Governance
Tax revenue / GDP
GC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS ยท %
Countries compared
9 countries compared out of 142 available.
Latest known value: 25.6% for Italy in 2024, over a series running from 1973 to 2024 and 7 countries compared, from the highest (Italy, 25.6%) to the lowest (China, 7.02%).
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Year by year values
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| Italy | Spain | Netherlands | United States | China | Sudan | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25.6% | 14.93% | 25.28% | 10.77% | 7.02% | 17.94% | |
| 2023 | 24.74% | 15% | 25.24% | 10.62% | 7.64% | 17.52% | |
| 2022 | 24.61% | 15.47% | 23.91% | 12.61% | 7.52% | 16.76% | |
| 2021 | 24.88% | 14.88% | 24.25% | 11.39% | 7.8% | 16.63% | |
| 2020 | 24.85% | 13.45% | 23.81% | 10.14% | 7.92% | 15.93% | |
| 2019 | 24.66% | 13.66% | 23.7% | 9.88% | 8.33% | 17.36% | |
| 2018 | 24.24% | 14.13% | 22.97% | 9.93% | 8.89% | 17.63% | |
| 2017 | 24.7% | 13.63% | 23.1% | 11.5% | 9.25% | 17.62% | |
| 2016 | 25.08% | 13.68% | 22.35% | 10.85% | 8.95% | 7.39% | 18.65% |
| 2015 | 24.84% | 14.08% | 21.74% | 11.18% | 9.19% | 8.19% | 18.13% |
| 2014 | 24.97% | 14.05% | 21.61% | 10.9% | 9.5% | 7.98% | 22.49% |
| 2013 | 25.18% | 13.54% | 20.55% | 10.46% | 9.73% | 7.68% | 22.48% |
| 2012 | 24.91% | 11.71% | 20.33% | 9.76% | 10.09% | 6.89% | 22.34% |
| 2011 | 23.69% | 11.83% | 20.66% | 9.54% | 10.15% | 3.86% | 21.68% |
| 2010 | 23.74% | 12.36% | 20.77% | 8.56% | 10.04% | 5.86% | 21.86% |
| 2009 | 23.86% | 10.19% | 20.85% | 7.9% | 10.13% | 6.47% | 22.06% |
| 2008 | 23.46% | 12.77% | 21.65% | 10.28% | 9.94% | 23.81% | |
| 2007 | 23.69% | 16.39% | 21.35% | 11.29% | 9.63% | 25.94% | |
| 2006 | 23.24% | 15.84% | 21.11% | 11.31% | 8.93% | 26.82% | |
| 2005 | 21.88% | 15.46% | 20.89% | 10.68% | 8.45% | 25.46% | |
| 2004 | 22.14% | 14.64% | 20.36% | 9.54% | 25.07% | ||
| 2003 | 22.69% | 14.31% | 20.08% | 9.39% | 24.16% | ||
| 2002 | 22.8% | 14.74% | 21.08% | 9.87% | 23.52% | ||
| 2001 | 23.33% | 15.61% | 21.01% | 11.86% | 24.21% | ||
| 2000 | 23.75% | 15.82% | 20.93% | 12.97% | 26.35% | ||
| 1999 | 24.94% | 15.92% | 21.19% | 12.26% | 638.66% | 26.65% | |
| 1998 | 24.59% | 15.87% | 20.68% | 12.33% | 619.72% | 26.49% | |
| 1997 | 25.71% | 15.41% | 20.9% | 11.83% | 26.87% | ||
| 1996 | 24.25% | 15.63% | 21.44% | 11.37% | 27.21% | ||
| 1995 | 24.31% | 15.56% | 20.84% | 10.98% | 26.53% | ||
| 1994 | 25.04% | 15.12% | 21.81% | 10.62% | 27.06% | ||
| 1993 | 26.21% | 14.89% | 24.28% | 10.3% | 25.84% | ||
| 1992 | 25.44% | 16.03% | 23.6% | 9.98% | 25.93% | ||
| 1991 | 24.75% | 15.79% | 24.46% | 10.32% | 25.63% | ||
| 1990 | 24.12% | 15.72% | 23.25% | 10.47% | 25.36% | ||
| 1989 | 23.89% | 16.74% | 21.86% | 10.78% | 25.83% | ||
| 1988 | 23.19% | 15.41% | 22.58% | 10.6% | 28.75% | ||
| 1987 | 21.44% | 15.58% | 22.5% | 10.95% | 27.45% | ||
| 1986 | 22.13% | 14.44% | 21.23% | 10.16% | 27.35% | ||
| 1985 | 20.35% | 12.59% | 20.31% | 10.38% | 27.21% | ||
| 1984 | 20.91% | 10.6% | 20.13% | 10.16% | 28.12% | ||
| 1983 | 21.08% | 10.65% | 20.76% | 10.35% | 27.54% | ||
| 1982 | 19.34% | 9.23% | 21.65% | 11.98% | 26.38% | ||
| 1981 | 17.74% | 9.98% | 21.87% | 12.55% | 25.31% | ||
| 1980 | 17.33% | 9.68% | 23.04% | 12.14% | 24.23% | ||
| 1979 | 15.74% | 9.68% | 23.09% | 12% | 21.96% | ||
| 1978 | 15.59% | 9.51% | 23.16% | 11.54% | 22.11% | ||
| 1977 | 14.88% | 8.91% | 23.36% | 11.62% | 22.53% | ||
| 1976 | 14.04% | 9.03% | 22.27% | 10.75% | 23.66% | ||
| 1975 | 12.68% | 8.77% | 22.3% | 11.19% | 21.3% | ||
| 1974 | 13.47% | 8.59% | 21.19% | 11.84% | 22% | ||
| 1973 | 12.52% | 9.33% | 22.43% | 11.5% | 22.17% | ||
| 1972 | 8.97% | 11.82% | 21.86% |
World Bank definition
Tax revenue (% of GDP)
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.
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