Taxes on goods and services (% value added of industry and services) by country
General taxes on goods and services are taxes levied on the production, leasing, delivery, sale, purchase or other change of ownership of a wide range of goods and the provision of a wide range of services. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of value added in industry and services which is the...
Countries reporting
154
Highest
25.1%
Macao
Lowest
0.1%
Iraq
Median
10.0%
Years covered
53
1972–2024
Data points
4,032
What the numbers show
Taxes on goods and services (% value added of industry and services) is currently reported for 154 countries. The highest value is 25.1% in Macao; the lowest is 0.1% in Iraq.
The median across all reporting countries is 10.0%, and the mean is 10.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 180.
Over the past decade 74 countries rose and 78 fell. The largest increase was in Bahrain (up 1,630.2%), and the largest decrease in Iran (down 77.4%).
Taxes on goods and services: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Macao | 25.1% | 2024 | down 25.4% | rising |
| 2 | Croatia | 22.1% | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 3 | Lesotho | 22.1% | 2024 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 4 | Tonga | 21.6% | 2023 | up 36.6% | rising |
| 5 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 20.6% | 2024 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 6 | Serbia | 20.1% | 2022 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 7 | Samoa | 19.9% | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 8 | Greece | 19.0% | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 9 | Vanuatu | 18.8% | 2023 | up 8.0% | flat |
| 10 | Albania | 18.3% | 2024 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 11 | Bolivia | 18.1% | 2007 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 12 | Hungary | 17.6% | 2024 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 13 | Fiji | 17.6% | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 14 | Moldova | 17.4% | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 15 | Lebanon | 17.0% | 2024 | up 124.6% | falling |
| 16 | Bulgaria | 16.8% | 2024 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 17 | Latvia | 16.7% | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 18 | Kyrgyzstan | 16.1% | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 19 | Mauritius | 16.1% | 2024 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 20 | Jamaica | 16.0% | 2020 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 21 | Estonia | 16.0% | 2024 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 22 | Ukraine | 15.8% | 2024 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 23 | Finland | 15.8% | 2024 | down 9.8% | flat |
| 24 | Georgia | 15.8% | 2024 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 25 | Belize | 15.3% | 2017 | up 78.1% | rising |
| 26 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 14.9% | 2017 | up 26.0% | volatile |
| 27 | North Macedonia | 14.9% | 2024 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 28 | Seychelles | 14.8% | 2008 | up 371.7% | volatile |
| 29 | Slovenia | 14.6% | 2024 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 30 | Poland | 14.4% | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 31 | Senegal | 14.1% | 2023 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 32 | Portugal | 14.1% | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 33 | Morocco | 14.0% | 2023 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 34 | Solomon Islands | 14.0% | 2024 | up 39.2% | rising |
| 35 | Armenia | 13.9% | 2024 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 36 | Nicaragua | 13.8% | 2024 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 37 | Maldives | 13.7% | 2021 | up 185.8% | volatile |
| 38 | Denmark | 13.7% | 2024 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 39 | El Salvador | 13.7% | 2024 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 40 | Cyprus | 13.6% | 2024 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 41 | Burkina Faso | 13.5% | 2024 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 42 | Burundi | 13.4% | 2021 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 43 | Turkey | 13.4% | 2024 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 44 | Kiribati | 13.4% | 2023 | up 1,452.6% | volatile |
| 45 | Mozambique | 13.3% | 2024 | down 13.0% | flat |
| 46 | Barbados | 13.1% | 2016 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 47 | Bahamas | 13.1% | 2024 | up 112.5% | volatile |
| 48 | Iceland | 13.0% | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 49 | Sweden | 13.0% | 2024 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 50 | Lithuania | 12.9% | 2024 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 51 | Austria | 12.9% | 2024 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 52 | Slovakia | 12.5% | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 53 | Luxembourg | 12.4% | 2024 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 54 | Jordan | 12.1% | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 55 | United Kingdom | 12.1% | 2024 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 56 | Romania | 12.0% | 2024 | down 16.3% | rising |
| 57 | Chile | 11.9% | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 58 | Netherlands | 11.8% | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 59 | Honduras | 11.7% | 2020 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 60 | Israel | 11.7% | 2024 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 61 | Czechia | 11.7% | 2024 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 62 | Tajikistan | 11.6% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 63 | Cape Verde | 11.2% | 2020 | up 12.0% | flat |
| 64 | Italy | 11.1% | 2024 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 65 | Togo | 11.0% | 2023 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 66 | Belarus | 10.8% | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 67 | South Africa | 10.8% | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 68 | Namibia | 10.8% | 2024 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 69 | Tunisia | 10.7% | 2012 | down 13.8% | flat |
| 70 | Laos | 10.7% | 2022 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 71 | Mongolia | 10.7% | 2024 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 72 | Norway | 10.6% | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 73 | Uruguay | 10.6% | 2024 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 74 | Malta | 10.2% | 2024 | down 30.8% | volatile |
| 75 | Azerbaijan | 10.2% | 2024 | up 27.5% | flat |
| 76 | Malawi | 10.1% | 2024 | up 43.4% | rising |
| 77 | Belgium | 10.1% | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 78 | New Zealand | 9.9% | 2023 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 79 | Nepal | 9.6% | 2023 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 80 | Tanzania | 9.5% | 2024 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 81 | Dominican Republic | 9.5% | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 82 | Uganda | 9.4% | 2024 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 83 | Thailand | 9.3% | 2024 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 84 | Peru | 9.1% | 2021 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 85 | Russia | 9.0% | 2024 | up 28.3% | falling |
| 86 | France | 9.0% | 2024 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 87 | Spain | 9.0% | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 88 | Colombia | 8.8% | 2024 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 89 | Mali | 8.7% | 2020 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 90 | San Marino | 8.7% | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 91 | Kenya | 8.7% | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 92 | Zambia | 8.7% | 2024 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 93 | Paraguay | 8.5% | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 94 | Saint Lucia | 8.4% | 2017 | up 115.9% | rising |
| 95 | Uzbekistan | 8.4% | 2023 | down 11.7% | flat |
| 96 | Rwanda | 8.3% | 2023 | down 18.7% | rising |
| 97 | Costa Rica | 8.3% | 2024 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 98 | Madagascar | 8.2% | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 99 | Cambodia | 8.1% | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 100 | Cameroon | 8.1% | 2021 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 101 | Guatemala | 7.9% | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 102 | Sudan | 7.9% | 2016 | up 11.6% | volatile |
| 103 | Palau | 7.8% | 2020 | down 16.4% | rising |
| 104 | Eswatini | 7.6% | 2021 | up 613.6% | volatile |
| 105 | Andorra | 7.5% | 2024 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 106 | Ecuador | 7.4% | 2022 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 107 | Marshall Islands | 7.2% | 2020 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 108 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 7.1% | 2020 | up 59.7% | volatile |
| 109 | Argentina | 6.9% | 2024 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 110 | Mexico | 6.9% | 2024 | up 40.7% | falling |
| 111 | Ghana | 6.9% | 2023 | up 32.2% | falling |
| 112 | Brazil | 6.7% | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 113 | Saudi Arabia | 6.7% | 2024 | up 518.6% | volatile |
| 114 | Germany | 6.7% | 2024 | down 20.7% | flat |
| 115 | Bhutan | 6.6% | 2020 | up 29.9% | flat |
| 116 | Cote d'Ivoire | 6.5% | 2023 | up 43.4% | rising |
| 117 | Egypt | 6.4% | 2015 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 118 | Ireland | 6.2% | 2024 | down 42.7% | falling |
| 119 | Guinea-Bissau | 6.1% | 2024 | down 12.4% | flat |
| 120 | Afghanistan | 6.1% | 2017 | up 194.4% | rising |
| 121 | Sri Lanka | 6.0% | 2023 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 122 | Papua New Guinea | 5.7% | 2024 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 123 | Kazakhstan | 5.7% | 2023 | up 28.3% | falling |
| 124 | Indonesia | 5.4% | 2009 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 125 | Niger | 5.4% | 1980 | — | rising |
| 126 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5.3% | 2019 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 127 | Switzerland | 5.2% | 2024 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 128 | Australia | 5.2% | 2022 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 129 | South Korea | 4.9% | 2024 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 130 | Bangladesh | 4.9% | 2021 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 131 | Philippines | 4.6% | 2024 | up 11.6% | falling |
| 132 | Myanmar | 4.5% | 2019 | up 42.7% | rising |
| 133 | China | 4.5% | 2024 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 134 | Botswana | 4.4% | 2023 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 135 | India | 4.2% | 2022 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 136 | Malaysia | 4.2% | 2024 | up 26.7% | falling |
| 137 | Singapore | 4.0% | 2024 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 138 | Zimbabwe | 3.8% | 2018 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 139 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 3.7% | 2022 | down 33.9% | rising |
| 140 | Panama | 3.7% | 2024 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 141 | East Timor | 3.5% | 2022 | down 51.7% | falling |
| 142 | Congo | 3.3% | 2021 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 143 | Canada | 2.9% | 2022 | up 11.3% | falling |
| 144 | Ethiopia | 2.4% | 2024 | down 69.0% | falling |
| 145 | Gabon | 2.4% | 2021 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 146 | Benin | 2.3% | 1979 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 147 | Bahrain | 2.2% | 2020 | up 1,630.2% | volatile |
| 148 | Angola | 2.2% | 2024 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 149 | Micronesia (country) | 1.7% | 2020 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 150 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.1% | 2022 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 151 | Iran | 0.9% | 2009 | down 77.4% | falling |
| 152 | United Arab Emirates | 0.7% | 2024 | up 97.9% | volatile |
| 153 | United States | 0.4% | 2021 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 154 | Iraq | 0.1% | 2019 | up 33.6% | volatile |
About this data
General taxes on goods and services are taxes levied on the production, leasing, delivery, sale, purchase or other change of ownership of a wide range of goods and the provision of a wide range of services. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of value added in industry and services which is the contribution to the economy by industries in ISIC (Rev. 3) divisions 05-43 and 50-99.