tax/GDP

... in Croatia = 351 %

... in Mauritania = 229 %

... in Tuvalu = 218 %

... in Nauru = 171 %

... in Kiribati = 143 %

... in Micronesia = 98 %

... in Tajikistan = 88 %

... in Andorra = 69 %

... in Marshall Islands = 67 %

... in Kuwait = 58 %

... in Cuba = 58 %

... in Libya = 54 %

... in France = 53 %

... in Denmark = 53 %

... in Finland = 52 %

... in Belgium = 50 %

... in Sweden = 49 %

... in Austria = 49 %

... in Iceland = 48 %

... in Tonga = 47 %

... in Greece = 47 %

... in Vanuatu = 46 %

... in Norway = 46 %

... in Germany = 46 %

... in Luxembourg = 45 %

... in Italy = 45 %

... in Slovenia = 44 %

... in Netherlands = 44 %

... in Portugal = 43 %

... in Lesotho = 43 %

... in Hungary = 43 %

... in Serbia = 42 %

... in Palau = 42 %

... in Cyprus = 42 %

... in Bosnia and Herzegovina = 42 %

... in Slovakia = 41 %

... in Poland = 41 %

... in Czech Republic = 41 %

... in Azerbaijan = 41 %

... in Solomon Islands = 40 %

... in Spain = 39 %

... in Estonia = 39 %

... in Republic of the Congo = 39 %

... in Canada = 39 %

... in Belarus = 39 %

... in Oman = 38 %

... in Malta = 38 %

... in Latvia = 38 %

... in Samoa = 37 %

... in New Zealand = 37 %

... in Montenegro = 37 %

... in Guyana = 37 %

... in Bulgaria = 36 %

... in Russia = 35 %

... in Japan = 35 %

... in Israel = 35 %

... in United Kingdom = 35 %

... in Seychelles = 34 %

... in Qatar = 34 %

... in Lithuania = 34 %

... in Kyrgyzstan = 34 %

... in Australia = 34 %

... in Argentina = 34 %

... in Mongolia = 33 %

... in Cambodia = 33 %

... in Ecuador = 33 %

... in Switzerland = 33 %

... in East Timor = 32 %

... in Namibia = 32 %

... in Algeria = 32 %

... in Dominica = 32 %

... in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines = 31 %

... in Saudi Arabia = 31 %

... in Mozambique = 31 %

... in Belize = 31 %

... in United Arab Emirates = 31 %

... in United States = 30 %

... in Moldova = 30 %

... in Saint Kitts and Nevis = 30 %

... in Cape Verde = 30 %

... in Bhutan = 30 %

... in Romania = 29 %

... in Nepal = 29 %

... in Grenada = 29 %

... in Colombia = 29 %

... in Bolivia = 29 %

... in Uzbekistan = 28 %

... in Turkey = 28 %

... in Tunisia = 28 %

... in Macedonia = 28 %

... in China = 28 %

... in Uruguay = 27 %

... in Nicaragua = 27 %

... in Georgia = 27 %

... in Albania = 27 %

... in Rwanda = 26 %

... in Morocco = 26 %

... in Honduras = 26 %

... in Vietnam = 25 %

... in Swaziland = 25 %

... in Suriname = 25 %

... in Jamaica = 25 %

... in Ireland = 25 %

... in Burundi = 25 %

... in Barbados = 25 %

... in Afghanistan = 25 %

... in South Africa = 24 %

... in Togo = 24 %

... in El Salvador = 24 %

... in Jordan = 24 %

... in Equatorial Guinea = 24 %

... in Bahrain = 24 %

... in Armenia = 24 %

... in San Marino = 23 %

... in South Korea = 23 %

... in Brazil = 23 %

... in Burkina Faso = 23 %

... in Maldives = 22 %

... in Iraq = 22 %

... in Egypt = 22 %

... in Djibouti = 22 %

... in Central African Republic = 22 %

... in Trinidad and Tobago = 21 %

... in Chad = 21 %

... in Malaysia = 21 %

... in Mexico = 21 %

... in Malawi = 21 %

... in Saint Lucia = 21 %

... in Lebanon = 21 %

... in Gabon = 21 %

... in Ivory Coast = 21 %

... in Botswana = 21 %

... in Senegal = 20 %

... in Papua New Guinea = 20 %

... in Peru = 20 %

... in Chile = 20 %

... in Benin = 20 %

... in Zambia = 19 %

... in Ukraine = 19 %

... in Thailand = 19 %

... in Paraguay = 19 %

... in Philippines = 19 %

... in Comoros = 19 %

... in Sierra Leone = 18 %

... in Niger = 18 %

... in Mauritius = 18 %

... in Kenya = 18 %

... in Fiji = 18 %

... in Angola = 18 %

... in Antigua and Barbuda = 18 %

... in Myanmar = 17 %

... in Laos = 17 %

... in Kazakhstan = 17 %

... in India = 17 %

... in Guinea-Bissau = 17 %

... in Cameroon = 17 %

... in Bahamas = 17 %

... in Singapore = 16 %

... in Costa Rica = 16 %

... in Uganda = 15 %

... in Tanzania = 15 %

... in Turkmenistan = 15 %

... in Pakistan = 15 %

... in Panama = 15 %

... in Mali = 15 %

... in Monaco = 15 %

... in Liechtenstein = 15 %

... in Ghana = 15 %

... in Sudan = 14 %

... in Haiti = 14 %

... in Guinea = 14 %

... in Gambia = 14 %

... in Dominican Republic = 14 %

... in Sri Lanka = 13 %

... in Indonesia = 12 %

... in Ethiopia = 12 %

... in Madagascar = 11 %

... in North Korea = 11 %

... in Guatemala = 11 %

... in Eritrea = 11 %

... in Democratic Republic of the Congo = 11 %

... in Iran = 10 %

... in Brunei = 9 %

... in Bangladesh = 9 %

... in Nigeria = 8 %

... in Syria = 5 %

... in Yemen = 4 %

... in Somalia = 2 %

... in Zimbabwe = 0 %

... in Venezuela = 0 %

... in Liberia = 0 %

Is That A Big Number? - The Book

Yes, there's now a book based on these numbers. Oxford University Press: July 2018.

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