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Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 1996

1996, as OECD’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 1996 covers 80 countries on 7 measures. Denmark is highest, at 46.875; Madagascar is lowest, at 6.768. The middle country reads 20.774. Against 1995, 79 values changed (44 up, 35 down), 1 country joined.

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Tax Revenue (% of GDP) · Data for 1996

HighestDenmark

46.875

LowestMadagascar

6.768

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 1996, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 80 countries · select a heading to sort

Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 1996: every country, as published by OECD.
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe46.87529.430.0640.2101.60215.5660.00000
SwedenSWENorthern Europe46.74818.2913.3781.0951.69612.2380.05052
FinlandFINNorthern Europe45.73817.6913.2270.0001.03113.6970.09218
FranceFRAWestern Europe43.8317.3618.1851.1652.94612.4341.73609
BelgiumBELWestern Europe43.35116.3314.1060.0001.78111.1340.00000
AustriaAUTWestern Europe42.87311.7514.9342.8190.61012.4430.31883
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe42.4226.6615.5650.0001.07419.1230.00000
ItalyITASouthern Europe40.08213.8813.6580.0602.15010.3330.00000
NorwayNORNorthern Europe39.50314.509.2010.0001.11914.6770.00142
HungaryHUNEastern Europe39.2748.6413.4720.1100.59615.9770.47921
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe38.2048.7615.3900.0000.64613.4050.00000
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe38.2006.8715.6020.6300.52914.5670.00000
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe37.27210.4614.1390.0001.68710.8460.14306
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe36.45914.709.7520.0002.7969.1650.04347
PolandPOLEastern Europe36.41410.3611.3180.2121.30313.1410.08234
GermanyDEUWestern Europe35.53310.1714.3030.0001.0799.9760.00647
CanadaCANNorthern America34.94116.474.8920.7603.6778.7240.41282
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe33.8249.1111.4930.0000.36612.8560.00000
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand33.76620.070.0000.0001.87911.8200.00000
IsraelISRWestern Asia33.52411.374.7391.5793.49112.3470.00000
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe32.9057.4314.1410.0000.48610.8290.01994
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe32.31113.314.0580.3501.50612.7200.00000
CubaCUBCaribbean31.8532.743.8340.9950.00022.0362.25124
SpainESPSouthern Europe31.1169.0611.0850.0001.7629.2030.00143
IcelandISLNorthern Europe30.80510.752.6530.0002.55014.8520.00000

02In 1996

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. Denmark46.875
  2. Sweden46.748
  3. Finland45.738
  4. France43.831
  5. Belgium43.351

Lowest

  1. Madagascar6.768
  2. Bhutan7.098
  3. Ecuador7.478
  4. Rwanda8.302
  5. Uganda8.338

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 20.774. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of GDP)

    HighestDenmark29.43

    LowestBahamas0.00

    Middle country: 6.43

  • Social security contributions (% of GDP)

    HighestFrance18.185

    Lowest6 share it

    Middle country: 3.971

  • Taxes on payroll and workforce (% of GDP)

    HighestAustria2.819

    Lowest55 share it

    Middle country: 0.000

  • Taxes on property (% of GDP)

    HighestCanada3.677

    LowestCuba0.000

    Middle country: 0.646

  • Taxes on goods and services (% of GDP)

    HighestCuba22.036

    LowestEswatini3.142

    Middle country: 9.656

  • Other taxes (% of GDP)

    HighestTürkiye3.31477

    LowestChile-0.18180

    Middle country: 0.02334

031995 → 1996

Since 1995

What changed between 1995 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 79values changed, of 79 in both
  • 44 · 35rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Rwanda

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2026 release

    Every year in this series comes from OECD’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1996.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • 7 empty cells

    An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: OECD Terms and Conditions — data clause. The OECD’s own terms for its data: reuse, including commercial reuse, with the OECD credited as the source.

Cite this edition

OECD (1996). Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 1996 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/tax-to-gdp/1996

0635 held

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07Questions

Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 1996: questions and answers

Which country has the highest tax-to-GDP ratio in Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 1996?

Denmark, at 46.875, of the 80 countries in the file.

What year does Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 1996 describe?

1996.

How many countries does Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 1996 cover?

80.

Where can I download Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 1996?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 1996 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2024.

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