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Which Government Taxes the Most?

Government Revenue (As % of GDP) (%), 2022

Economy | March 7, 2023

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Based on a comparison of 172 countries in 2022, Libya ranked the highest in government revenue as a share of GDP with 68.2% followed by Norway and Kuwait. On the other end of the scale was Somalia with 7.02%, Venezuela with 7.89% and Iran with 8.32%.

Data for more countries are available at Government Revenue (As % of GDP) indicator page.

Government Revenue (As % of GDP)	Unit	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Austria	%															48.5%	48.9%	49.2%	49.0%	50.1%
Azerbaijan	%															34.2%	38.6%	41.5%	33.7%	36.5%
Belgium	%															51.3%	51.4%	49.9%	50.2%	49.4%
Croatia	%															45.5%	45.5%	46.3%	47.2%	46.4%
Denmark	%															52.3%	51.3%	53.8%	53.8%	53.4%
Finland	%															53.0%	52.5%	52.3%	51.6%	52.7%
France	%															53.5%	53.4%	52.3%	52.5%	52.6%
Greece	%															49.4%	49.3%	48.0%	49.0%	48.9%
Italy	%															46.3%	46.2%	46.9%	47.4%	48.3%
Kuwait	%															53.8%	58.2%	55.2%	52.8%	52.0%
Lesotho	%															49.8%	50.0%	48.4%	55.2%	48.0%
Libya	%															23.9%	46.9%	59.2%	35.1%	60.0%
Norway	%															54.6%	55.9%	57.3%	54.5%	57.3%
South Sudan	%	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...							36.3%	31.9%	36.5%	26.7%	43.1%
Sweden	%															49.7%	49.6%	48.6%	48.1%	49.6%