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Soviet Union: Government revenue (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1928–1955 · 13 observations · govrev_GDP

1955
53.5%percent of GDP
Record high and low
80.6% (1930)low 31.6% (1928)

Government revenue (% of GDP)

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30%40%50%60%70%80%90%193019351940194519501955Soviet UnionSoviet Union
Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
195553.5
195357.7
195249.9
195044.2
194040.8
193845.0
193441.4
193342.8
193251.0
193176.6

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Soviet Union 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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