Tax revenue in Asia

19 countries in Asia, 2024. Unit: % of GDP. World ranking →

First in the ranking
27.4 %
Macao
Median country
15.2 %
half above, half below
World
13.8 %
World Bank aggregate
Range
0.6 to 27.4
United Arab Emirates - Macao

How to read it

Across 19 countries in Asia, the highest value is in Macao (27.4 %) and the lowest in United Arab Emirates (0.6 %).

The median country is at 15.2 %: half are above, half below.

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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Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF) · via World Bank WDI (GC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS) · licence

Tax revenue over time

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Ranking of countries

2024
In chart Share of the highest value
1Macao27.4
2Georgia24.3
3Cyprus23.9
4Israel23.2
5Armenia22.4
6Kyrgyzstan19.6
7Türkiye17.6
8Azerbaijan17.3
9Mongolia16.9
10Thailand15.2
11Philippines14.4
12Singapore13.6
13South Korea13.3
14Malaysia12.4
15Lebanon11.1
16Tajikistan10.7
17Saudi Arabia8.1
18China7.0
19United Arab Emirates0.6
World Bank, WDI · GC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS · 2024 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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