United States (2024)
10.8
% of GDP
+0.2pp YoY
YoY Change
+0.2pp
percentage points
Trend
up
Series length
50
years of data

Data

United States Tax Revenue (% of GDP) (2024) — source data. World Bank.
Year % of GDP YoY Change
2024 10.8 +0.2pp
2023 10.6 -2pp
2022 12.6 +1.2pp
2021 11.4 +1.3pp
2020 10.1 +0.2pp
2019 9.9 unchanged
2018 9.9 -1.6pp
2017 11.5 +0.6pp
2016 10.9 -0.3pp
2015 11.2 +0.3pp
2014 10.9 +0.4pp
2013 10.5 +0.7pp
2012 9.8 +0.3pp
2011 9.5 +0.9pp
2010 8.6 +0.7pp
2009 7.9 -2.4pp
2008 10.3 -1pp
2007 11.3 unchanged
2006 11.3 +0.6pp
2005 10.7 +1.1pp

About this Dataset

United States recorded 10.8 % of GDP in 2024. The latest change was +0.2pp. Across 1975–2024 the series ranges from 7.9 in 2009 to 13 in 2000.

This page tracks total government tax revenue as a share of GDP in United States 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 United States 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 1975–2024 (50 observations).

The series peaked at 13 % of GDP in 2000 and reached its lowest recorded value of 7.9 in 2009. The latest reading of 10.8 in 2024 represents a change of +0.2pp.