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Tax Revenue / South Africa
Public Finance

South Africa Tax Revenue

Current and historical tax revenue data for South Africa, including latest value (25.4), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: South Africa
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T19:10:41+02:00
Economy Data Rating
South Africa · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BB
62 / 100
Moderate risk
Fiscal stability 15.6 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 11.2 / 20
External stability 14 / 15
Financial robustness 6.3 / 15
Structural stability 0 / 10
Future capacity 6.5 / 10
Demographic capacity 4.6 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 93% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 1972–2023 1972– 2023
1972 2023
Selected year: 2023 · Value: n/a 2023

South Africa · tax revenue as a percentage of gdp.

1972–2023
25.4 percent of GDP
26.02 percent of GDP
24.95 percent of GDP
10 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1972 1982 1992 2002 2012 2022 2023
tax revenue rate reference line

Countries by tax revenue

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Denmark 33.36 high
New Zealand 29.67 high
Luxembourg 28.64 high
Greece 27.38 high
Sweden 27.28 high
United Kingdom 26.96 medium
Austria 25.78 medium
Italy 25.63 medium

Interpretation

short note

This public finance indicator helps assess fiscal capacity, budget pressure and the role of government.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
Egypt 12.52
Morocco 20.74
Kenya 14.06
United States 10.97
China 7.01

Related indicators

internal links
Government Revenue GC.REV.XGRT.GD.ZS
Government Expense GC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS
Government Debt GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS
Fiscal Balance GC.BAL.CASH.GD.ZS
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG

Source layer

planned

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: GC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T19:10:41+02:00

South Africa Snapshot

country profile
Population 64.01 m
GDP 401.14 bn
Debt/GDP 79.45%
Inflation 4.36%
Unemployment 32.39%
Currency n/a
Region Africa
Income group Upper middle income

South Africa Tax Revenue: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Tax Revenue for South Africa. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: south africa tax revenue rate, tax revenue data south africa, south africa tax revenue statistics, south africa percent of gdp.