Total Tax Revenue (% of GDP): South Africa

The latest reading SOTW holds for South Africa is 26.52% of GDP for 2023, from OECD.

Source series · Government Finance · Annual · % of GDP · OECD.TAX.TOTAL.PCT.A · ZAF

OECD publishes this with roughly a four-year lag; their SDMX API max TIME_PERIOD was 2022 when checked 2026-08-03, so our store is current with source.

Latest
26.52
% of GDP · 2023
Previous
27.22
% of GDP · 2022
Earliest held
23.11
% of GDP · 2010
Readings shown
14
Every reading SOTW holds

South Africa · history

% of GDP · Annual

Source: OECD. Viewer read 2026-11-15T08:51:54.581Z (UTC); publisher acquisition and release times are not supplied here. Original units; no interpolation, rebasing or conversion. Missing periods and stored U/B flags interrupt the line. Daily gaps can include non-business days.

Readings, newest first

Total Tax Revenue (% of GDP): South Africa: 14 readings, newest first. Source: OECD.
PeriodValue (% of GDP)
202326.52
202227.22
202126.53
202025.03
201926.01
201826.45
201726.02
201626.00
201526.40
201425.41
201324.75
201224.40
201123.97
201023.11

Source: OECD. All 14 readings held, 2010 to 2023. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.

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Source: OECD. Total Tax Revenue (% of GDP). https://www.oecd.org/en/data/indicators/tax-revenue.html. Reuse follows OECD Data Terms (section 3), including attribution and any dataset-specific or third-party restrictions. Retain OECD acknowledgement in further redistribution. https://www.oecd.org/en/about/terms-conditions.html

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