Tax revenue in South America

6 countries in South America, 2024. Unit: % of GDP. World ranking →

First in the ranking
18.3 %
Chile
Median country
15.3 %
half above, half below
World
13.8 %
World Bank aggregate
Range
10.4 to 18.3
Argentina - Chile

How to read it

Across 6 countries in South America, the highest value is in Chile (18.3 %) and the lowest in Argentina (10.4 %).

The median country is at 15.3 %: 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.

Compare selected countries · on the world map

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

%

Add to chart:

Ranking of countries

2024
In chart Share of the highest value
1Chile18.3
2Uruguay17.9
3Brazil15.4
4Colombia15.2
5Paraguay11.3
6Argentina10.4
World Bank, WDI · GC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS · 2024 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

Tick a country in the table to add it to the chart above, up to six at a time. The ranking uses the latest year for which at least half of the countries have a value; countries without a value that year are not listed.