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Kuwait: Government tax revenue (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1980–2015 · 34 observations · govtax_GDP

2015
1.38%percent of GDP
Change on 2014
+0.5 pointsfrom 0.89%
Average, 2006–2015
0.945%10 years
Record high and low
3.71% (1981)low 0.0858% (1992)

Government tax revenue (% of GDP)

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Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20151.38
20140.89
20130.777
20120.716
20110.80
20100.979
20090.971
20080.876
20071.09
20060.97

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Kuwait 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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