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Italy - VAT Revenue (% of GDP) 6.23

IMF World Revenue · updated 2026-10-03 · 151 economies tracked

Latest value

6.23 (2019)

Global rank

##68 of 151 economies

Share of global total

0.8%

Growth since 1990

1.17×

Ranking Race — VAT Revenue (% of GDP)

1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher

#1#13#25#37#49#61#731990199520002005201020152020#19#682012 overtook Belize2015 overtook Ecuador
ItalyBosnia and HerzegovinaCroatiaSamoaSerbia

Real annual global ranks, 1990 - 2020. Italy climbed from #19 to #68 (overtook Belize). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

Key events for Italy ↓

Key Events — Italy

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

1992
Lira crisis curated

Lira leaves the ERM amid a European exchange-rate turmoil.

1999
Euro adoption curated

Italy joins the single currency as a founding member.

2011
Sovereign debt crisis curated

Bond yields spike; Berlusconi resigns amid crisis management.

2012
Overtook Belize in global rank auto
2015
Overtook Ecuador in global rank auto
2020
COVID-19 shock curated

One of Europe's largest GDP contractions on record.

VAT Revenue (% of GDP), 1990-2019

IMF World Revenue · % of GDP · linear scale · ranking in the race above
19902000201020195.175.535.886.24
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