Egypt vs Malaysia: Tax revenue
Egypt
12.5%
in 2015
Malaysia
12.4%
in 2024
Egypt rank
111th
Malaysia rank
112th
Tax revenue over time
- Egypt
- Malaysia
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 12.5% against 12.4% in Malaysia, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 16 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Malaysia ahead.
Egypt ranks 111th and Malaysia ranks 112th of 157 countries.
Malaysia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Malaysia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 16.7% | 19.6% | 2.9% | Malaysia |
| 2000s | 14.6% | 15.2% | 0.6% | Malaysia |
| 2010s | 13.1% | 14.7% | 1.5% | Malaysia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tax revenue, Egypt or Malaysia?
- Egypt, at 12.5% against 12.4% in Malaysia as of 2015.
- What is the difference in tax revenue between Egypt and Malaysia?
- 0.1%, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Malaysia?
- 16 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2015.
- How do Egypt and Malaysia rank globally for tax revenue?
- Egypt ranks 111th and Malaysia ranks 112th 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.