Belgium vs Upper middle income: Tax revenue
Tax revenue over time
- Belgium
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Belgium currently reports 23.0% against 10.4% in Upper middle income, a difference of 12.6%.
That makes Belgium's figure about 2.2 times Upper middle income's.
Across all 20 years both countries report, Belgium has been ahead every year.
Belgium ranks 30th and Upper middle income ranks 30th of 157 countries.
Belgium has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 24.9% | 10.7% | 14.2% | Belgium |
| 2010s | 24.4% | 11.5% | 12.9% | Belgium |
| 2020s | 22.6% | 10.5% | 12.0% | Belgium |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tax revenue, Belgium or Upper middle income?
- Belgium, at 23.0% against 10.4% in Upper middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in tax revenue between Belgium and Upper middle income?
- 12.6%, with Belgium ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Upper middle income?
- 20 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2024.
- How do Belgium and Upper middle income rank globally for tax revenue?
- Belgium ranks 30th and Upper middle income ranks 30th of 157 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Tax revenue (% of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Taxes are compulsory, unrequited payments, in cash or in kind, made by institutional units to government units. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.