Revenue, General government, Percent of GDP (9/26/2025) by country
The World Economic Outlook (WEO) database is created during the biannual WEO exercise, which begins in January and June of each year and results in the April and September/October WEO publication. Selected series from the publication are available in a database format.
What the numbers show
Revenue, General government, Percent of GDP (9/26/2025) is currently reported for 26 countries. The highest value is 44.16 in Poland; the lowest is 9.36 in Iran, Islamic Republic of.
The median across all reporting countries is 23.87, and the mean is 27.15.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Nigeria (up 103.0%), and the largest decrease in Saudi Arabia (down 16.6%).
Revenue, General government, Percent of GDP: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poland | 44.16 | 2031 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 2 | Spain | 43.37 | 2031 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 3 | Estonia | 41.89 | 2031 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 4 | Latvia | 41.33 | 2031 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 5 | Montenegro | 40.8 | 2031 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 6 | Lithuania | 38.98 | 2031 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 7 | Australia | 36.08 | 2031 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 8 | Ecuador | 35.51 | 2025 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 9 | Japan | 35.4 | 2031 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 10 | Maldives | 31.16 | 2031 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 11 | Türkiye | 29.91 | 2031 | up 8.5% | falling |
| 12 | United Arab Emirates | 28.88 | 2031 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 13 | Honduras | 24.49 | 2031 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 14 | Republic of Korea | 23.24 | 2031 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 15 | India | 21.89 | 2031 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 16 | Saudi Arabia | 21.84 | 2031 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 17 | Thailand | 21.08 | 2031 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 18 | Hong Kong, China | 20.5 | 2031 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 19 | Brunei Darussalam | 20.08 | 2031 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 20 | Singapore | 19.57 | 2031 | up 18.8% | flat |
| 21 | Egypt | 17.2 | 2031 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 22 | Ghana | 17 | 2031 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 23 | Taiwan, China | 15.87 | 2031 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 24 | Dominican Republic | 15.82 | 2031 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 25 | Nigeria | 10.4 | 2031 | up 103.0% | falling |
| 26 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 9.36 | 2031 | down 9.5% | falling |
About this data
The World Economic Outlook (WEO) database is created during the biannual WEO exercise, which begins in January and June of each year and results in the April and September/October WEO publication. Selected series from the publication are available in a database format.