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Tax revenue (% of GDP)

Bangladesh · 2001–2021 · Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Latest (2021)7.64% of GDP
Earliest (2001)6.61
Change since 2001+1.03
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), via World Bank WDI (GC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS)
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What you should know

Taxes are compulsory, unrequited payments, in cash or in kind, made by institutional units to government units. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.

Source
Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), via World Bank WDI (GC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS)
Data updated
October 22, 2026 · refreshed monthly
Date range
2001–2021 (21 data points)
Unit
% of GDP
World Bank code
GC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS
Licence
CC BY 4.0

How to cite this data

Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), via World Bank WDI (GC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS). Processed by DEEPLAB, https://de3plab.org/data-tax-revenue (data updated October 22, 2026).

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Year% of GDP
20217.64
20207
20197.64
20187.73
20177
20167.32
20158.5
20148.64
20138.96
20129.02
20118.69
20107.83
20097.5
20087.66
20076.92
20067.04
20057.14
20047.05
20036.97
20026.69
20016.61