Denmark vs Lesotho: Tax revenue
Denmark
33.4%
in 2024
Lesotho
35.4%
in 2024
Denmark rank
3rd
Lesotho rank
1st
Tax revenue over time
- Denmark
- Lesotho
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 35.4% against 33.4% in Denmark, a difference of 2.0%.
That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.1 times Denmark's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1982 it was Lesotho ahead.
Denmark ranks 3rd and Lesotho ranks 1st of 157 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Denmark averaged higher in 3 and Lesotho in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Denmark | Lesotho | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 30.5% | 33.3% | 2.8% | Lesotho |
| 1990s | 31.2% | 27.8% | 3.4% | Denmark |
| 2000s | 32.0% | 30.9% | 1.1% | Denmark |
| 2010s | 33.8% | 33.1% | 0.7% | Denmark |
| 2020s | 33.1% | 34.7% | 1.6% | Lesotho |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tax revenue, Denmark or Lesotho?
- Lesotho, at 35.4% against 33.4% in Denmark as of 2024.
- What is the difference in tax revenue between Denmark and Lesotho?
- 2.0%, with Lesotho ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Lesotho?
- 42 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2024.
- How do Denmark and Lesotho rank globally for tax revenue?
- Denmark ranks 3rd and Lesotho ranks 1st 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.