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Iceland: General government revenue (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1901–2025 · 125 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govrev_GDP

2025
42.6%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.3 pointsfrom 42.9%
Average, 2016–2025
44.3%10 years
Record high and low
58.5% (2016)low 2.29% (1918)

General government revenue (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203143.3Forecast
203043.3Forecast
202943.3Forecast
202843.2Forecast
202743.3Forecast
202643.3Forecast
202542.6
202442.9
202343.1
202242.3
202140.7
202041.6
201941.6
201844.4
201745.1
201658.5

Sources

  • Statistics Iceland1901–1990
  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1909–2023
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1972–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2024
  • OECD Economic Outlook1980–2025
  • Eurostat1998–2025
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027

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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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