Tax revenue in North America

10 countries in North America, 2024. Unit: % of GDP. World ranking →

First in the ranking
21.8 %
El Salvador
Median country
14.2 %
half above, half below
World
13.8 %
World Bank aggregate
Range
7.2 to 21.8
Panama - El Salvador

How to read it

Across 10 countries in North America, the highest value is in El Salvador (21.8 %) and the lowest in Panama (7.2 %).

The median country is at 14.2 %: 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
1El Salvador21.8
2Nicaragua20.1
3Bahamas17.3
4Mexico14.8
5Dominican Republic14.7
6Canada13.7
7Costa Rica13.5
8Guatemala11.6
9United States10.8
10Panama7.2
World Bank, WDI · GC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS · 2024 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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