Nauru vs East Timor: Tax revenue (% of GDP)
Nauru
21.4%
in 2024
East Timor
21.6%
in 2022
Nauru rank
43rd
East Timor rank
42nd
Tax revenue (% of GDP) over time
- Nauru
- East Timor
How they compare
East Timor currently reports 21.6% against 21.4% in Nauru, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 9 shared years of data; in 2014 it was East Timor ahead.
Nauru ranks 43rd and East Timor ranks 42nd of 157 countries.
Across the 2 decades both report, Nauru averaged higher in 1 and East Timor in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nauru | East Timor | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 24.6% | 30.4% | 5.8% | East Timor |
| 2020s | 42.2% | 16.5% | 25.7% | Nauru |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tax revenue, Nauru or East Timor?
- East Timor, at 21.6% against 21.4% in Nauru as of 2022.
- What is the difference in tax revenue between Nauru and East Timor?
- 0.2%, with East Timor ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nauru and East Timor?
- 9 years are reported by both, from 2014 to 2022.
- How do Nauru and East Timor rank globally for tax revenue?
- Nauru ranks 43rd and East Timor ranks 42nd 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.