Countries by Tax Revenue (% GDP)

Complete ranking of 139 countries • % of GDP • Updated 2026

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Nauru leads all 139 countries in Tax Revenue with a value of 44.35% of GDP, while Somalia ranks last at 0.00% of GDP. This represents a 443,468-fold difference between the highest and lowest values.

What Tax Revenue Measures

Tax revenue as a share of GDP, from World Bank Open Data.

Why This Ranking Matters

Examining Tax Revenue across all countries reveals patterns that might not be obvious at the national level. Regional clusters, outlier nations, and historical trajectories all become clearer when the full global picture is assembled in a single ranking.

Global Range

Values range from 0.00% of GDP (Somalia) to 44.35% of GDP (Nauru) — a 443.5K-fold difference across 139 countries.

Regional Patterns

European countries dominate this ranking, holding 12 of the top 20 positions. This strong regional concentration suggests shared economic, geographic, or policy factors that drive higher values across the continent.

Values are broadly distributed across countries, with the middle 50% ranging from 12.28% of GDP to 21.5% of GDP. The overall spread from 0.00% of GDP to 44.35% of GDP reflects significant global variation.

Notable Outliers

The top of the ranking is competitive: Nauru and Lesotho are separated by only 19%, indicating that the leading positions could shift with updated data.

Continental Leaders

Oceania

Nauru

44.35% of GDP

Africa

Lesotho

37.28% of GDP

Europe

Denmark

31.59% of GDP

North America

Jamaica

23.67% of GDP

Asia

Macao

22.93% of GDP

South America

Uruguay

18.16% of GDP

Highest Tax Revenue

The 5 strongest Tax Revenue reads.

Nauru44.35% of GDP Lesotho37.28% of GDP Namibia32.96% of GDP Denmark31.59% of GDP New Zealand30.67% of GDP

Lowest Tax Revenue

The 5 lowest Tax Revenue reads.

Somalia0.00% of GDP United Arab Emirates0.65% of GDP Bahrain2.82% of GDP Ethiopia3.40% of GDP Lebanon5.68% of GDP

Data Note

Rankings are based on the latest available data from World Bank Open Data, covering 139 of 249 countries and territories. Countries without data for this metric are excluded from the ranking. All values represent the most recently reported figures.

Top 10 Countries

1stNauru44.35% of GDP

2ndLesotho37.28% of GDP

3rdNamibia32.96% of GDP

4thDenmark31.59% of GDP

5thNew Zealand30.67% of GDP

6thSweden27.58% of GDP

7thNorway27.05% of GDP

8thUnited Kingdom26.96% of GDP

9thLuxembourg26.85% of GDP

10thGreece26.69% of GDP

Country Ladder

1stNauruOceania44.35% of GDP 2ndLesothoAfrica37.28% of GDP 3rdNamibiaAfrica32.96% of GDP 4thDenmarkEurope31.59% of GDP 5thNew ZealandOceania30.67% of GDP 6thSwedenEurope27.58% of GDP 7thNorwayEurope27.05% of GDP 8thUnited KingdomEurope26.96% of GDP 9thLuxembourgEurope26.85% of GDP 10thGreeceEurope26.69% of GDP 11thAustriaEurope25.64% of GDP 12thSouth AfricaAfrica25.4% of GDP 13thFinlandEurope25.38% of GDP 14thNetherlandsEurope25.25% of GDP 15thItalyEurope24.71% of GDP 16thEswatiniAfrica24.35% of GDP 17thGeorgiaEurope24.26% of GDP 18thSamoaOceania23.96% of GDP 19thSerbiaEurope23.89% of GDP 20thJamaicaNorth America23.67% of GDP 21stAustraliaOceania23.56% of GDP 22ndHungaryEurope23.43% of GDP 23rdCyprusEurope23.27% of GDP 24thIcelandEurope23.18% of GDP 25thFranceEurope23.08% of GDP 26thMacaoAsia22.93% of GDP 27thBelgiumEurope22.8% of GDP 28thPortugalEurope22.62% of GDP 29thBotswanaAfrica22.49% of GDP 30thArmeniaEurope22.37% of GDP 31stIsraelAsia22.14% of GDP 32ndSolomon IslandsOceania22.07% of GDP 33rdMozambiqueAfrica21.85% of GDP 34thTimor-LesteAsia21.64% of GDP 35thEl SalvadorNorth America21.5% of GDP 36thMaltaEurope21.48% of GDP 37thLithuaniaEurope21.42% of GDP 38thEstoniaEurope21.33% of GDP 39thCroatiaEurope21.18% of GDP 40thUkraineEurope21.03% of GDP 41stMoroccoAfrica20.74% of GDP 42ndFijiOceania20.54% of GDP 43rdMauritiusAfrica20.53% of GDP 44thBulgariaEurope20.51% of GDP 45thTongaOceania20.45% of GDP 46thKyrgyzstanAsia20.38% of GDP 47thSloveniaEurope20.32% of GDP 48thBosnia and HerzegovinaEurope20.31% of GDP 49thNicaraguaNorth America19.94% of GDP 50thSenegalAfrica19.54% of GDP 51stMaldivesAsia19.45% of GDP 52ndSlovakiaEurope19.31% of GDP 53rdMoldovaEurope18.59% of GDP 54thBurkina FasoAfrica18.55% of GDP 55thCabo VerdeAfrica18.39% of GDP 56thUruguaySouth America18.16% of GDP 57thPolandEurope18% of GDP 58thPalauOceania17.89% of GDP 59thAlbaniaEurope17.8% of GDP 60thAzerbaijanEurope17.79% of GDP 61stNorth MacedoniaEurope17.76% of GDP 62ndChileSouth America17.72% of GDP 63rdKiribatiOceania17.72% of GDP 64thTurkeyEurope17.62% of GDP 65thVanuatuOceania17.57% of GDP 66thSan MarinoEurope17.27% of GDP 67thMarshall IslandsOceania17.16% of GDP 68thJordanAsia17.05% of GDP 69thMongoliaAsia16.85% of GDP 70thIrelandEurope16.79% of GDP 71stZambiaAfrica16.78% of GDP 72ndLatviaEurope16.63% of GDP 73rdRomaniaEurope16.21% of GDP 74thBahamasNorth America16.2% of GDP 75thPapua New GuineaOceania15.93% of GDP 76thPeruSouth America15.92% of GDP 77thBrazilSouth America15.41% of GDP 78thColombiaNorth America15.28% of GDP 79thThailandAsia15.26% of GDP 80thHondurasNorth America15.07% of GDP 81stSaint Kitts and NevisNorth America15.04% of GDP 82ndSpainEurope15% of GDP 83rdDominican RepublicNorth America14.7% of GDP 84thSouth KoreaAsia14.6% of GDP 85thCanadaNorth America14.23% of GDP 86thMexicoNorth America14.19% of GDP 87thSingaporeAsia14.19% of GDP 88thPhilippinesAsia14.1% of GDP 89thKenyaAfrica14.06% of GDP 90thAndorraEurope13.95% of GDP 91stNepalAsia13.94% of GDP 92ndCosta RicaNorth America13.91% of GDP 93rdTogoAfrica13.79% of GDP 94thRwandaAfrica13.51% of GDP 95thMalawiAfrica13.5% of GDP 96thEcuadorSouth America13.09% of GDP 97thCôte d'IvoireAfrica13.04% of GDP 98thUgandaAfrica12.97% of GDP 99thTanzaniaAfrica12.8% of GDP 100thBelarusEurope12.7% of GDP 101stCzechiaEurope12.64% of GDP 102ndBurundiAfrica12.63% of GDP 103rdMalaysiaAsia12.56% of GDP 104thGhanaAfrica12.3% of GDP 105thBhutanAsia12.28% of GDP 106thCambodiaAsia12.2% of GDP 107thLaosAsia12.11% of GDP 108thRussiaEurope12.07% of GDP 109thMaliAfrica11.95% of GDP 110thKazakhstanAsia11.89% of GDP 111stGuatemalaNorth America11.57% of GDP 112ndUzbekistanAsia11.53% of GDP 113rdParaguaySouth America11.4% of GDP 114thCameroonAfrica11.34% of GDP 115thUnited StatesNorth America10.89% of GDP 116thTajikistanAsia10.75% of GDP 117thCongo, Democratic RepublicAfrica10.66% of GDP 118thGermanyEurope10.64% of GDP 119thArgentinaSouth America9.9% of GDP 120thSri LankaAsia9.9% of GDP 121stMadagascarAfrica9.6% of GDP 122ndGabonAfrica9.5% of GDP 123rdSwitzerlandEurope9.0% of GDP 124thGuinea-BissauAfrica8.6% of GDP 125thCentral African RepublicAfrica8.2% of GDP 126thSaudi ArabiaAsia8.2% of GDP 127thAngolaAfrica7.7% of GDP 128thBangladeshAsia7.6% of GDP 129thChinaAsia7.6% of GDP 130thPanamaNorth America7.5% of GDP 131stMicronesiaOceania7.0% of GDP 132ndIndiaAsia6.7% of GDP 133rdEquatorial GuineaAfrica6.6% of GDP 134thCongoAfrica6.5% of GDP 135thLebanonAsia5.7% of GDP 136thEthiopiaAfrica3.4% of GDP 137thBahrainAsia2.8% of GDP 138thUnited Arab EmiratesAsia0.65% of GDP 139thSomaliaAfrica0.00% of GDP

Tax Revenue (% GDP) ranking for 139 countries
				Percentile
1st	Nauru	44.35% of GDP	Oceania	100%
2nd	Lesotho	37.28% of GDP	Africa	99%
3rd	Namibia	32.96% of GDP	Africa	99%
4th	Denmark	31.59% of GDP	Europe	98%
5th	New Zealand	30.67% of GDP	Oceania	97%
6th	Sweden	27.58% of GDP	Europe	96%
7th	Norway	27.05% of GDP	Europe	96%
8th	United Kingdom	26.96% of GDP	Europe	95%
9th	Luxembourg	26.85% of GDP	Europe	94%
10th	Greece	26.69% of GDP	Europe	94%
11th	Austria	25.64% of GDP	Europe	93%
12th	South Africa	25.4% of GDP	Africa	92%
13th	Finland	25.38% of GDP	Europe	91%
14th	Netherlands	25.25% of GDP	Europe	91%
15th	Italy	24.71% of GDP	Europe	90%
16th	Eswatini	24.35% of GDP	Africa	89%
17th	Georgia	24.26% of GDP	Europe	88%
18th	Samoa	23.96% of GDP	Oceania	88%
19th	Serbia	23.89% of GDP	Europe	87%
20th	Jamaica	23.67% of GDP	North America	86%
21st	Australia	23.56% of GDP	Oceania	86%
22nd	Hungary	23.43% of GDP	Europe	85%
23rd	Cyprus	23.27% of GDP	Europe	84%
24th	Iceland	23.18% of GDP	Europe	83%
25th	France	23.08% of GDP	Europe	83%
26th	Macao	22.93% of GDP	Asia	82%
27th	Belgium	22.8% of GDP	Europe	81%
28th	Portugal	22.62% of GDP	Europe	81%
29th	Botswana	22.49% of GDP	Africa	80%
30th	Armenia	22.37% of GDP	Europe	79%
31st	Israel	22.14% of GDP	Asia	78%
32nd	Solomon Islands	22.07% of GDP	Oceania	78%
33rd	Mozambique	21.85% of GDP	Africa	77%
34th	Timor-Leste	21.64% of GDP	Asia	76%
35th	El Salvador	21.5% of GDP	North America	76%
36th	Malta	21.48% of GDP	Europe	75%
37th	Lithuania	21.42% of GDP	Europe	74%
38th	Estonia	21.33% of GDP	Europe	73%
39th	Croatia	21.18% of GDP	Europe	73%
40th	Ukraine	21.03% of GDP	Europe	72%
41st	Morocco	20.74% of GDP	Africa	71%
42nd	Fiji	20.54% of GDP	Oceania	71%
43rd	Mauritius	20.53% of GDP	Africa	70%
44th	Bulgaria	20.51% of GDP	Europe	69%
45th	Tonga	20.45% of GDP	Oceania	68%
46th	Kyrgyzstan	20.38% of GDP	Asia	68%
47th	Slovenia	20.32% of GDP	Europe	67%
48th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	20.31% of GDP	Europe	66%
49th	Nicaragua	19.94% of GDP	North America	65%
50th	Senegal	19.54% of GDP	Africa	65%
51st	Maldives	19.45% of GDP	Asia	64%
52nd	Slovakia	19.31% of GDP	Europe	63%
53rd	Moldova	18.59% of GDP	Europe	63%
54th	Burkina Faso	18.55% of GDP	Africa	62%
55th	Cabo Verde	18.39% of GDP	Africa	61%
56th	Uruguay	18.16% of GDP	South America	60%
57th	Poland	18% of GDP	Europe	60%
58th	Palau	17.89% of GDP	Oceania	59%
59th	Albania	17.8% of GDP	Europe	58%
60th	Azerbaijan	17.79% of GDP	Europe	58%
61st	North Macedonia	17.76% of GDP	Europe	57%
62nd	Chile	17.72% of GDP	South America	56%
63rd	Kiribati	17.72% of GDP	Oceania	55%
64th	Turkey	17.62% of GDP	Europe	55%
65th	Vanuatu	17.57% of GDP	Oceania	54%
66th	San Marino	17.27% of GDP	Europe	53%
67th	Marshall Islands	17.16% of GDP	Oceania	53%
68th	Jordan	17.05% of GDP	Asia	52%
69th	Mongolia	16.85% of GDP	Asia	51%
70th	Ireland	16.79% of GDP	Europe	50%
71st	Zambia	16.78% of GDP	Africa	50%
72nd	Latvia	16.63% of GDP	Europe	49%
73rd	Romania	16.21% of GDP	Europe	48%
74th	Bahamas	16.2% of GDP	North America	47%
75th	Papua New Guinea	15.93% of GDP	Oceania	47%
76th	Peru	15.92% of GDP	South America	46%
77th	Brazil	15.41% of GDP	South America	45%
78th	Colombia	15.28% of GDP	North America	45%
79th	Thailand	15.26% of GDP	Asia	44%
80th	Honduras	15.07% of GDP	North America	43%
81st	Saint Kitts and Nevis	15.04% of GDP	North America	42%
82nd	Spain	15% of GDP	Europe	42%
83rd	Dominican Republic	14.7% of GDP	North America	41%
84th	South Korea	14.6% of GDP	Asia	40%
85th	Canada	14.23% of GDP	North America	40%
86th	Mexico	14.19% of GDP	North America	39%
87th	Singapore	14.19% of GDP	Asia	38%
88th	Philippines	14.1% of GDP	Asia	37%
89th	Kenya	14.06% of GDP	Africa	37%
90th	Andorra	13.95% of GDP	Europe	36%
91st	Nepal	13.94% of GDP	Asia	35%
92nd	Costa Rica	13.91% of GDP	North America	35%
93rd	Togo	13.79% of GDP	Africa	34%
94th	Rwanda	13.51% of GDP	Africa	33%
95th	Malawi	13.5% of GDP	Africa	32%
96th	Ecuador	13.09% of GDP	South America	32%
97th	Côte d'Ivoire	13.04% of GDP	Africa	31%
98th	Uganda	12.97% of GDP	Africa	30%
99th	Tanzania	12.8% of GDP	Africa	29%
100th	Belarus	12.7% of GDP	Europe	29%
101st	Czechia	12.64% of GDP	Europe	28%
102nd	Burundi	12.63% of GDP	Africa	27%
103rd	Malaysia	12.56% of GDP	Asia	27%
104th	Ghana	12.3% of GDP	Africa	26%
105th	Bhutan	12.28% of GDP	Asia	25%
106th	Cambodia	12.2% of GDP	Asia	24%
107th	Laos	12.11% of GDP	Asia	24%
108th	Russia	12.07% of GDP	Europe	23%
109th	Mali	11.95% of GDP	Africa	22%
110th	Kazakhstan	11.89% of GDP	Asia	22%
111st	Guatemala	11.57% of GDP	North America	21%
112nd	Uzbekistan	11.53% of GDP	Asia	20%
113rd	Paraguay	11.4% of GDP	South America	19%
114th	Cameroon	11.34% of GDP	Africa	19%
115th	United States	10.89% of GDP	North America	18%
116th	Tajikistan	10.75% of GDP	Asia	17%
117th	Congo, Democratic Republic	10.66% of GDP	Africa	17%
118th	Germany	10.64% of GDP	Europe	16%
119th	Argentina	9.9% of GDP	South America	15%
120th	Sri Lanka	9.9% of GDP	Asia	14%
121st	Madagascar	9.6% of GDP	Africa	14%
122nd	Gabon	9.5% of GDP	Africa	13%
123rd	Switzerland	9.0% of GDP	Europe	12%
124th	Guinea-Bissau	8.6% of GDP	Africa	12%
125th	Central African Republic	8.2% of GDP	Africa	11%
126th	Saudi Arabia	8.2% of GDP	Asia	10%
127th	Angola	7.7% of GDP	Africa	9%
128th	Bangladesh	7.6% of GDP	Asia	9%
129th	China	7.6% of GDP	Asia	8%
130th	Panama	7.5% of GDP	North America	7%
131st	Micronesia	7.0% of GDP	Oceania	6%
132nd	India	6.7% of GDP	Asia	6%
133rd	Equatorial Guinea	6.6% of GDP	Africa	5%
134th	Congo	6.5% of GDP	Africa	4%
135th	Lebanon	5.7% of GDP	Asia	4%
136th	Ethiopia	3.4% of GDP	Africa	3%
137th	Bahrain	2.8% of GDP	Asia	2%
138th	United Arab Emirates	0.65% of GDP	Asia	1%
139th	Somalia	0.00% of GDP	Africa	1%

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