Tax revenue in Oceania

5 countries in Oceania, 2024. Unit: % of GDP. World ranking →

First in the ranking
29.5 %
Median country
23.3 %
half above, half below
World
13.8 %
World Bank aggregate
Range
15.5 to 29.5
Papua New Guinea - New Zealand

How to read it

Across 5 countries in Oceania, the highest value is in New Zealand (29.5 %) and the lowest in Papua New Guinea (15.5 %).

The median country is at 23.3 %: 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
1New Zealand29.5
2Fiji23.9
3Solomon Islands23.3
4Nauru21.4
5Papua New Guinea15.5
World Bank, WDI · GC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS · 2024 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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