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Iraq: Government tax revenue (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 2013–2021 · 9 observations · govtax_GDP

2021
1.49%percent of GDP
Change on 2020
−0.8 pointsfrom 2.26%
Average, 2013–2021
1.74%9 years
Record high and low
3.03% (2017)low 0.815% (2014)

Government tax revenue (% of GDP)

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0.5%1%1.5%2%2.5%3%3.5%201320142015201620172018201920202021IraqIraq
Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20211.49
20202.26
20191.58
20182.28
20173.03
20162.07
20151.10
20140.815
20131.04

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Iraq 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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