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United States: Central government tax revenue (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1789–2025 · 235 observations · cgovtax_GDP

2025
10.6%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.2 pointsfrom 10.4%
Average, 2016–2025
10.4%10 years
Record high and low
19.4% (1945)low 0.464% (1843)

Central government tax revenue (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202510.6
202410.4
202310.4
202212.4
202110.4
202010.1
20199.66
20189.62
20179.91
201610.6

Sources

  • Mitchell1789–1992
  • Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis1947–2025
  • World Development Indicators1972–2024
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1989–2025

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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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