Tax revenue in Portugal
Portugal: Tax revenue was 22.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tax revenue in Portugal, 1973–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Portugal recorded 22.3% for tax revenue in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.4% on the previous year and down 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenue in Portugal peaked at 23.2% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 11.5%, in 1973.
That places Portugal 36th out of 157 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 52 years of available data.
Tax revenue in Portugal, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 11.5% | — |
| 1974 | 11.8% | +2.6% |
| 1975 | 12.3% | +4.5% |
| 1976 | 13.8% | +12.4% |
| 1977 | 14.1% | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 13.5% | -4.6% |
| 1979 | 13.8% | +2.3% |
| 1980 | 15.2% | +10.3% |
| 1981 | 16.1% | +6.0% |
| 1982 | 16.6% | +3.1% |
| 1983 | 18.3% | +10.5% |
| 1984 | 18.0% | -1.8% |
| 1985 | 17.6% | -2.2% |
| 1986 | 17.6% | -0.4% |
| 1987 | 15.6% | -11.3% |
| 1988 | 17.0% | +9.1% |
| 1989 | 17.7% | +4.4% |
| 1990 | 17.7% | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 18.3% | +3.5% |
| 1992 | 20.0% | +9.5% |
| 1993 | 18.6% | -7.2% |
| 1994 | 19.4% | +4.1% |
| 1995 | 19.7% | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 20.5% | +4.2% |
| 1997 | 20.3% | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 20.4% | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 20.9% | +2.8% |
| 2000 | 20.9% | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 20.5% | -1.7% |
| 2002 | 20.8% | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 19.9% | -4.5% |
| 2004 | 20.0% | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 20.6% | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 21.1% | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 21.4% | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 21.1% | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 19.1% | -9.4% |
| 2010 | 19.9% | +4.1% |
| 2011 | 21.4% | +7.5% |
| 2012 | 21.0% | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 22.9% | +8.9% |
| 2014 | 22.9% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 23.1% | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 22.6% | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 22.6% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 22.8% | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 22.4% | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 22.3% | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 22.3% | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 23.2% | +4.0% |
| 2023 | 22.7% | -2.1% |
| 2024 | 22.3% | -1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 13.0% | 11.5% | 14.1% | 7 |
| 1980s | 17.0% | 15.2% | 18.3% | 10 |
| 1990s | 19.6% | 17.7% | 20.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 20.5% | 19.1% | 21.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 22.2% | 19.9% | 23.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.5% | 22.3% | 23.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
More public sector data for Portugal
- Arms imports 61.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 5.7 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -8.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 61.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 434.01 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0148 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 9.57 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 4.64 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 731.4 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenue in Portugal?
- Tax revenue in Portugal was 22.3% in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest tax revenue recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 23.2% in 2022.
- What is the lowest tax revenue recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.5% in 1973.
- How does Portugal rank for tax revenue?
- Portugal ranks 36th out of 157 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tax revenue rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Portugal data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Tax revenue (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.