Kuwait — Combined government tax revenue (% of GDP)

% of GDP · Annual · 1970–2023 · 41 observations

About this series

Combined government tax revenue records compulsory, unrequited payments received by government within the source series' coverage. It is a component of revenue, not total revenue. WED's combined-government scope requires source metadata. This series expresses that measure as a percentage of GDP for the matching period.

In Kuwait, the combined government tax revenue reading was 1.18% of GDP in 2023, compared with 0.84% of GDP in 2022. The period change was +0.33 percentage points. The latest reading was below the selected 10-year average of 1.23% of GDP.

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Latest observations

2012–2023

PeriodValue
20231.18 % of GDP
20220.84 % of GDP
20211.08 % of GDP
20201.59 % of GDP
20181.24 % of GDP
5 earlier values, back to 2012
20171.57 % of GDP
20151.41 % of GDP
20140.91 % of GDP
20130.79 % of GDP
20120.82 % of GDP
Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.