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South Korea: General government tax revenue (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 2007–2024 · 18 observations · gen_govtax_GDP

2024
17.9%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−1.5 pointsfrom 19.4%
Average, 2015–2024
19.0%10 years
Record high and low
22.4% (2022)low 16.5% (2010)

General government tax revenue (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202417.9
202319.4
202222.4
202120.9
202019.1
201918.9
201819.0
201718.0
201617.5
201516.7

Sources

  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2007–2024
  • Asian Development Bank (archive)2012–2023
  • Asian Development Bank2012–2024

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South Korea 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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