South Africa
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.
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Analytical takeaways
- South Africa records 25.88% for Tax revenue (% of GDP) in 2024, ranking #10 globally out of 89 countries.
- Tax revenue (% of GDP) increased from 15.03% in 1972 to 25.88% in 2024, a gain of 10.85%.
- The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.
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