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South Africa: Government tax revenue (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1977–2025 · 49 observations · govtax_GDP

2025
26.6%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−1.0 pointsfrom 27.6%
Average, 2016–2025
26.6%10 years
Record high and low
27.6% (2024)low 18.3% (1981)

Government tax revenue (% of GDP)

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18%20%22%24%26%28%19801990200020102020South AfricaSouth Africa
Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202526.6
202427.6
202327.0
202227.5
202127.4
202024.9
201926.4
201826.4
201726.2
201626.2

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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