TOTAL TAX REVENUE  
Total tax revenue as a percentage of GDP indicates the share of a country's output that is collected by the government through taxes. It can thus be regarded as one measure of the degree to which the government controls the economy's resources. Taxes on incomes and profits as a percentage of GDP represents the amount of resources collected by government directly from the incomes of people and companies. Taxes on goods and services as a percentage of GDP represents the amount of resources the government collects from people as they spend their income on goods and services.  
 
 
 
 
 
DEFINITION    
Taxes are defined as compulsory, unrequited payments to general government. They are unrequited in the sense that benefits provided by government to taxpayers are not normally in proportion to their payments.
Taxes on incomes and profits cover taxes levied on the net income or profits (gross income minus allowable tax reliefs) of individuals and enterprises. They also cover taxes levied on the capital gains of individuals and enterprises, and gains from gambling.
Taxes on goods and services cover all taxes levied on the production, extraction, sale, transfer, leasing or delivery of goods, and the rendering of services, or on the use of goods or permission to use goods or to perform activities. They consist mainly of value added and sales taxes.
Note that the sum of taxes on goods and services and taxes on income and profits is less than the figure for total tax revenues, which also includes payments by employers and employees made under compulsory social security schemes as well as payroll taxes, taxes related to the ownership and transfer of property, and other taxes.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
   
 
OECD Factbook 2009: Economic, Environmental and Social Statistics - ISBN 92-64-05604-1 - © OECD 2009  
Public finance - Taxes - Total tax revenue
Total Tax Revenue
As a percentage of GDP
  1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Australia 21.7 .. .. .. .. 22.4 .. .. .. .. 21 20.2 20.8 20.8 21.1 21.5 22.3 21.8 22.9 25.1 25.8 26.1 25.9 25 25.6 26.7 26.9 27.4 26.6 28.1 28.3 29.2 29.1 28.7 28.5 28.5 27 26.5 26.9 28 28.8 29.4 29.2 30 30.5 31.1 29.6 30.5 30.6 31.1 30.8 30.6 ..
Austria 29.9 .. .. .. .. 30.6 .. .. .. .. 33.9 34.6 34.5 34.5 35 33.9 34.6 35 35.2 36.1 36.7 36.5 36.9 39.1 38.5 39 40.1 38.9 38.5 40.3 40.9 40.9 40.5 40.4 39.4 39.6 40 41.4 41.9 41.7 41.2 42.5 43.9 44 43.6 42.6 44.6 43.6 43.3 42.8 42.1 41.7 41.9
Belgium 24 .. .. .. .. 26.5 .. .. .. .. 31.1 33.3 33.9 34.8 34.9 33.9 35 34.9 36 36.9 39.5 39.7 41.6 42.2 43 41.3 41.6 42.8 43.5 44.3 44.4 44.1 44.7 43.4 41.6 42 42.2 41.8 43.3 43.6 43.6 44 44.5 45.2 45.2 44.9 44.9 45 44.6 44.8 44.8 44.5 44.4
Canada 21.4 .. .. .. .. 23.8 .. .. .. .. 25.7 26.8 27.8 28.6 30.8 30.9 30.4 30.9 30.4 32.7 32 31.5 30.7 30.4 30.1 31 33.2 33 32.5 32.6 32.5 33.2 34.2 33.7 34.8 35.9 36.4 36 35.4 35.2 35.6 35.9 36.7 36.7 36.4 35.6 34.8 33.7 33.7 33.7 33.4 33.3 33.3
Czech Republic .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 40.4 38.9 37.5 36 36.3 34.9 35.8 35.3 35.6 36.3 37.3 37.8 37.5 36.9 36.4
Denmark 1 23.3 .. .. .. .. 25.2 .. .. .. .. 30 30.8 31.3 34.1 33.8 38.4 41.4 40.9 40.3 42.1 38.4 39.4 39.8 41 42.1 43 42.8 41.6 43.6 44.7 46.1 48.2 48.9 49.4 48.3 46.5 45.9 46.3 47.7 48.7 48.8 49.2 48.9 49.3 50.1 49.4 48.4 47.8 48 49 50.7 49.1 48.9
Finland 26.9 .. .. .. .. 27.7 .. .. .. .. 30.4 31.6 32.4 32.8 31.4 31.5 33.1 33.6 34.4 33.7 36.5 40.1 40.1 36.8 35.5 35.7 37.7 36.8 36.5 38 39.7 40.8 39.3 42.5 42.1 43.5 45.1 44.9 44.4 46.9 45.7 47 46.3 46.1 45.8 47.2 44.6 44.6 44 43.4 43.9 43.5 43
France 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 34.1 33.8 34.1 34.3 34.9 34.1 33.5 33.9 33.8 34 35.4 37.2 37.2 37.2 38.7 40.1 40.4 41.2 41.8 42.8 42.8 42.3 42.8 42.1 41.9 42 42.4 42 42.4 42.8 42.9 44.1 44.4 44.2 45.1 44.4 44 43.4 43.2 43.5 43.9 44.2 43.6
Germany 30.8 .. .. .. .. 31.3 .. .. .. .. 31.6 32.2 32.2 32.2 33.9 31.5 32 33.5 35 34.9 34.3 35.3 36.7 36.7 36.4 36.4 35.9 35.5 35.6 35.7 36.1 35.8 36.3 35.9 36.2 34.8 36 37 37 37.2 37.2 36.5 36.2 36.4 37.1 37.2 36.1 35.4 35.5 34.8 34.8 35.6 36.2
Greece .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 17.8 19.1 20 20.7 20.5 20 19.8 19.7 18.1 19 19.4 21.1 21.4 21.4 22.2 21.6 21.7 24.5 24.9 25.5 25.5 26.8 27.3 24.6 23.8 26.2 26.3 27.1 27.6 27.9 28.9 35.9 30.3 32 32.9 34.1 33 33.3 32.2 31.2 31.3 31.3 ..
Hungary .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 45.2 44.9 45.7 43.3 41.3 39.6 38 37.8 38.1 38 38 37.8 37.5 37.6 37.2 37.1 39.3
Iceland .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 26.2 .. .. .. .. 27.4 .. .. .. .. 30 .. .. .. .. 29.6 30.7 31 28.3 29.6 28.2 28.4 28.7 31.3 31.4 30.9 31.3 32.1 31.1 30.6 31.2 32.3 32.2 34.5 36.9 37.2 35.4 35.3 36.7 38 40.7 41.5 41.4
Ireland 23.6 .. .. .. .. 20.5 .. .. .. .. 24.9 26.9 27.5 27.9 28.6 28.4 29.5 28.2 28.4 28.8 28.7 31.9 30.4 28.7 28.4 31 32.1 33.5 34.9 35.7 34.6 35.4 35.6 36.8 33.5 33.1 33.7 34 34 35.1 32.5 32.4 31.7 31.3 31.4 31.7 29.5 28.2 28.7 30.1 30.6 31.9 32.2
Italy 30.5 .. .. .. .. 34.4 .. .. .. .. 25.5 25.3 26.2 27 26.4 25.7 26.3 26.3 23.9 25.1 25.4 26.3 26.8 27 26.1 29.7 30.9 33 35 34.1 33.6 35.2 35.3 35.8 36.8 37.8 38.2 40.6 42.2 40.2 40.1 41.8 43.2 41.7 42.5 42.3 42 41.4 41.8 41 40.9 42.1 43.3
Japan 17.1 .. .. .. .. 18.2 .. .. .. .. 18.2 17.7 18.1 18.4 18.7 19.6 19.9 20.6 22.3 22.9 20.9 21.7 22.3 23.9 24.4 25.4 26.1 26.4 27 27 27.4 28.1 29.2 29.5 29.8 29.1 28.7 27 27.1 26.3 26.8 26.8 27.2 26.8 26.3 27 27.3 26.2 25.7 26.3 27.4 27.9 ..
Korea .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 12.5 12.1 13.3 15.1 16.3 16.3 16.8 17.1 17.2 17 17.3 17.7 16.8 16.4 16 16.4 16.4 17.3 18.9 18.5 18.5 19 19.4 19.4 20 21 21.1 21.5 23.6 24.1 24.4 25.3 24.6 25.5 26.8 28.7
Luxembourg .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 27.7 27.4 28.1 27.2 27.3 23.5 25.7 26.2 26.6 27.5 32.8 32.9 36.5 37.2 34.8 35.7 36.6 37.8 39.9 38.4 39.5 37.4 37.6 36.3 35.4 35.7 33.4 34.1 36.5 36.8 37.1 37.6 39.3 39.4 38.3 39.1 39.7 39.3 38.3 37.3 37.8 35.9 36.9
Mexico 2 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 16.2 15.7 16 17.9 17.4 17 16.2 17.2 16.6 17.2 17.3 17.3 17.6 17.7 17.2 16.7 16.7 17.5 16.6 17.3 18.5 18.8 18.1 19 19 19.9 20.6 20.5
Netherlands 26.3 .. .. .. .. 30.1 .. .. .. .. 32.8 34.2 35.2 35.9 34.7 35.6 37.1 38.2 39.3 39.7 40.7 40.6 41.5 42.2 42.6 42.9 42.3 42.7 43.7 42.3 42.4 43.1 45.5 45.5 42.9 42.9 45.1 44.8 45 43 41.5 40.9 40.9 39.1 40.1 39.7 38.2 37.5 36.9 37.3 38.8 39.3 38
New Zealand 26.7 .. .. .. .. 27.3 .. .. .. .. 24 24.7 26.7 23.2 24.3 25.9 24.9 26.5 27.1 30.4 28.5 29.2 32.3 30.1 30.8 30.6 32.1 33.1 30.4 30 31.1 31.8 35.5 34.7 38 37.4 35.6 35.9 36 36.5 36.6 34.8 35 33.4 33.4 33.6 33 34.4 34.2 35.3 37.5 36.7 36
Norway 28.3 .. .. .. .. 31.2 .. .. .. .. 29.6 30.8 32.6 33.5 34.8 34.5 37 38.9 39.3 39 39.2 40.6 41.4 40.9 40.8 42.4 43.9 43.1 41.9 41.2 42.6 44.5 42.7 42.2 40.5 41 41.1 40.3 39.4 40.8 40.9 40.8 41.5 42.4 42.7 42.6 42.9 43.1 42.3 43.3 43.5 43.9 43.4
Poland .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 34 34.9 38.8 36.9 36.2 36.1 35.2 34.6 32.4 31.6 33.5 36.3 32.9 32.3 32.9 33.5 ..
Portugal 15.3 .. .. .. .. 16.2 .. .. .. .. 15.9 16.3 17 17 17.7 18.4 18.1 17.9 17.5 17.9 19.7 21.4 21.8 21.1 20.8 22.9 24.2 24.8 26.3 25.7 25.2 26.6 25.1 26.8 27.5 27.7 28.8 30.8 29.3 30.1 31.7 32.6 32.7 32.9 33.9 34.1 33.8 34.5 34.7 33.9 34.7 35.7 36.6
Slovak Republic .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 36.5 35 33.8 33 33 33.4 31.8 31.8 29.8 29.8
Spain 1 .. .. .. .. .. 14 .. .. .. .. 14.7 13.6 16.9 16.1 16.4 15.9 16.2 17.1 17.7 17.1 18.4 18.4 20.2 21.5 22 22.6 23.8 24.1 26 26.4 27.6 29 30.8 30.9 32.7 32.5 32.8 33.8 32.8 32.9 32.1 31.9 32.9 33.2 34.1 34.2 33.8 34.2 34.2 34.6 35.8 36.6 37.2
Sweden 25.5 .. .. .. .. 27.2 .. .. .. .. 35 35.8 36.7 38.8 39.8 37.8 38.6 39.9 39.1 40.2 41.2 45.3 47.4 47.8 46.5 46.4 47.7 46.7 47.3 46.9 47.3 49.5 52.1 51.4 51.9 52.2 49.8 47.2 46.1 46.3 47.5 49.4 50.6 51 51.4 51.8 49.8 47.9 48.3 48.7 49.5 49.1 48.2
Switzerland 19.2 .. .. .. .. 19 .. .. .. .. 17.5 18.1 18.1 18.9 19.9 19.3 19 19.4 21.3 22.2 23.9 25.2 25.4 25.4 24.9 24.7 24.8 25.2 25.8 29.3 25.5 26.6 26.4 26.7 26 25.8 25.6 26 26.5 27 27.7 28.1 27.6 28.5 28.7 30 29.5 29.9 29.2 28.8 29.2 29.6 29.7
Turkey 11.9 .. .. .. .. 11.5 .. .. .. .. 10.6 10.7 11.4 11.3 12.2 9.3 10.7 10.8 11.3 10.5 11.9 12.1 12.7 12.4 11.7 13.3 14.1 13.7 12.8 10.7 11.5 13 14 13.2 13.9 14.9 15.6 16.7 16.9 16.5 16.8 18.9 20.7 21.1 23.1 24.2 26.1 24.6 25.9 24.1 24.3 24.5 23.7
United Kingdom 29.7 .. .. .. .. 28.5 .. .. .. .. 30.4 31.2 33.1 34.3 36 37 35.1 33.4 31.5 34.5 35.2 35.1 34.6 32.9 32.2 35.1 36.6 39 37.3 37.5 37.6 38.1 36.7 36.8 36.2 36.1 34.8 33.8 32.8 33.4 34.5 34.4 34.9 36 36.4 37.1 36.8 35.2 35 35.4 36.3 37.1 36.6
United States 23.6 .. .. .. .. 26.5 .. .. .. .. 24.7 25 26.1 25.5 27.9 27 25 25.6 25.5 26.2 25.6 24.9 26.1 25.8 26 26.4 26.8 27 24.9 24.9 25.6 25.5 26.5 26.3 26.6 27.3 27.1 26.9 27.1 27.5 27.9 28.3 28.7 29.3 29.4 29.9 28.8 26.5 25.9 26.1 27.3 28 28.3
OECD average 24 .. .. .. .. 24.6 .. .. .. .. 25.6 26.1 27 27.3 27.9 27.5 28.1 27.7 27.9 28.7 29.4 30.4 31.1 31 30.9 31 31.8 32.2 32.3 32.5 32.7 33.3 33.8 33.8 33.6 33.8 34.2 34.4 34.9 34.9 34.8 35.3 35.4 35.5 35.9 36.1 35.7 35.4 35.3 35.2 35.8 35.9 ..
1 The total tax revenues have been reduced by the amount of the capital transfer. This applies to Denmark from 1990, France from 1992 and Spain from 2000.
2 Year 2007, Secretariat estimate, including expected revenues collected by state and local governments.