Revenue Statistics in Asian and Pacific Economies 2023 - © OECD 2023
3.2 | Total tax revenue (excluding social security contributions) as percentage of GDP, 1990-2021 | ||||||||||
| | 1990 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
| Armenia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Australia 1 | 28.1 | 30.4 | 28.9 | 29.7 | 29.8 | 30.1 | 29.8 | 29.3 | 29.4 | 26.7 |
| Bangladesh | .. | 6.0 | 5.9 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 7.1 | 7.0 |
| Bhutan | 5.1 | 9.0 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 8.2 | 9.2 | 9.9 | 8.5 | 9.1 | 10.0 |
| Cambodia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| China | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Cook Islands | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 25.9 | 24.9 | 24.0 |
| Fiji | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 22.2 |
| Georgia | .. | 12.1 | 12.2 | 12.5 | 11.4 | 15.2 | 16.6 | 18.7 | 21.0 | 24.2 |
| Indonesia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Japan 1 | 20.4 | 16.4 | 16.2 | 15.1 | 14.8 | 15.4 | 16.3 | 16.9 | 17.3 | 16.5 |
| Kazakhstan | .. | 19.9 | 22.2 | 20.5 | 22.7 | 21.7 | 25.4 | 25.9 | 25.7 | 27.2 |
| Kyrgyzstan | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Korea 1 | 16.7 | 17.4 | 17.3 | 17.3 | 17.7 | 16.7 | 17.1 | 17.8 | 18.8 | 18.4 |
| Lao PDR | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Malaysia | .. | 13.8 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 16.0 | 15.7 | 15.2 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 14.9 |
| Maldives | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11.4 | 11.5 | 11.9 | 11.5 |
| Mongolia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 23.9 | 24.7 | 22.9 |
| Nauru | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| New Zealand 1 | 36.2 | 32.5 | 32.0 | 33.2 | 33.2 | 34.2 | 36.1 | 35.3 | 33.9 | 32.9 |
| Pakistan | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Papua New Guinea 2 | .. | 14.0 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 20.2 | 24.2 | 25.6 | 20.0 | 20.8 | 18.6 |
| Philippines | .. | 13.3 | 13.1 | 12.4 | 12.5 | 12.1 | 12.8 | 14.0 | 13.8 | 13.8 |
| Samoa | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 20.6 | 23.4 | 21.4 | 18.7 |
| Singapore | .. | 15.2 | 15.1 | 12.9 | 12.3 | 12.0 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 14.0 |
| Solomon Islands | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 15.4 | 16.7 |
| Thailand | .. | 14.7 | 15.0 | 15.8 | 16.2 | 16.7 | 17.9 | 17.1 | 16.7 | 16.3 |
| Tokelau | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 13.3 | 14.3 | 16.1 |
| Vanuatu | .. | 16.2 | 16.3 | 16.4 | 16.3 | 16.9 | 17.1 | 17.5 | 19.4 | 19.8 |
| Viet Nam | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Africa (31) average 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| LAC average 6 | 12.4 | 14.4 | 14.6 | 14.6 | 15.1 | 15.5 | 16.1 | 16.6 | 17.2 | 17.3 |
| 23.8 | 24.6 | 24.0 | 23.8 | 23.7 | 23.8 | 24.3 | 24.5 | 24.6 | 23.9 | |
| | 2009 | 2010 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Armenia | .. | 17.1 | 21.8 | 20.9 | 21.0 | 20.5 | 20.6 | 22.1 | 22.0 | 22.1 |
| Australia 1 | 25.4 | 25.2 | 27.2 | 27.8 | 27.5 | 28.5 | 28.6 | 27.7 | 28.5 | .. |
| Bangladesh | 7.3 | 8.3 | 9.0 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 8.9 | 8.5 | 7.8 | 8.8 | .. |
| Bhutan | 13.7 | 14.1 | 13.6 | 13.5 | 12.9 | 14.2 | 13.0 | 10.5 | 8.7 | 10.7 |
| Cambodia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| China | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 16.0 | 15.2 | 15.0 |
| Cook Islands | 26.7 | 26.9 | 22.1 | 26.7 | 27.1 | 27.1 | 28.4 | 26.1 | 25.8 | 26.9 |
| Fiji | 21.6 | 21.6 | 22.7 | 23.6 | 23.1 | 24.2 | 23.5 | 22.3 | 16.6 | 15.1 |
| Georgia | 23.7 | 22.3 | 23.3 | 23.6 | 24.5 | 24.3 | 23.4 | 24.1 | 22.3 | 22.6 |
| Indonesia | .. | .. | .. | 12.0 | 11.6 | 11.2 | 11.5 | 11.1 | 9.5 | 10.3 |
| Japan 1 | 15.2 | 15.5 | 18.1 | 18.3 | 18.1 | 18.6 | 18.9 | 18.6 | 19.8 | .. |
| Kazakhstan | 20.7 | 23.2 | 20.5 | 15.0 | 14.4 | 15.5 | 16.4 | 16.1 | 13.3 | 14.7 |
| Kyrgyzstan | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Korea 1 | 17.4 | 17.2 | 17.1 | 17.4 | 18.3 | 18.8 | 19.9 | 19.9 | 20.0 | 22.1 |
| Lao PDR | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Malaysia | 15.2 | 13.6 | 15.1 | 14.3 | 13.8 | 13.1 | 12.2 | 12.1 | 11.1 | 11.4 |
| Maldives | 8.9 | 8.9 | 19.0 | 19.4 | 19.7 | 20.1 | 19.4 | 19.1 | 19.1 | 17.7 |
| Mongolia | 18.4 | 22.0 | 16.2 | 15.1 | 14.7 | 16.9 | 19.1 | 19.2 | 17.1 | 19.1 |
| Nauru | .. | .. | 9.4 | 18.0 | 14.8 | 24.9 | 32.4 | 43.0 | 41.5 | 36.6 |
| New Zealand 1 | 30.2 | 30.3 | 31.2 | 31.5 | 31.4 | 31.3 | 32.2 | 31.3 | 33.8 | 33.8 |
| Pakistan | .. | .. | 9.8 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 11.4 | 10.2 | 10.0 | 10.3 | 10.3 |
| Papua New Guinea 2 | 15.9 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 15.2 | 14.6 | 13.9 | 13.6 | 13.5 | 12.0 | 12.1 |
| Philippines | 12.5 | 12.4 | 13.8 | 13.9 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 15.0 | 15.5 | 15.0 | 15.2 |
| Samoa | 21.0 | 19.4 | 22.0 | 22.4 | 22.9 | 23.2 | 23.9 | 24.0 | 25.0 | 25.3 |
| Singapore | 12.4 | 12.5 | 13.4 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13.8 | 12.9 | 13.2 | 12.6 | 12.6 |
| Solomon Islands | 16.6 | 19.0 | 23.0 | 23.1 | 21.6 | 22.7 | 23.5 | 19.8 | 18.9 | 18.6 |
| Thailand | 15.7 | 16.4 | 17.4 | 17.8 | 17.1 | 16.5 | 16.7 | 16.2 | 15.5 | 15.7 |
| Tokelau | 15.5 | 17.7 | 17.1 | 15.1 | 14.7 | 16.8 | 18.1 | 19.2 | 20.8 | 22.2 |
| Vanuatu | 18.2 | 17.1 | 18.3 | 16.9 | 15.7 | 17.1 | 17.8 | 17.0 | 14.0 | 10.9 |
| Viet Nam | .. | 17.0 | 13.7 | 14.0 | 13.8 | 13.8 | 13.6 | 13.6 | 12.3 | 13.1 |
| Africa (31) average 3 | .. | 13.2 | 14.2 | 14.3 | 14.3 | 14.3 | 14.6 | 14.8 | 14.5 | .. |
| .. | 18.5 | 18.5 | 18.4 | 18.1 | 18.9 | 19.4 | 19.3 | 18.5 | 18.6 | |
| LAC average 6 | 16.3 | 16.8 | 17.4 | 17.7 | 17.5 | 17.4 | 17.8 | 17.9 | 17.0 | 18.0 |
| 22.8 | 22.9 | 24.1 | 24.1 | 24.7 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 24.3 | .. | |
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Australia, Japan, Korea and New Zealand are part of the OECD (38) group. Data for Australia, Japan, Korea, New Zealand and the OECD average are taken from OECD (2022),Revenue Statistics 2022. | |||||||||||
Total revenues are not calculated for 2000 and 2001 as the data are incomplete and do not include customs revenues for these two years. | |||||||||||
Represents an unweighted average for the 31 African countries included in the publicationRevenue Statistics in Africa 2022. | |||||||||||
Represents an unweighted average of the 29 Asian and Pacific economies in this publication, excluding Bangladesh due to data availability. The Asia-Pacific (29) average excludes Pakistan prior to 2011 and Nauru prior to 2014 as data were not available. | |||||||||||
2021: Data for 2020 are used for Australia and Japan in the calculation of the Asia-Pacific (29) average due to data availability. | |||||||||||
Represents an unweighted average for the 25 Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries included in the publicationRevenue Statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean 2023. | |||||||||||
1990 to 2020: represents an unweighted average for the 38 OECD member countries included in the publicationRevenue Statistics 2022. | |||||||||||
2021: calculated by applying the unweighted average percentage change for 2021 in the 36 countries providing data for that year to the overall average tax-to-GDP ratio in 2020. |