United States - Taxes and Bureaucracy 5.38
GEM NES · updated 2026-10-03 · 118 economies tracked
Global rank
#n/a of 118 economies
Share of global total
2.1%
Ranking Race — Taxes and Bureaucracy
1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher
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Real annual global ranks, 2000 - 2024. United States climbed from #4 to #18 (overtook Kuwait). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.
Key events for United States ↓Key Events — United States
Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones
2008Global financial crisis curatedLehman Brothers collapse sets off the worst recession since the 1930s.
2009Fell 15 places in global rank auto
2015Climbed 27 places in global rank auto
2020COVID-19 recession curatedSharpest quarterly GDP contraction on record as the pandemic hits.
2021Overtook Kuwait in global rank auto
2023Overtook United Kingdom in global rank auto
Taxes and Bureaucracy, 2000-2024
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