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Venezuela: Government tax revenue (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1950–1992 · 43 observations · govtax_GDP

1992
12.4%percent of GDP
Change on 1991
−4.6 pointsfrom 17.0%
Average, 1983–1992
15.4%10 years
Record high and low
35.7% (1974)low 8.53% (1961)

Government tax revenue (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
199212.4
199117.0
199015.1
198913.6
198813.5
198712.4
198613.6
198520.1
198417.9
198318.2

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Venezuela 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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