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Government revenue / GDP

General government revenue, % of GDP

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Countries
54 of 54 have data
Period
Latest figures range from 2019 to 2026: 53 countries report 2026; 1 reports an earlier year (2019).
Source
IMF · annual

Countries’ latest figures come from different years. Each row shows its own year, so figures from different years are not a like-for-like comparison.

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Government revenue / GDP: Highest to lowest
Rank Country Value (%) Year Change from previous figure Compare
1 🇱🇾 Libya+ compare 67.87% ↓ 3.34 pts from previous figure 2026 ↓ 3.34 pts + compare
2 🇱🇸 Lesotho+ compare 56.82% ↑ 0.43 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 0.43 pts + compare
3 🇪🇷 Eritrea+ compare 33.97% ↑ 2.39 pts from previous figure 2019 ↑ 2.39 pts + compare
4 🇸🇨 Seychelles+ compare 33.26% ↑ 1.52 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 1.52 pts + compare
5 🇳🇦 Namibia+ compare 31.55% ↓ 1.4 pts from previous figure 2026 ↓ 1.4 pts + compare
6 🇸🇿 Eswatini+ compare 31.46% ↑ 1.88 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 1.88 pts + compare
7 🇹🇳 Tunisia+ compare 28.67% ↓ 0.12 pts from previous figure 2026 ↓ 0.12 pts + compare
8 🇿🇦 South Africa+ compare 28.46% ↑ 0.09 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 0.09 pts + compare
9 🇲🇺 Mauritius+ compare 28.16% ↑ 0.49 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 0.49 pts + compare
10 🇸🇸 South Sudan+ compare 28.13% ↑ 6.25 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 6.25 pts + compare
11 🇲🇦 Morocco+ compare 28.13% ↑ 0.4 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 0.4 pts + compare
12 🇨🇻 Cabo Verde+ compare 26.58% ↓ 1.52 pts from previous figure 2026 ↓ 1.52 pts + compare
13 🇲🇿 Mozambique+ compare 26.45% ↑ 0.15 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 0.15 pts + compare
14 🇨🇬 Congo+ compare 25.15% ↑ 0.95 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 0.95 pts + compare
15 🇧🇼 Botswana+ compare 25% ↓ 2.59 pts from previous figure 2026 ↓ 2.59 pts + compare
16 🇿🇲 Zambia+ compare 24.76% ↓ 1.12 pts from previous figure 2026 ↓ 1.12 pts + compare
17 🇲🇷 Mauritania+ compare 24.5% ↑ 1.4 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 1.4 pts + compare
18 🇬🇲 Gambia+ compare 24.48% ↑ 0.29 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 0.29 pts + compare
19 🇩🇿 Algeria+ compare 23.56% ↓ 2.44 pts from previous figure 2026 ↓ 2.44 pts + compare
20 🇸🇳 Senegal+ compare 22.38% ↑ 1.11 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 1.11 pts + compare
21 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe+ compare 21.63% ↑ 2.96 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 2.96 pts + compare
22 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso+ compare 21.19% ↓ 1.36 pts from previous figure 2026 ↓ 1.36 pts + compare
23 🇱🇷 Liberia+ compare 20.69% ↓ 0.33 pts from previous figure 2026 ↓ 0.33 pts + compare
24 🇷🇼 Rwanda+ compare 20.31% ↑ 0.66 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 0.66 pts + compare
25 🇲🇱 Mali+ compare 20.22% ↑ 0.87 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 0.87 pts + compare
26 🇬🇦 Gabon+ compare 19.58% ↓ 0.58 pts from previous figure 2026 ↓ 0.58 pts + compare
27 🇩🇯 Djibouti+ compare 19.08% ↑ 0.23 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 0.23 pts + compare
28 🇲🇼 Malawi+ compare 18.58% ↓ 0.52 pts from previous figure 2026 ↓ 0.52 pts + compare
29 🇬🇳 Guinea+ compare 17.81% ↓ 0.34 pts from previous figure 2026 ↓ 0.34 pts + compare
30 🇰🇲 Comoros+ compare 17.64% ↑ 0.44 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 0.44 pts + compare
31 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire+ compare 17.58% ↑ 0.4 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 0.4 pts + compare
32 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea+ compare 17.54% ↓ 0.59 pts from previous figure 2026 ↓ 0.59 pts + compare
33 🇧🇮 Burundi+ compare 17.4% ↓ 0.01 pts from previous figure 2026 ↓ 0.01 pts + compare
34 🇹🇿 Tanzania+ compare 17.35% ↑ 0.46 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 0.46 pts + compare
35 🇰🇪 Kenya+ compare 17.24% ↓ 0.35 pts from previous figure 2026 ↓ 0.35 pts + compare
36 🇹🇩 Chad+ compare 17.2% ↓ 0.14 pts from previous figure 2026 ↓ 0.14 pts + compare
37 🇬🇭 Ghana+ compare 16.79% ↑ 1.11 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 1.11 pts + compare
38 🇹🇬 Togo+ compare 16.71% ↑ 0.13 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 0.13 pts + compare
39 🇪🇬 Egypt+ compare 16.63% ↑ 0.52 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 0.52 pts + compare
40 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe+ compare 15.95% ↑ 0.41 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 0.41 pts + compare
41 🇧🇯 Benin+ compare 15.9% ↑ 0.33 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 0.33 pts + compare
42 🇺🇬 Uganda+ compare 15.33% ↑ 0.27 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 0.27 pts + compare
43 🇨🇲 Cameroon+ compare 14.99% ↑ 0.74 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 0.74 pts + compare
44 🇨🇩 DR Congo+ compare 14.59% ↑ 0.16 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 0.16 pts + compare
45 🇦🇴 Angola+ compare 14.38% ↓ 0.4 pts from previous figure 2026 ↓ 0.4 pts + compare
46 🇨🇫 Central African Republic+ compare 14.31% ↓ 1.26 pts from previous figure 2026 ↓ 1.26 pts + compare
47 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau+ compare 13.73% ↑ 0.56 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 0.56 pts + compare
48 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone+ compare 13.71% ↑ 1.42 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 1.42 pts + compare
49 🇲🇬 Madagascar+ compare 12.45% ↑ 1.13 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 1.13 pts + compare
50 🇳🇪 Niger+ compare 11.74% ↑ 0.24 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 0.24 pts + compare
51 🇪🇹 Ethiopia+ compare 11.31% ↑ 0.45 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 0.45 pts + compare
52 🇳🇬 Nigeria+ compare 10.6% ↑ 0.63 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 0.63 pts + compare
53 🇸🇴 Somalia+ compare 7.18% ↓ 0.01 pts from previous figure 2026 ↓ 0.01 pts + compare
54 🇸🇩 Sudan+ compare 4.08% ↑ 1.19 pts from previous figure 2026 ↑ 1.19 pts + compare
Median 18.83% median of shown

“—” in the change column means there is no earlier figure to compare with.

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