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Sweden: Government tax revenue (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1861–2025 · 165 observations · forecasts to 2027 · govtax_GDP

2025
41.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.3 pointsfrom 42.0%
Average, 2016–2025
43.5%10 years
Record high and low
50.8% (1990)low 1.86% (1923)

Government tax revenue (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202741.7Forecast
202641.4Forecast
202541.7
202442.0
202342.4
202243.4
202143.8
202043.2
201943.6
201844.8
201745.0
201644.8

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Sweden 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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