Afghanistan Tax Revenue

Afghanistan tax revenue data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 9.9 percent of GDP.
COUNTRY: Afghanistan
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: live
UPDATED: 2026-08-24 05:08:17
Economy Data Rating
Afghanistan · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
B
50 / 100
Elevated risk
Fiscal stability 20.5 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 7.6 / 20
External stability 7 / 15
Financial robustness 4.5 / 15
Structural stability 0 / 10
Future capacity 5.7 / 10
Demographic capacity 5 / 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: 80% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 2006–2017 20062017
2006 2017
Selected year: 2017 · Value: n/a 2017

Afghanistan · tax revenue as a percentage of gdp.

2006–2017
9.9 percent of GDP
9.5 percent of GDP
8.14 percent of GDP
85 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2017
tax revenue rate reference line

Countries by tax revenue

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Denmark 33.36
New Zealand 29.52
Luxembourg 28.64
Macao 27.42
Greece 27.38
Sweden 27.23
United Kingdom 26.89
South Africa 25.88

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
China 7.02
India 6.93
Japan 11.14
Germany 10.89

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: live · Updated: 2026-08-24 05:08:17

Afghanistan Snapshot

country profile
GDP 17.78 bn
Debt/GDP n/a
Inflation -6.6%
Unemployment 13.35%
Currency n/a
Region Asia
Income group Low income

Afghanistan 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 Afghanistan. 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.

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