Korea, Rep.
Tax revenue (% of GDP)

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.

Global rank#67out of 89 countries
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Historical trend

17.215.513.712.010.3197219982024Korea, Rep. · 2024: 13.29%Korea, Rep.

Analytical takeaways

  • Korea, Rep. records 13.29% for Tax revenue (% of GDP) in 2024, ranking #67 globally out of 89 countries.
  • Tax revenue (% of GDP) increased from 11.02% in 1972 to 13.29% in 2024, a gain of 2.27%.
  • The country sits in the bottom quartile of the global distribution for this metric, which also makes the page relevant for low-value and lagging-performance searches.

Comparison

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