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Canada: Government tax revenue (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1867–2025 · 107 observations · govtax_GDP

2025
29.2%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.3 pointsfrom 29.6%
Average, 2016–2025
29.3%10 years
Record high and low
31.2% (1999)low 2.67% (1867)

Government tax revenue (% of GDP)

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0%5%10%15%20%25%30%35%18801900192019401960198020002020CanadaCanada, 1880: 3.69%Canada, 1890: 3.55%Canada, 1900: 3.56%Canada, 1910: 4.03%Canada, 1920: 5.70%Canada
Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202529.2
202429.6
202329.6
202229.4
202130.2
202029.8
201928.6
201829.0
201728.6
201628.5

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Canada documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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