This article lists countries by total tax revenue as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) for the listed countries. Three sources are used, one for each column. The tax percentage for each country listed in the sources has been added to the chart.
| Country | Heritage Foundation (2012)[1] |
OECD 2009 (some 2008).[2][3][4] |
Eurostat (2008 data)[5] |
|---|---|---|---|
| OECD (unweighted average, 2008) | 34.8 | ||
| Timor-Leste[7] |
see reference | ||
 United Arab Emirates |
01.4 | ||
 Kuwait |
01.5 | ||
 Equatorial Guinea |
01.7 | ||
 Oman |
02.0 | ||
 Qatar |
02.2 | ||
 Libya |
02.7 | ||
 Chad |
04.2 | ||
 Bahrain |
04.8 | ||
 Burma |
04.9 | ||
 Saudi Arabia |
05.3 | ||
 Angola |
05.7 | ||
 Congo, Republic of |
05.9 | ||
 Iran |
06.1 | ||
 Nigeria |
06.1 | ||
 Sudan |
06.3 | ||
 Afghanistan |
06.4 | ||
 Yemen |
07.1 | ||
 Algeria |
07.7 | ||
 Central African Republic |
07.7 | ||
 Cambodia |
08.0 | ||
 Guinea |
08.2 | ||
 Bangladesh |
08.5 | ||
 Haiti |
09.4 | ||
 Pakistan |
10.2 | ||
 Gabon |
10.3 | ||
 Sierra Leone |
10.5 | ||
 Panama |
10.6 | ||
 Bhutan |
10.7 | ||
 Madagascar |
10.7 | ||
 Syria |
10.7 | ||
 Laos |
10.8 | ||
 Nepal |
10.9 | ||
 Niger |
11.0 | ||
 Guinea-Bissau |
11.5 | ||
 Burkina Faso |
11.5 | ||
 Ethiopia |
11.6 | ||
 Guatemala |
11.9 | ||
 Indonesia |
12.0 | ||
 Comoros |
12.0 | ||
 Paraguay |
12.0 | ||
 Tanzania |
12.0 | ||
 Federated States of Micronesia |
12.3 | ||
 Taiwan |
12.4 | ||
 Uganda |
12.6 | ||
 Hong Kong |
13.0 | ||
 Congo, Democratic Republic of |
13.2 | ||
 Ecuador |
13.2 | ||
 Liberia |
13.2 | ||
 El Salvador |
13.3 | ||
 Mozambique |
13.4 | ||
 Vietnam |
13.8 | ||
 Costa Rica |
14.0 | ||
 Armenia |
14.1 | ||
 Rwanda |
14.1 | ||
 Singapore |
14.2 | ||
 Lebanon |
14.4 | ||
 Philippines |
14.4 | ||
 Tunisia |
14.9 | ||
 Dominican Republic |
15.0 | ||
 Peru |
15.1 | ||
 Côte d’Ivoire |
15.3 | ||
 Mali |
15.3 | ||
 Sri Lanka |
15.3 | ||
 Benin |
15.4 | ||
 Mauritania |
15.4 | ||
 Malaysia |
15.5 | ||
 Togo |
15.5 | ||
 Honduras |
15.6 | ||
 Egypt |
15.8 | ||
 Zambia |
16.1 | ||
 Tajikistan |
16.5 | ||
 China |
17.0 | ||
 Thailand |
17.0 | ||
 Burundi |
17.4 | ||
 São Tomé and Príncipe |
17.4 | ||
 India |
17.7 | ||
 Azerbaijan |
17.8 | ||
 Nicaragua |
17.8 | ||
 Vanuatu |
17.8 | ||
 Cameroon |
18.2 | ||
 Kenya |
18.4 | ||
 Chile |
18.6 | 18.2 | |
 Bahamas, The |
18.7 | ||
 Gambia |
18.9 | ||
 Mauritius |
19.0 | ||
 Senegal |
19.2 | ||
 Djibouti |
20.0 | ||
 Macau |
20.1 | ||
 Turkmenistan |
20.2 | ||
 Maldives |
20.5 | ||
 Malawi |
20.7 | ||
 Ghana |
20.8 | ||
 Lithuania |
20.9 | 30.3 | |
 Uzbekistan |
21.0 | ||
 Jordan |
21.1 | ||
 Kyrgyzstan |
21.4 | ||
 Belize |
21.6 | ||
 Georgia |
21.7 | ||
 Fiji |
21.8 | ||
 Suriname |
22.1 | ||
 Morocco |
22.3 | ||
 Albania |
22.9 | ||
 Cape Verde |
23.0 | ||
 Colombia |
23.0 | ||
 Saint Lucia |
23.1 | ||
 Uruguay |
23.1 | ||
 Belarus |
24.2 | ||
 Papua New Guinea |
24.5 | ||
 Solomon Islands |
24.7 | ||
 Venezuela |
25.0 | ||
 Samoa |
25.5 | ||
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
26.5 | ||
 Croatia |
26.6 | ||
 Korea, South |
26.8 | 25.6 | |
 Kazakhstan |
26.8 | ||
 South Africa |
26.9 | ||
 United States (all levels) |
26.9 | 24.0 | |
 Bolivia |
27.0 | ||
 Tonga |
27.0 | ||
 Jamaica |
27.2 | ||
 Montenegro |
28.0 | ||
 Trinidad and Tobago |
28.0 | ||
 Romania |
28.1 | 28.0 | |
 Japan |
28.3 | 28.1 (2008) | |
 Namibia |
28.8 | ||
 Macedonia |
29.3 | ||
 Switzerland |
29.4 | 30.3 | |
 Slovakia |
29.5 | 29.3 | 29.1 |
 Mexico |
29.7 | 17.5 | |
 Dominica |
30.3 | ||
 Latvia |
30.4 | 28.9 | |
 Ireland |
30.8 | 27.8 | 29.3 |
 Australia |
30.8 | 27.1 (2008) | |
 Guyana |
31.9 | ||
 Seychelles |
32.0 | ||
 Canada |
32.2 | 31.1 | |
 Estonia |
32.3 | 32.2 | |
 Turkey |
32.5 | 24.6 | |
 Barbados |
32.6 | ||
 Greece |
33.5 | 29.4 | 32.6 |
 Poland |
33.8 | 34.3 (2008) | 34.3 |
 Mongolia |
33.8 | ||
 Moldova |
33.8 | ||
 Serbia |
34.1 | ||
 Brazil |
34.4 | ||
 Bulgaria |
34.4 | 33.3 | |
 New Zealand |
34.5 | 31.0 | |
 Botswana |
35.2 | ||
 Malta |
35.2 | 34.5 | |
 Czech Republic |
36.3 | 34.8 | 36.1 |
 Luxembourg |
36.5 | 37.5 | 35.6 |
 Israel |
36.8 | 31.4 | |
 Russia |
36.9 | ||
 Portugal |
37.0 | 35.2 (2008) | 36.7 |
 Argentina |
37.2 | (2011) | |
 Hungary |
37.3 | 39.1 | 40.4 |
 Spain |
37.3 | 30.7 | 33.1 |
 Ukraine |
38.1 | ||
 United Kingdom |
39.0 | 34.3 | 37.3 |
 Cyprus |
39.2 | 39.2 | |
 Slovenia |
39.3 | 37.9 | 37.3 |
 Netherlands |
39.8 | 39.1 (2008) | 39.1 |
 Swaziland |
39.8 | ||
 Iceland |
40.4 | 41.4 | 36.7 |
 Germany |
40.6 | 37.0 | 39.3 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
41.2 | ||
 Italy |
42.6 | 43.5 | 42.8 |
 Lesotho |
42.9 | ||
 Austria |
43.4 | 42.8 | 42.8 |
 Finland |
43.6 | 43.1 | 43.1 |
 Norway |
43.6 | 41.0 | 42.2 |
 France |
44.6 | 41.9 | 42.8 |
 Cuba |
44.8 | ||
 Belgium |
46.8 | 43.2 | 44.3 |
 Sweden |
47.9 | 46.4 | 47.1 |
 Denmark |
49.0 | 48.2 | 48.2 |
 Zimbabwe |
49.3 | ||
 Kiribati[6] |
69.7 |
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