11 est.)
Guatemala 11.8% of GDP (2012 est.)
Guernsey 20.6% of GDP (2005)
Guinea 23.3% of GDP (2012 est.)
Guinea-Bissau 15.9% of GDP (2012 est.)
Guyana 25.1% of GDP (2012 est.)
Haiti 23.2% of GDP (2012 est.)
Honduras 16.8% of GDP (2012 est.)
Hong Kong 22.3% of GDP (2012 est.)
Hungary 46.8% of GDP (2012 est.)
Iceland 43.6% of GDP (2012 est.)
India 9.5% of GDP (2012 est.)
Indonesia 16.7% of GDP (2012 est.)
Iran 14.7% of GDP (2012 est.)
Iraq 49.2% of GDP (2012 est.)
Ireland 35.1% of GDP (2012 est.)
Isle of Man 23.7% of GDP (FY05/06 est.)
Israel 25% of GDP (2012 est.)
Italy 48.5% of GDP (2012 est.)
Jamaica 26.5% of GDP (2012 est.)
Japan 33.8% of GDP (2012 est.)
Jersey 16.3% of GDP (2005)
Jordan 21.7% of GDP (2012 est.)
Kazakhstan 19.6% of GDP (2012 est.)
Kenya 18.5% of GDP (2012 est.)
Kiribati 32.2% of GDP (2010 est.)
Korea, North 11.4% of GDP
note: excludes earnings from state-operated enterprises (2007 est.)
Korea, South 24.8% of GDP (2012 est.)
Kosovo 27.4% of GDP (2011 est.)
Kuwait 63.6% of GDP (2012 est.)
Kyrgyzstan 29.8% of GDP (2012 est.)
Laos 23.5% of GDP (2012 est.)
Latvia 35.7% of GDP (2012 est.)
Lebanon 23% of GDP (2012 est.)
Lesotho 68.3% of GDP (2012 est.)
Liberia 22.3% of GDP (2012 est.)
Libya 71.1% of GDP (2012 est.)
Liechtenstein 25.2% of GDP (2011 est.)
Lithuania 33.4% of GDP (2012 est.)
Luxembourg 42.7% of GDP (2012 est.)
Macau 36.2% of GDP (2012 est.)
Macedonia 30.3% of GDP (2012 est.)
Madagascar 17.6% of GDP (2012 est.)
Malawi 25.1% of GDP (2012 est.)
Malaysia 22.4% of GDP (2012 est.)
Maldives 30.7% of GDP (2012 est.)
Mali 17.9% of GDP (2012 est.)
Malta 40.9% of GDP (2012 est.)
Marshall Islands 58.7% of GDP (FY09 est.)
Mauritania 40.2% of GDP (2012 est.)
Mauritius 21.7% of GDP (2012 est.)
Mexico 23% of GDP (2012 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of 33.3% of GDP (FY10/11 est.)
Moldova 38.4% of GDP (2012 est.)
Monaco 19.6% of GDP (2011 est.)
Mongolia 31.9% of GDP (2012 est.)
Montenegro 40.4% of GDP (2012 est.)
Morocco 26.7% of GDP (2012 est.)
Mozambique 29.3% of GDP (2012 est.)
Namibia 35.1% of GDP (2012 est.)
Nepal 18.7% of GDP (FY11/12)
Netherlands 47.1% of GDP (2012 est.)
New Zealand 41.7% of GDP (2012 est.)
Nicaragua 26.3% of GDP (2012 est.)
Niger 26.2% of GDP (2012 est.)
Nigeria 8.4% of GDP (2012 est.)
Northern Mariana Islands 35.5% of GDP (FY10/11 est.)
Norway 58% of GDP (2012 est.)
Oman 45.4% of GDP (2012 est.)
Pakistan 12.4% of GDP (2012 est.)
Palau 40.3% of GDP (2010 est.)
Panama 25.4% of GDP (2012 est.)
Papua New Guinea 30.4% of GDP (2012 est.)
Paraguay 18.1% of GDP (2012 est.)
Peru 31.7% of GDP (2012 est.)
Philippines 14.7% of GDP (2012 est.)
Poland 18.3% of GDP (2012 est.)
Portugal 41.7% of GDP (2012 est.)
Puerto Rico 7.2% of GDP (FY99/00)
Qatar 40.2% of GDP (2012 est.)
Romania 33.3% of GDP (2012 est.)
Russia 20.8% of GDP (2012 est.)
Rwanda 24.3% of GDP (2012 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 30.8% of GDP (2012 est.)
Saint Lucia 14.2% of GDP (2011 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 32.5% of GDP
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 24.8% of GDP (2012 est.)
Samoa 34.3% of GDP (2012 est.)
San Marino 36.5% of GDP (2011)
Sao Tome and Principe 34.1% of GDP (2012 est.)
Saudi Arabia 46.5% of GDP (2012 est.)
Senegal 23.5% of GDP (2012 est.)
Serbia 40.9% of GDP (2012 est.)
Seychelles 43.1% of GDP (2012 est.)
Sierra Leone 15.4% of GDP (2012 est.)
Singapore 15.9% of GDP (2012 est.)
Slovakia 33.5% of GDP (2012 est.)
Slovenia 43% of GDP (2012 est.)
Solomon Islands 41.8% of GDP (2012 est.)
South Africa 26.3% of GDP (2012 est.)
Spain 36.9% of GDP (2012 est.)
Sri Lanka 13.4% of GDP (2012 est.)
Sudan 6.6% of GDP (2012 est.)
Suriname 17.6% of GDP (2010 est.)
Svalbard NA% of GDP
Swaziland 39.2% of GDP (2012 est.)
Sweden 52.2% of GDP (2012 est.)
Switzerland 34.2% of GDP (2012 est.)
Syria 8.1% of GDP (2012 est.)
Taiwan 16.8% of GDP (2012 est.)
Tajikistan 28.2% of GDP (2012 est.)
Tanzania 20% of GDP (2012 est.)
Thailand 20% of GDP (2012 est.)
Timor-Leste 24.1% of GDP (2012 est.)
Togo 20.3% of GDP (2012 est.)
Tonga 25% of GDP (2012 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago 30.1% of GDP (2012 est.)
Tunisia 26.4% of GDP (2012 est.)
Turkey 23.8% of GDP (2012 est.)
Turkmenistan 14.9% of GDP (2012 est.)
Tuvalu 54.6% of GDP (2006)
Uganda 14.8% of GDP (2012 est.)
Ukraine 32.1% of GDP (2012 est.)
United Arab Emirates 36.1% of GDP (2012 est.)
United Kingdom 40.4% of GDP (2012 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 (2012 est.)
Uruguay 28.9% of GDP (2012 est.)
Uzbekistan 32.9% of GDP (2012 est.)
Vanuatu 21.6% of GDP (2012 est.)
Venezuela 29.2% of GDP (2012 est.)
Vietnam 25.3% of GDP (2012 est.)
West Bank 31.6% of GDP (2011 est.)
World 28.9% of GDP (2012 est.)
Yemen 24.2% of GDP (2012 est.)
Zambia 20.9% of GDP (2012 est.)
Zimbabwe NA% of GDP