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Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2000

2000, as OECD’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2000 covers 98 countries on 7 measures. Sweden is highest, at 50.0169; DR Congo is lowest, at 0.5733. The middle country reads 20.1293. Against 1999, 85 values changed (42 up, 43 down), 13 countries joined.

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Tax Revenue (% of GDP) · Data for 2000

HighestSweden

50.0169

LowestDR Congo

0.5733

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), 2000, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 98 countries · select a heading to sort

Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2000: every country, as published by OECD.
SwedenSWENorthern Europe50.016921.368912.7442.08011.656012.10640.06142
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe46.792028.72150.6370.17031.563815.66940.02952
FinlandFINNorthern Europe45.778219.730811.5530.00001.113013.35990.02200
BelgiumBELWestern Europe43.849316.936313.5080.00002.060211.34460.00000
FranceFRAWestern Europe43.666010.822715.6201.09052.990811.48611.65573
AustriaAUTWestern Europe42.509211.924914.4692.72480.568012.47830.34370
NorwayNORNorthern Europe41.796318.87538.7580.00000.911713.25140.00000
ItalyITASouthern Europe40.054313.337411.3600.00001.900111.26222.19475
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe39.57585.468013.2640.00001.083719.75990.00000
HungaryHUNEastern Europe38.47429.350811.2951.37500.667315.60270.18368
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe37.85706.834815.0281.54480.642813.80710.00000
CubaCUBCaribbean37.18755.97313.8653.17350.000022.02592.15047
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe37.024513.51259.6740.00003.95729.83170.04948
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe36.89249.565914.2690.00001.945410.94050.17183
GermanyDEUWestern Europe36.017310.858514.0600.00000.822010.26860.00775
IcelandISLNorthern Europe35.447114.12372.7390.02552.792615.62850.13789
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe34.67299.299310.4910.00002.666712.21640.00000
CanadaCANNorthern America34.672817.35444.7190.71193.30158.39360.19259
BulgariaBGREastern Europe34.04069.677910.5520.27170.230913.30810.00000
IsraelISRWestern Asia34.010213.39404.9521.23063.231611.20150.00000
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe33.66356.896213.9390.00000.612512.21610.00000
SpainESPSouthern Europe33.05259.287811.5330.00002.135210.09620.00046
PolandPOLEastern Europe32.73246.687512.8230.21661.408111.55830.03898
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe32.658512.93135.4740.00003.734610.51890.00000
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand32.538519.52470.0000.00001.728211.28560.00000

02In 2000

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Sweden50.0169
  2. Denmark46.7920
  3. Finland45.7782
  4. Belgium43.8493
  5. France43.6660

Lowest

  1. DR Congo0.5733
  2. Republic of the Congo3.8246
  3. Bangladesh5.3795
  4. Togo6.9964
  5. Niger7.0181

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 20.1293. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestDenmark28.7215

    Lowest2 share it

    Middle country: 5.7678

  • Social security contributions (% of GDP)

    HighestFrance15.620

    Lowest7 share it

    Middle country: 3.043

  • Taxes on payroll and workforce (% of GDP)

    HighestKazakhstan3.8110

    Lowest60 share it

    Middle country: 0.0000

  • Taxes on property (% of GDP)

    HighestLiechtenstein4.5508

    Lowest2 share it

    Middle country: 0.5842

  • Taxes on goods and services (% of GDP)

    HighestCuba22.0259

    LowestDR Congo0.3744

    Middle country: 9.3893

  • Other taxes (% of GDP)

    HighestItaly2.19475

    LowestChile-0.26577

    Middle country: 0.04126

031999 → 2000

Since 1999

What changed between 1999 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +13 / −0countries joined / left
  • 85values changed, of 85 in both
  • 42 · 43rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Burkina Faso+ Bangladesh+ DR Congo+ Ghana+ Guinea+ Morocco+ Moldova+ Niger+ Papua New Guinea+ Togo+ Thailand+ Tunisia+ Vanuatu

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 2000.

  • Which end is better

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

  • 16 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 (2000). Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/tax-to-gdp/2000

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07Questions

Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2000: questions and answers

Which country has the highest tax-to-GDP ratio in Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2000?

Sweden, at 50.0169, of the 98 countries in the file.

What year does Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2000 describe?

2000.

How many countries does Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2000 cover?

98.

Where can I download Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2000?

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), 2000 the newest?

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

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