Saudi Arabia (2024)
8.1
% of GDP
+0.3pp YoY
YoY Change
+0.3pp
percentage points
Trend
up
Series length
15
years of data

Data

Saudi Arabia Tax Revenue (% of GDP) (2024) — source data. World Bank.
Year % of GDP YoY Change
2024 8.1 +0.3pp
2023 7.8 +0.8pp
2022 7 -1.6pp
2021 8.6 +0.7pp
2020 7.9 +1.3pp
2019 6.6 -1.3pp
2018 7.9 +4.8pp
2017 3.1 -0.1pp
2016 3.2 +0.1pp
2015 3.1 +0.4pp
2014 2.7 unchanged
2013 2.7 +0.2pp
2012 2.5 +0.2pp
2011 2.3 -0.2pp
2010 2.5 n/a

About this Dataset

Saudi Arabia recorded 8.1 % of GDP in 2024. The latest change was +0.3pp. Across 2010–2024 the series ranges from 2.3 in 2011 to 8.6 in 2021.

This page tracks total government tax revenue as a share of GDP in Saudi Arabia from 1990 to present. Tax take shapes fiscal capacity, public services quality, and business cost environment.

Data sourced from World Bank via Open Data API. Values use World Bank standardised methodology intended for cross-country comparison.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page tracks total government tax revenue as a share of GDP in Saudi Arabia from 1990 to present. Tax take shapes fiscal capacity, public services quality, and business cost environment. It is published by World Bank and updated annually.

The most recent observation covers 2024. World Bank typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 2010–2024 (15 observations).

The series peaked at 8.6 % of GDP in 2021 and reached its lowest recorded value of 2.3 in 2011. The latest reading of 8.1 in 2024 represents a change of +0.3pp.