El Salvador vs Timor-Leste: Tax revenue

El Salvador
21.8%
in 2024
Timor-Leste
21.6%
in 2022
El Salvador rank
40th
Timor-Leste rank
41st

Tax revenue over time

  • El Salvador
  • Timor-Leste
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 21.8% against 21.6% in Timor-Leste, a difference of 0.2%.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 13 shared years of data; in 2010 it was Timor-Leste ahead.

El Salvador ranks 40th and Timor-Leste ranks 41st of 157 countries.

Across the 2 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 1 and Timor-Leste in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Timor-Leste Difference Ahead
2010s 16.9% 66.9% 50.0% Timor-Leste
2020s 19.7% 16.5% 3.3% El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher tax revenue, El Salvador or Timor-Leste?
El Salvador, at 21.8% against 21.6% in Timor-Leste as of 2024.
What is the difference in tax revenue between El Salvador and Timor-Leste?
0.2%, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Timor-Leste?
13 years are reported by both, from 2010 to 2022.
How do El Salvador and Timor-Leste rank globally for tax revenue?
El Salvador ranks 40th and Timor-Leste ranks 41st 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

Indicator
Tax revenue (% of GDP)
Unit
% of GDP
Source
Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
192 places, 5,672 data points, 1972–2024
Last refreshed

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.