Value-added tax (VAT), Ratio of this level of government's revenue from this item to total general government revenue from this item, Percent (Central government) by country

The Fiscal Decentralization dataset includes fiscal decentralization indicators for a sample of IMF member countries. The following indicators are included in the dataset: Revenue and Expenditure Decentralization Shares; Transfer dependency and Vertical Fiscal Imbalances; Deficit and Debt; Allocation of...

Countries reporting
70
Highest
1
North Macedonia
Lowest
0.0965
Brazil
Median
1
Years covered
31
1990–2020
Data points
1,355

What the numbers show

Value-added tax (VAT), Ratio of this level of government's revenue from this item to total general government revenue from this item, Percent (Central government) is currently reported for 70 countries. The highest value is 1 in North Macedonia; the lowest is 0.0965 in Brazil.

The median across all reporting countries is 1, and the mean is 0.9471.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 10.

Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 52.7%), and the largest decrease in China (down 35.6%).

Value-added tax (VAT), Ratio of this level of government's revenue: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 North Macedonia 1 2020 up 0.0% flat
2 Guatemala 1 2020 down 0.0% flat
3 Netherlands 1 2020 unchanged flat
3 Israel 1 2020 unchanged flat
3 Italy 1 2020 unchanged flat
3 Kazakhstan 1 2020 unchanged flat
3 Kenya 1 2020 unchanged flat
3 Kyrgyzstan 1 2019 unchanged flat
3 Kiribati 1 2020 unchanged flat
3 Lithuania 1 2020 unchanged flat
3 Luxembourg 1 2020 unchanged flat
3 Latvia 1 2020 unchanged flat
3 Mexico 1 2020 unchanged flat
3 Malta 1 2020 unchanged flat
3 Mongolia 1 2020 unchanged rising
3 Mauritius 1 2020 unchanged flat
3 Armenia 1 2020 down 0.4% flat
3 Norway 1 2020 unchanged flat
3 Peru 1 2020 unchanged flat
3 Poland 1 2020 unchanged flat
3 Paraguay 1 2020 unchanged flat
3 Romania 1 2020 unchanged flat
3 Rwanda 1 2020 unchanged flat
3 El Salvador 1 2020 unchanged flat
3 Serbia 1 2020 unchanged flat
3 Slovakia 1 2020 unchanged flat
3 Slovenia 1 2020 unchanged flat
3 Sweden 1 2020 unchanged flat
3 Turkey 1 2020 unchanged flat
3 Uganda 1 2020 unchanged flat
3 Ukraine 1 2020 unchanged flat
3 South Africa 1 2020 unchanged flat
3 Cyprus 1 2020 unchanged flat
3 Albania 1 2020 unchanged flat
3 Australia 1 2020 unchanged flat
3 Austria 1 2020 unchanged flat
3 Belgium 1 2020 unchanged flat
3 Bulgaria 1 2020 unchanged flat
3 Switzerland 1 2020 unchanged flat
3 Chile 1 2020 unchanged flat
3 Cape Verde 1 2016 unchanged flat
3 Iceland 1 2020 unchanged flat
3 Denmark 1 2020 unchanged flat
3 Estonia 1 2020 unchanged flat
3 Finland 1 2020 unchanged flat
3 Ireland 1 2020 unchanged flat
3 Indonesia 1 2020 unchanged flat
3 United Kingdom 1 2020 unchanged flat
3 Hungary 1 2020 unchanged flat
3 Croatia 1 2020 unchanged flat
3 Georgia 1 2020 unchanged flat
3 Honduras 1 2015 unchanged flat
3 Greece 1 2020 unchanged flat
54 Russia 1 2020 up 0.0% flat
55 Moldova 0.9958 2020 up 0.0% rising
56 Colombia 0.9936 2020 up 0.6% flat
57 Azerbaijan 0.9934 2019 up 1.4% flat
58 Uzbekistan 0.9594 2020 up 52.7% rising
59 Portugal 0.9055 2020 down 1.6% flat
60 Thailand 0.8975 2020 up 0.6% flat
61 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.8967 2020 down 0.2% flat
62 Spain 0.892 2020 up 0.7% flat
63 South Korea 0.8109 2020 down 14.8% falling
64 Japan 0.7945 2020 up 0.4% falling
65 Belarus 0.7575 2020 up 4.3% rising
66 France 0.694 2020 down 25.8% falling
67 Czechia 0.675 2020 down 3.1% falling
68 China 0.5019 2020 down 35.6% falling
69 Germany 0.4308 2020 down 19.2% falling
70 Brazil 0.0965 2020 down 20.9% falling

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Indicator
Value-added tax (VAT), Ratio of this level of government's revenue from this item to total general government revenue from this item, Percent (Central government)
Source
International Monetary Fund
Licence
IMF Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
70 places, 1,355 data points, 1990–2020
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The Fiscal Decentralization dataset includes fiscal decentralization indicators for a sample of IMF member countries. The following indicators are included in the dataset: Revenue and Expenditure Decentralization Shares; Transfer dependency and Vertical Fiscal Imbalances; Deficit and Debt; Allocation of expenditure (economic classification); Allocation of expenditure (functional classification); Allocation of non-Tax Revenues; and Allocation of Taxes.