Government revenue — all countries

Government revenue — G20

Government revenue in the G20 in 2024 — 21.62%. Since 1974, the indicator has risen by 0.63 pp.

2024 21.62% +0.15 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 24.65%1996
Period minimum 20.97%1976

Trend over time

1974–2024 · % of GDP

Government revenue — G20, 1974–2024202122232425197419791984198919941999200420092014201920241974: 20.99%1975: 21.2%1976: 20.97%1977: 21.68%1978: 21.87%1979: 22.62%1980: 23.71%1981: 23.6%1983: 22.65%1984: 22.06%1985: 22.31%1986: 23.02%1987: 23.78%1988: 23.51%1989: 23.47%1990: 22.29%1991: 22.4%1992: 22%1993: 21.52%1994: 22.47%1995: 24.53%1996: 24.65%1997: 24.58%1998: 24.56%1999: 24.63%2000: 24.56%2001: 24.29%2002: 23.23%2003: 23.34%2004: 23.54%2005: 23.02%2006: 23.28%2007: 24.14%2008: 23.22%2009: 21.36%2010: 22.05%2011: 21.97%2012: 21.84%2013: 22.31%2014: 22.84%2015: 22.27%2016: 21.97%2017: 22.17%2018: 21.89%2019: 21.91%2020: 21.28%2021: 21.93%2022: 21.74%2023: 21.48%2024: 21.62%
Change over the period: +0.63 pp Annual average: 0.01 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G20

G20 21.62%
World 23.9%
Government revenue — G20, by year G20 All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 21.62 +0.15 pp
2023 21.48 −0.27 pp
2022 21.74 −0.19 pp
2021 21.93 +0.65 pp
2020 21.28 −0.63 pp
2019 21.91 +0.02 pp
2018 21.89 −0.28 pp
2017 22.17 +0.2 pp
2016 21.97 −0.3 pp
2015 22.27 −0.58 pp
2014 22.84 +0.54 pp
2013 22.31 +0.47 pp
2012 21.84 −0.14 pp
2011 21.97 −0.08 pp
2010 22.05 +0.69 pp
2009 21.36 −1.86 pp
2008 23.22 −0.92 pp
2007 24.14 +0.87 pp
2006 23.28 +0.26 pp
2005 23.02 −0.52 pp
2004 23.54 +0.21 pp
2003 23.34 +0.11 pp
2002 23.23 −1.05 pp
2001 24.29 −0.27 pp
2000 24.56 −0.07 pp
1999 24.63 +0.07 pp
1998 24.56 −0.02 pp
1997 24.58 −0.07 pp
1996 24.65 +0.12 pp
1995 24.53 +2.06 pp
1994 22.47 +0.96 pp
1993 21.52 −0.48 pp
1992 22 −0.4 pp
1991 22.4 +0.11 pp
1990 22.29 −1.19 pp
1989 23.47 −0.04 pp
1988 23.51 −0.27 pp
1987 23.78 +0.76 pp
1986 23.02 +0.71 pp
1985 22.31 +0.26 pp
1984 22.06 −0.59 pp
1983 22.65
1981 23.6 −0.11 pp
1980 23.71 +1.09 pp
1979 22.62 +0.75 pp
1978 21.87 +0.19 pp
1977 21.68 +0.71 pp
1976 20.97 −0.22 pp
1975 21.2 +0.2 pp
1974 20.99

About the indicator

Central government revenue excluding grants, as a percent of GDP. Beyond taxes it includes non-tax receipts: dividends of state-owned companies, revenue from the sale of extraction rights, duties and fees. That is why the difference between this indicator and tax revenue says something about the structure of a state: in commodity countries it is large, because a substantial part of the budget comes not from taxes but from rent.

Important: Grants are excluded deliberately: in the poorest countries foreign aid can make up a substantial part of the budget, and with it included the indicator would no longer measure the ability of a state to raise revenue.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.