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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 6.4% of GDP (FY09/10 est.)
Albania 26.5% of GDP (2010 est.)
Algeria 36.7% of GDP (2010 est.)
American Samoa 33.6% of GDP (FY07)
Angola 41.7% of GDP (2010 est.)
Anguilla 13% of GDP (2009 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda 20.8% of GDP (2009 est.)
Argentina 24.3% of GDP (2010 est.)
Armenia 21.5% of GDP (2010 est.)
Aruba 28.8% of GDP (2010 est.)
Australia 32.3% of GDP (2010 est.)
Austria 48.6% of GDP (2010 est.)
Azerbaijan 12.6% of GDP (2010 est.)
Bahamas, The 17.2% of GDP (2010 est.)
Bahrain 25.5% of GDP (2010 est.)
Bangladesh 10.9% of GDP (2010 est.)
Barbados 29.8% of GDP (2010 est.)
Belarus 43.1% of GDP (2010 est.)
Belgium 49% of GDP (2010 est.)
Belize 25.1% of GDP (2010 est.)
Benin 18.3% of GDP (2010 est.)
Bhutan 40.8% of GDP (2010 est.)
Bolivia 44.5% of GDP (2010 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 45.3% of GDP (2010 est.)
Botswana 33.2% of GDP (2010 est.)
Brazil 39.4% of GDP (2010 est.)
British Virgin Islands 27.4% of GDP (2010 est.)
Brunei 36% of GDP (2010 est.)
Bulgaria 33.9% of GDP (2010 est.)
Burkina Faso 21.6% of GDP (2010 est.)
Burma 3.3% of GDP (2010 est.)
Burundi 28.5% of GDP (2010 est.)
Cambodia 12.7% of GDP (2010 est.)
Cameroon 17.3% of GDP (2010 est.)
Canada 38.2% of GDP (2010 est.)
Cape Verde 33.9% of GDP (2010 est.)
Cayman Islands 22.4% of GDP (2010 est.)
Central African Republic 16.1% of GDP (2010 est.)
Chad 25.7% of GDP (2010 est.)
Chile 22.5% of GDP (2010 est.)
China 20.9% of GDP (2010 est.)
Colombia 25.7% of GDP (2011 est.)
Comoros 22.1% of GDP (2010 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 32.8% of GDP (2006 est.)
Congo, Republic of the 28.3% of GDP (2010 est.)
Cook Islands 38.7% of GDP (FY05/06)
Costa Rica 14.6% of GDP (2010 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire 20% of GDP (2010 est.)
Croatia 37.3% of GDP (2010 est.)
Cuba 80.3% of GDP (2010 est.)
Curacao 10.7% of GDP (2010 est.)
Cyprus 41.3% of GDP (2010 est.)
Czech Republic 40.5% of GDP (2010 est.)
Denmark 55.3% of GDP (2010 est.)
Djibouti 43.6% of GDP (2010 est.)
Dominica 39.4% of GDP (2010 est.)
Dominican Republic 13.6% of GDP (2010 est.)
Ecuador 36.5% of GDP (2011 est.)
Egypt 21.8% of GDP (2010 est.)
El Salvador 18.3% of GDP (2010 est.)
Equatorial Guinea 45.6% of GDP (2010 est.)
Eritrea 24.3% of GDP (2010 est.)
Estonia 39% of GDP (2010 est.)
Ethiopia 15.4% of GDP (2010 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 63% of GDP (FY98/99)
Faroe Islands 47.5% of GDP (2006)
Fiji 25% of GDP (2010 est.)
Finland 52.4% of GDP (2010 est.)
France 48.8% of GDP (2010 est.)
French Polynesia 14.2% of GDP (1999)
Gabon 32.3% of GDP (2010 est.)
Gambia, The 17.1% of GDP (2010 est.)
Georgia 28.2% of GDP (2010 est.)
Germany 43% of GDP (2010 est.)
Ghana 17.3% of GDP (2010 est.)
Gibraltar 43% of GDP (2008 est.)
Greece 39.2% of GDP (2010 est.)
Greenland 72.4% of GDP (2007)
Grenada 26% of GDP (2009 est.)
Guam 11.5% of GDP (2002 est.)
Guatemala 11.2% of GDP (2010 est.)
Guernsey 20.6% of GDP (2005)
Guinea 16.2% of GDP (2010 est.)
Guinea-Bissau 19.2% of GDP (2010 est.)
Guyana 26.5% of GDP (2010 est.)
Haiti 19.5% of GDP (2010 est.)
Honduras 17.4% of GDP (2010 est.)
Hong Kong 20.2% of GDP (2010 est.)
Hungary 45.1% of GDP (2010 est.)
Iceland 42.3% of GDP (2010 est.)
India 11.9% of GDP (2010 est.)
Indonesia 16.9% of GDP (2011 est.)
Iran 31.2% of GDP (2010 est.)
Iraq 72.3% of GDP (2010 est.)
Ireland 34.6% of GDP (2010 est.)
Isle of Man 35.5% of GDP (FY05/06 est.)
Israel 28.6% of GDP (2010 est.)
Italy 46.7% of GDP (2010 est.)
Jamaica 26.3% of GDP (2010 est.)
Japan 32.5% of GDP (2010 est.)
Jersey 16.3% of GDP (2005)
Jordan 21.8% of GDP (2010 est.)
Kazakhstan 21.1% of GDP (2010 est.)
Kenya 21.8% of GDP (2010 est.)
Kiribati 37.8% of GDP (FY05)
Korea, North 11.4% of GDP
note: excludes earnings from state operated enterprises (2007 est.)
Korea, South 23.3% of GDP (2010 est.)
Kosovo 26% of GDP (2010 est.)
Kuwait 57.1% of GDP (2010 est.)
Kyrgyzstan 27.3% of GDP (2010 est.)
Laos 17.9% of GDP (2010 est.)
Latvia 35.2% of GDP (2010 est.)
Lebanon 21.4% of GDP (2010 est.)
Lesotho 55.3% of GDP (2010 est.)
Liberia 34.3% of GDP (2010 est.)
Libya 56.6% of GDP (2010 est.)
Liechtenstein 18.6% of GDP (2008 est.)
Lithuania 35.2% of GDP (2010 est.)
Luxembourg 39.8% of GDP (2010 est.)
Macau 40.7% of GDP (2010 est.)
Macedonia 31.3% of GDP (2010 est.)
Madagascar 14.2% of GDP (2010 est.)
Malawi 33% of GDP (2010 est.)
Malaysia 20.8% of GDP (2010 est.)
Maldives 25.5% of GDP (2010 est.)
Mali 20.5% of GDP (2010 est.)
Malta 38.7% of GDP (2010 est.)
Marshall Islands 76.3% of GDP (2008)
Mauritania 24.6% of GDP (2010 est.)
Mauritius 20.8% of GDP (2010 est.)
Mexico 22.5% of GDP (2010 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of 69.7% of GDP (FY07 est.)
Moldova 38.3% of GDP (2010 est.)
Mongolia 36% of GDP (2010 est.)
Morocco 22.1% of GDP (2010 est.)
Mozambique 24.4% of GDP (2010 est.)
Namibia 26.2% of GDP (2010 est.)
Nepal 18.9% of GDP (FY10)
Netherlands 45.8% of GDP (2010 est.)
New Caledonia 30.2% of GDP (2001 est.)
New Zealand 38.4% of GDP (2010 est.)
Nicaragua 32.4% of GDP (2010 est.)
Niger 14.4% of GDP (2010 est.)
Nigeria 9.5% of GDP (2010 est.)
Niue 150.5% of GDP (FY04/05)
Northern Mariana Islands 30.5% of GDP (FY01/02)
Norway 56.3% of GDP (2010 est.)
Oman 37% of GDP (2010 est.)
Pakistan 14.2% of GDP (2010 est.)
Palau 70% of GDP (2008 est.)
Panama 25.7% of GDP (2010 est.)
Papua New Guinea 31.5% of GDP (2010 est.)
Paraguay 18.3% of GDP (2010 est.)
Peru 29.1% of GDP (2010 est.)
Philippines 14.2% of GDP (2010 est.)
Poland 17.7% of GDP (2010 est.)
Portugal 41.6% of GDP (2010 est.)
Puerto Rico 7.2% of GDP (FY99/00)
Qatar 40.8% of GDP (2010 est.)
Romania 34.3% of GDP (2010 est.)
Russia 18.7% of GDP (2010 est.)
Rwanda 25.8% of GDP (2010 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 34.9% of GDP (2010 est.)
Saint Lucia 32.6% of GDP (2010 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 33% of GDP (2010 est.)
Samoa 36.2% of GDP (2010 est.)
San Marino 57.5% of GDP (2009)
Sao Tome and Principe 18.5% of GDP (2010 est.)
Saudi Arabia 44.5% of GDP (2010 est.)
Senegal 22% of GDP (2010 est.)
Serbia 44.3% of GDP (2010 est.)
Seychelles 36.3% of GDP (2010 est.)
Sierra Leone 20.5% of GDP (2010 est.)
Singapore 14.7% of GDP (2010 est.)
Slovakia 33.1% of GDP (2010 est.)
Slovenia 41% of GDP (2010 est.)
Solomon Islands 31.3% of GDP (2010 est.)
South Africa 26.3% of GDP (2010 est.)
Spain 35.7% of GDP (2010 est.)
Sri Lanka 14.9% of GDP (2010 est.)
Sudan 16.5% of GDP (2010 est.)
Suriname 10.7% of GDP (2004)
Swaziland 27.3% of GDP (2010 est.)
Sweden 53% of GDP (2010 est.)
Switzerland 35.5% of GDP (2010 est.)
Syria 21% of GDP (2010 est.)
Taiwan 15.5% of GDP (2010 est.)
Tajikistan 26.5% of GDP (2010 est.)
Tanzania 19.4% of GDP (2010 est.)
Thailand 18.2% of GDP (2010 est.)
Togo 20.4% of GDP (2010 est.)
Tonga 28.9% of GDP (2010 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago 32.1% of GDP (2010 est.)
Tunisia 23.2% of GDP (2010 est.)
Turkey 22.8% of GDP (2010 est.)
Turkmenistan 10.8% of GDP (2010 est.)
Tuvalu 67.3% of GDP (2006)
Uganda 15% of GDP (2010 est.)
Ukraine 29% of GDP (2010 est.)
United Arab Emirates 28.4% of GDP (2010 est.)
United Kingdom 40.4% of GDP (2010 est.)
United States 14.7% of GDP (2010 est.)
Uruguay 29.3% of GDP (2010 est.)
Uzbekistan 32.6% of GDP (2010 est.)
Vanuatu 11.4% of GDP (2005 est.)
Venezuela 21.7% of GDP (2010 est.)
Vietnam 28.2% of GDP (2010 est.)
West Bank 28.2% of GDP (2010)
World 27.8% of GDP (2010 est.)
Yemen 28.3% of GDP (2010 est.)
Zambia 19.9% of GDP (2010 est.)
Zimbabwe NA% of GDP (2010 est.)
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