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New Zealand
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#4out of 89 countries
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Historical trend

33.231.128.926.724.5197219982024New Zealand · 2024: 29.52%New Zealand

Analytical takeaways

  • New Zealand records 29.52% for Tax revenue (% of GDP) in 2024, ranking #4 globally out of 89 countries.
  • Tax revenue (% of GDP) increased from 24.47% in 1972 to 29.52% in 2024, a gain of 5.05%.
  • The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.

Comparison

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