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Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2001

2001, as OECD’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2001 covers 100 countries on 7 measures. Sweden is highest, at 47.10; DR Congo is lowest, at 2.30. The middle country reads 20.72. Against 2000, 98 values changed (47 up, 51 down), 2 countries joined.

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Tax Revenue (% of GDP) · Data for 2001

HighestSweden

47.10

LowestDR Congo

2.30

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), 2001, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 100 countries · select a heading to sort

Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2001: every country, as published by OECD.
SwedenSWENorthern Europe47.1018.27813.2032.0411.466912.0380.07623
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe45.9427.7900.6360.2511.629515.6110.01960
AustriaAUTWestern Europe44.1113.59914.4202.7340.573512.4370.34586
BelgiumBELWestern Europe43.6917.11113.6860.0001.983210.9110.00000
FranceFRAWestern Europe43.5511.08115.6501.0782.962411.1821.59607
FinlandFINNorthern Europe43.1217.60711.6050.0001.002712.8650.04011
NorwayNORNorthern Europe42.0018.9759.0430.0000.917013.0650.00000
ItalyITASouthern Europe39.9613.58611.4170.0001.793410.8122.34835
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe38.275.10612.7620.0001.115219.2900.00000
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe38.087.04415.2541.6920.691313.4030.00000
HungaryHUNEastern Europe37.569.64311.1611.2900.689814.5700.21103
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe37.2313.57010.3520.0003.62739.6340.04730
CubaCUBCaribbean35.976.3243.9383.4790.000020.1572.07592
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe35.539.64212.6980.0001.794411.1840.21618
GermanyDEUWestern Europe34.7610.00613.8190.0000.794810.1320.00697
CanadaCANNorthern America34.0916.2954.8380.6853.66378.4270.17721
IsraelISRWestern Asia33.7613.2255.2321.2592.971011.0690.00000
IcelandISLNorthern Europe33.7414.5912.7020.0262.605113.6720.14022
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe32.978.04410.5220.0002.230812.1700.00000
SpainESPSouthern Europe32.789.23011.7030.0002.06169.7900.00000
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe32.766.96114.1070.0000.578311.1130.00000
PolandPOLEastern Europe32.675.98413.3480.1901.660011.4600.03018
BulgariaBGREastern Europe32.659.7399.6030.2590.241712.8120.00000
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe32.257.71014.2110.0000.47829.8410.01019
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe32.1812.6795.5080.0003.685610.3040.00000

02In 2001

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Sweden47.10
  2. Denmark45.94
  3. Austria44.11
  4. Belgium43.69
  5. France43.55

Lowest

  1. DR Congo2.30
  2. Bangladesh5.37
  3. Republic of the Congo5.56
  4. Sierra Leone5.76
  5. Niger7.44

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 20.72. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestDenmark27.790

    Lowest2 share it

    Middle country: 5.514

  • Social security contributions (% of GDP)

    HighestFrance15.650

    Lowest6 share it

    Middle country: 2.951

  • Taxes on payroll and workforce (% of GDP)

    HighestKazakhstan3.823

    Lowest61 share it

    Middle country: 0.000

  • Taxes on property (% of GDP)

    HighestUnited Kingdom3.6856

    Lowest3 share it

    Middle country: 0.6152

  • Taxes on goods and services (% of GDP)

    HighestCuba20.157

    LowestDR Congo1.538

    Middle country: 9.617

  • Other taxes (% of GDP)

    HighestItaly2.34835

    LowestChile-0.08303

    Middle country: 0.03018

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

What changed between 2000 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +2 / −0countries joined / left
  • 98values changed, of 98 in both
  • 47 · 51rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Kenya+ Sierra Leone

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 2001.

  • Which end is better

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

  • 19 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 (2001). Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/tax-to-gdp/2001

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07Questions

Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2001: questions and answers

Which country has the highest tax-to-GDP ratio in Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2001?

Sweden, at 47.10, of the 100 countries in the file.

What year does Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2001 describe?

2001.

How many countries does Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2001 cover?

100.

Where can I download Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2001?

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), 2001 the newest?

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

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