World Map - Top Ten Countries by Highest Tax Revenue

Tax revenue is the income that the government of a country gains through taxation. Taxes are collected in various forms; sometimes as part of excise duty, custom tax, sales tax, and income tax. The revenue generated by the overall collection of taxes makes the tax revenue of a country.

The present world map shows the location of top ten countries by highest tax revenue of GDP across the world.

As shown in the map, Denmark is the country that collects the high tax revenue of 34.56% followed by Algeria and Malta.

Country Name	Tax revenue (% of GDP)
Denmark	34.56
Algeria	34.30
Malta	28.21
Seychelles	27.14
United Kingdom	25.97
Cyprus	25.77
Norway	25.57
South Africa	25.54
Luxembourg	24.08
Belgium	24.02

Source: World Bank (2009)