Tax revenue

All taxes and social contributions collected during the year, as a share of the wealth the country produces (GDP).

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World map: Tax revenue, 2023 — Map 2023. Source: UNU-WIDER, Government Revenue Dataset (2025), via Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).

In 2023, 147 countries have a value. Highest: France (43.8 %), Denmark (43.4 %), Finland (42.7 %). Lowest: Kuwait (1.2 %), Somalia (2.1 %), Sudan (3.1 %). World (GDP-weighted average): 25.2 %. France: 43.8 % (1st of 147).

Country ranking in 2023

Rank	Country	Value
1	France its history →	43.8 %
2	Denmark	43.4 %
3	Finland	42.7 %
4	Belgium	42.6 %
5	Austria	42.5 %
6	Italy	42 %
7	Norway	41.4 %
8	Sweden its history →	41.4 %
9	Luxembourg	40.9 %
10	Greece	39.8 %
11	Netherlands its history →	38.5 %
12	Serbia	38.4 %
13	Croatia	38 %
14	Germany its history →	37.5 %
15	Bosnia & Herzegovina	37.1 %
16	Montenegro	36.8 %
17	Spain its history →	36.4 %
18	Slovenia	36.4 %
19	Portugal its history →	35.8 %
20	Iceland	35.6 %
21	Slovakia	35.5 %
22	Belarus	35.3 %
23	Poland	35.1 %
24	United Kingdom	34.9 %
25	Japan	34.9 %
26	Canada	34.8 %
27	Tunisia	34.8 %
28	New Zealand	34.7 %
29	Hungary its history →	34.2 %
30	Czechia	33.7 %
31	Estonia	33.5 %
32	Brazil	32.7 %
33	Lithuania	32.6 %
34	Latvia	31.9 %
35	Ukraine its history →	31.4 %
36	Mongolia	31.3 %
37	Moldova	30.6 %
38	Russia	30.5 %
39	Australia its history →	30.4 %
40	Lesotho	30.4 %
41	Bulgaria	30 %
42	Israel	29.8 %
43	Argentina its history →	29.6 %
44	North Macedonia	29.5 %
45	Cyprus	28.2 %
46	South Africa	28.1 %
47	Jamaica	27.8 %
48	Nicaragua	27.8 %
49	Eswatini	27.7 %
50	Romania	27.5 %
51	Namibia	27 %
52	South Korea	26.9 %
53	Switzerland its history →	26.8 %
54	Kosovo	25.9 %
55	Kyrgyzstan	25.9 %
56	Uruguay	25.9 %
57	Albania	25.5 %
58	Colombia	25.2 %
59	Costa Rica	24.9 %
60	United States	24.8 %
61	Georgia	24.6 %
62	Türkiye	23.2 %
63	Armenia	23 %
64	Botswana	22.8 %
65	Azerbaijan	22.5 %
66	China	22.1 %
67	Ireland	21.9 %
68	Belize	21.7 %
69	Honduras	21.6 %
70	Solomon Islands	21.6 %
71	Bolivia	21.5 %
72	Morocco	21 %
73	Mozambique	20.9 %
74	Fiji	20.7 %
75	El Salvador	20.6 %
76	Kazakhstan	20.5 %
77	United Arab Emirates	20 %
78	Trinidad & Tobago	19.9 %
79	Tajikistan	19.7 %
80	Senegal	19.4 %
81	Chile	18.9 %
82	Uzbekistan	18.8 %
83	Suriname	18.6 %
84	Burkina Faso	18.4 %
85	Vanuatu	18.1 %
86	Cuba	17.7 %
87	Nepal	17.7 %
88	Bahamas	17.3 %
89	India its history →	17.3 %
90	Angola	17.2 %
91	Jordan	17.2 %
92	Thailand	17 %
93	Peru	16.9 %
94	Zambia	16.2 %
95	Burundi	16.1 %
96	Kenya	16.1 %
97	Papua New Guinea	15.8 %
98	Mali	15.5 %
99	Ecuador	15.1 %
100	Malawi	15.1 %
101	Togo	14.9 %
102	Zimbabwe	14.9 %
103	Dominican Republic	14.3 %
104	Mexico	14.3 %
105	Philippines	14.1 %
106	Rwanda	14 %
107	Singapore	14 %
108	Côte d’Ivoire	13.6 %
109	Ghana	13.5 %
110	Mauritania	12.6 %
111	Malaysia	12.6 %
112	Panama	12.5 %
113	Uganda	12.5 %
114	Bhutan	12.4 %
115	Pakistan	12.4 %
116	Guatemala	12.3 %
117	Cambodia	12 %
118	Guinea	11.9 %
119	Liberia	11.5 %
120	Tanzania	11.5 %
121	Djibouti	11.3 %
122	Equatorial Guinea	11.3 %
123	Paraguay	11.3 %
124	Laos	10.6 %
125	Madagascar	10.4 %
126	Guyana	10.3 %
127	Indonesia	10.3 %
128	Sri Lanka	9.8 %
129	Gambia	9.5 %
130	Congo - Kinshasa	9.3 %
131	Guinea-Bissau	9.2 %
132	Niger	8.1 %
133	Saudi Arabia	8 %
134	Congo - Brazzaville	7.8 %
135	Bangladesh	7.3 %
136	Central African Republic	7.2 %
137	Afghanistan	6.8 %
138	Ethiopia	6.8 %
139	Palestine	6.6 %
140	Sierra Leone	6.3 %
141	Lebanon	5.8 %
142	Brunei	5.6 %
143	Oman	4.4 %
144	Haiti	4 %
145	Sudan	3.1 %
146	Somalia	2.1 %
147	Kuwait	1.2 %

31 countries or territories have no value that year.

Continent averages

World (GDP-weighted average)	25.2 %
Europe (average)	35.3 %
Africa (average)	17.4 %
Americas (average)	25 %
Asia (average)	20.2 %
Oceania (average)	30.6 %

Understanding this map

What this figure measures

It adds up everything general government collects: taxes on income and profits, VAT and other consumption taxes, property taxes, and social contributions (pensions, unemployment, health). As a share of GDP it measures the weight of taxation in the economy, which lets countries of very different sizes be compared.

Why social contributions are included

Countries fund social protection in different ways: Denmark almost entirely through taxes, France mostly through contributions on wages. Without contributions France would look far less taxed than Denmark, whereas both collect about 43-44% of GDP in total.

What the figure does not say

A low rate does not mean residents pay less for the same services: in Switzerland and the United States, health insurance is private (compulsory in Switzerland) and so does not appear here. Nor does the figure say who pays (progressivity), what the state gives back in services, or what tax rate an employee faces. Gulf oil states fund the state from oil rents, not taxes: their very low rate (1% in Kuwait) does not mean a light state. Finally, the denominator matters: Ireland looks lightly taxed because its GDP is inflated by the profits of multinationals domiciled there.

Taxes on income and profits

The “on income and profits” button keeps only personal income tax and corporate profit tax, combined in a single series: the source does not publish personal income tax alone for every country. Differences mostly reflect how social protection is funded: Denmark (29% of GDP) pays for it through income tax, France (12%) mainly through contributions, counted separately. This is the series to set against the top marginal rate when looking for a Laffer effect (the “A Laffer curve?” example in Correlations).

Limits

Series start in 1980, after the great 20th-century rise in taxation (in rich countries, from about 10% of GDP before 1914 to 30-45% after 1945). Observations the source considers unreliable are excluded, and oil and mining revenues are poorly separated. Some countries publish late: for up to three years the map carries the last known value, and the tooltip says so. World and continent averages are GDP-weighted and cover the countries available each year.

Sources : UNU-WIDER, Government Revenue Dataset (2025), via Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0)

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