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South Africa: Central government tax revenue (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1990–2025 · 36 observations · cgovtax_GDP

2025
26.6%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+1.4 pointsfrom 25.2%
Average, 2016–2025
24.6%10 years
Record high and low
26.6% (2025)low 19.9% (1993)

Central government tax revenue (% of GDP)

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Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202526.6
202425.2
202324.7
202225.3
202125.2
202022.5
201924.1
201824.1
201724.0
201624.1

Sources

  • World Development Indicators1990–2024
  • South African Reserve Bank1990–2025
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1996–2024

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South Africa 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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