tax/GDP

... in Greenland = 78 %

... in Norway = 68 %

... in Iceland = 65 %

... in Denmark = 64 %

... in Finland = 60 %

... in Sweden = 59 %

... in Belgium = 53 %

... in France = 53 %

... in Switzerland = 51 %

... in Zimbabwe = 47 %

... in Austria = 47 %

... in Australia = 45 %

... in New Zealand = 44 %

... in Solomon Islands = 43 %

... in Germany = 42 %

... in Netherlands = 42 %

... in Italy = 41 %

... in Cuba = 41 %

... in United States Virgin Islands = 41 %

... in Canada = 41 %

... in United Kingdom = 39 %

... in Greece = 38 %

... in Japan = 35 %

... in Israel = 33 %

... in Tonga = 33 %

... in Slovenia = 33 %

... in Spain = 32 %

... in Portugal = 32 %

... in Cyprus = 30 %

... in Venezuela = 28 %

... in Ireland = 28 %

... in Dominica = 28 %

... in Croatia = 27 %

... in French Polynesia = 27 %

... in Brazil = 25 %

... in Uruguay = 24 %

... in Hungary = 24 %

... in Czech Republic = 24 %

... in Estonia = 23 %

... in Slovakia = 23 %

... in Eritrea = 23 %

... in Samoa = 23 %

... in Djibouti = 22 %

... in Latvia = 21 %

... in Bolivia = 20 %

... in Ecuador = 20 %

... in Poland = 19 %

... in United States = 19 %

... in New Caledonia = 19 %

... in Hong Kong = 19 %

... in Bosnia and Herzegovina = 19 %

... in Lithuania = 18 %

... in Belize = 17 %

... in Saint Lucia = 17 %

... in Guyana = 17 %

... in Jamaica = 17 %

... in Montenegro = 17 %

... in Argentina = 15 %

... in Chile = 15 %

... in Botswana = 15 %

... in Peru = 15 %

... in Romania = 14 %

... in Lebanon = 14 %

... in Namibia = 14 %

... in Panama = 14 %

... in Belarus = 14 %

... in Bulgaria = 14 %

... in South Africa = 14 %

... in Colombia = 13 %

... in Papua New Guinea = 13 %

... in China = 12 %

... in Moldova = 12 %

... in Mexico = 12 %

... in Iraq = 12 %

... in Nicaragua = 12 %

... in El Salvador = 12 %

... in Jordan = 11 %

... in Albania = 11 %

... in Costa Rica = 11 %

... in Honduras = 11 %

... in Liberia = 11 %

... in Mauritius = 11 %

... in Armenia = 10 %

... in Guinea-Bissau = 10 %

... in Mozambique = 10 %

... in Singapore = 10 %

... in Kyrgyzstan = 9 %

... in Rwanda = 9 %

... in Ivory Coast = 9 %

... in Mali = 9 %

... in Senegal = 9 %

... in Vietnam = 9 %

... in Kenya = 9 %

... in Tajikistan = 9 %

... in Turkey = 9 %

... in Morocco = 9 %

... in Togo = 9 %

... in Nepal = 8 %

... in Kazakhstan = 8 %

... in Niger = 8 %

... in Taiwan = 8 %

... in Gabon = 8 %

... in Haiti = 8 %

... in Uzbekistan = 8 %

... in Mongolia = 8 %

... in Burkina Faso = 8 %

... in Burundi = 8 %

... in Ghana = 8 %

... in Cambodia = 7 %

... in Russia = 7 %

... in Laos = 7 %

... in Paraguay = 7 %

... in West Bank = 7 %

... in Brunei = 7 %

... in Tunisia = 7 %

... in Zambia = 7 %

... in Guinea = 7 %

... in Benin = 7 %

... in Puerto Rico = 7 %

... in Dominican Republic = 7 %

... in Sierra Leone = 6 %

... in Azerbaijan = 6 %

... in Suriname = 6 %

... in Malawi = 6 %

... in Philippines = 6 %

... in Guatemala = 6 %

... in Thailand = 6 %

... in Cameroon = 6 %

... in Ethiopia = 6 %

... in Turkmenistan = 6 %

... in Tanzania = 6 %

... in Malaysia = 6 %

... in Sudan = 5 %

... in Uganda = 5 %

... in Chad = 5 %

... in Madagascar = 5 %

... in Iran = 5 %

... in Sri Lanka = 5 %

... in Egypt = 4 %

... in Bangladesh = 4 %

... in Indonesia = 4 %

... in Pakistan = 4 %

... in India = 3 %

... in Myanmar = 3 %

... in Ukraine = 3 %

... in Syria = 2 %

... in Nigeria = 1 %

... in Somalia = 1 %

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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