Year-over-year change: +12.5 pp, trend up
5-year change: -17.1 pp, trend down
Nauru
Government revenue (% of GDP): 144.7% of GDP
View MoreGovernment revenue as percentage of GDP
Global32.0%of GDP
19802031
2026
Rankings at a glance
Highest 10 · Government revenue as percentage of GDP (2026)
Nauru is projected to top the global rankings for government revenue as percentage of GDP, recording 144.73% of GDP in 2026, followed by Tuvalu (112.93% of GDP) and Kiribati (99.53% of GDP). Kuwait (76.45% of GDP) and the Marshall Islands (76.36% of GDP) complete the top 5. Libya (67.87% of GDP) and Micronesia (62.37% of GDP) follow close behind. Norway (59.51% of GDP), Lesotho (56.82% of GDP), and Finland (53.86% of GDP) round out the top ten. The spread across the top ten is substantial: Nauru would have 2.7× the figure recorded by Finland (53.86% of GDP). Five of the top ten are in Oceania, with four from Micronesia. Among these countries, Kiribati is projected to see the largest year-over-year change at +25.8 pp.
Rank changes
How government revenue as percentage of GDP changed between 2025 and 2026
2025and2026
Historical trends
Key terms
- GDP
- — Gross Domestic Product, the total value of goods and services produced in a country annually.
- GDP PPP
- — GDP adjusted for purchasing power parity, reflecting what money actually buys in each country.
- GDP per capita
- — GDP divided by population, a measure of average economic output per person.
- Inflation rate
- — Annual percentage increase in the general price level of goods and services.
- Fiscal balance
- — Government revenue minus expenditure. Surplus if positive, deficit if negative.
- Current account
- — Net flow of goods, services, and transfers with the rest of the world.
Frequently asked questions
- Which country has the highest government revenue as percentage of GDP?
- Nauru is projected to have the highest government revenue as percentage of GDP at 144.7% of GDP in 2026, according to IMF World Economic Outlook.
- Which country has the lowest government revenue as percentage of GDP?
- Sudan is projected to have the lowest government revenue as percentage of GDP at 4.1% of GDP in 2026, according to IMF World Economic Outlook.
- What is the global government revenue as percentage of GDP?
- Weighted by the size of each economy, the global government revenue as percentage of GDP is projected to be 32.0% of GDP in 2026, according to IMF World Economic Outlook.
