1
🇱🇸Lesotho
35.4%
2
🇳🇦Namibia
33.9%
3
🇩🇰Denmark
33.4%
4
🇳🇿New Zealand
29.5%
5
🇱🇺Luxembourg
28.6%
6
🇲🇴Macau
27.4%
7
🇬🇷Greece
27.4%
8
🇸🇪Sweden
27.2%
9
🇬🇧United Kingdom
26.9%
10
🇿🇦South Africa
25.9%
11
🇦🇹Austria
25.8%
12
🇮🇹Italy
25.6%
13
🇫🇮Finland
25.3%
14
🇳🇱Netherlands
25.3%
15
🇳🇴Norway
24.5%
16
🇬🇪Georgia
24.3%
17
🇲🇹Malta
24.1%
18
🇫🇯Fiji
23.9%
19
🇨🇾Cyprus
23.9%
20
🇸🇧Solomon Islands
23.3%
21
🇮🇱Israel
23.2%
22
🇧🇪Belgium
23.0%
23
🇫🇷France
22.8%
24
🇭🇺Hungary
22.7%
25
🇲🇦Morocco
22.7%
26
🇪🇪Estonia
22.7%
27
🇦🇲Armenia
22.4%
28
🇵🇹Portugal
22.3%
29
🇱🇹Lithuania
21.9%
30
🇲🇿Mozambique
21.8%
31
🇸🇻El Salvador
21.8%
32
🇳🇷Nauru
21.4%
33
🇺🇦Ukraine
21.0%
34
🇸🇮Slovenia
21.0%
35
🇧🇬Bulgaria
20.7%
36
🇲🇺Mauritius
20.5%
37
🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina
20.2%
38
🇳🇮Nicaragua
20.1%
39
🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan
19.6%
40
🇸🇰Slovakia
19.1%
41
🇿🇲Zambia
18.8%
42
🇲🇩Moldova
18.8%
43
🇲🇰North Macedonia
18.8%
44
🇧🇫Burkina Faso
18.7%
45
🇨🇿Czechia
18.6%
46
🇨🇱Chile
18.3%
47
🇦🇱Albania
18.0%
48
🇮🇪Ireland
17.9%
49
🇺🇾Uruguay
17.9%
50
🇱🇻Latvia
17.6%
Highlights
As of 2024, Lesotho ranks first with 35.4%, followed by Namibia (33.9%) and Denmark (33.4%).
Across 93 countries and territories, values run from 35.4% (Lesotho) to 0.6% (United Arab Emirates), with a median of 18.0%.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 5 from Europe, 3 from Africa, 1 from Asia and 1 from Oceania.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Tax revenue (% of GDP), 2024. Unit: % of GDP.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Tax revenue (% of GDP) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 13, 2026