Bhutan vs Egypt: Tax revenue
Bhutan
12.3%
in 2020
Egypt
12.5%
in 2015
Bhutan rank
114th
Egypt rank
111th
Tax revenue over time
- Bhutan
- Egypt
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 12.5% against 12.3% in Bhutan, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1982 it was Egypt ahead.
Bhutan ranks 114th and Egypt ranks 111th of 157 countries.
Egypt has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bhutan | Egypt | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 6.5% | 17.6% | 11.1% | Egypt |
| 1990s | 6.2% | 16.9% | 10.8% | Egypt |
| 2000s | 8.2% | 14.6% | 6.4% | Egypt |
| 2010s | 12.7% | 13.1% | 0.4% | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tax revenue, Bhutan or Egypt?
- Egypt, at 12.5% against 12.3% in Bhutan as of 2015.
- What is the difference in tax revenue between Bhutan and Egypt?
- 0.2%, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Egypt?
- 29 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2015.
- How do Bhutan and Egypt rank globally for tax revenue?
- Bhutan ranks 114th and Egypt ranks 111th 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.