Data for 2002

Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2002

2002, as OECD’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2002 covers 101 countries on 7 measures. Denmark is highest, at 45.468; DR Congo is lowest, at 3.000. The middle country reads 20.520. Against 2001, 100 values changed (55 up, 45 down), 1 country joined.

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Tax Revenue (% of GDP) · Data for 2002

HighestDenmark

45.468

LowestDR Congo

3.000

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.

101countries
7measures per country
2002the year it describes
101distinct values14 decimals, as published
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DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	45.468	27.644	0.114	0.2367	1.6779	15.776	0.01876
SwedenSWENorthern Europe	45.039	16.340	13.012	2.0942	1.4350	12.094	0.06329
BelgiumBELWestern Europe	43.913	17.001	13.908	0.0000	1.9719	11.008	0.02390
FinlandFINNorthern Europe	43.289	17.546	11.478	0.0000	1.0381	13.182	0.04379
AustriaAUTWestern Europe	43.013	12.511	14.268	2.7266	0.5357	12.611	0.36013
FranceFRAWestern Europe	42.854	10.271	15.746	1.1303	2.9896	11.194	1.52285
NorwayNORNorthern Europe	42.332	18.534	9.660	0.0000	0.9529	13.185	0.00000
ItalyITASouthern Europe	39.659	12.807	11.606	0.0000	2.1235	10.830	2.29277
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	38.678	7.362	15.183	1.7032	0.6515	13.778	0.00000
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	37.978	5.569	11.820	0.0000	1.0678	19.522	0.00000
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	37.415	13.808	10.490	0.0000	3.0145	9.989	0.11252
HungaryHUNEastern Europe	37.373	9.836	12.201	0.4043	0.6875	14.008	0.23709
CubaCUBCaribbean	36.608	5.914	3.978	3.4227	0.0000	21.610	1.68381
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	34.891	9.636	12.283	0.0000	1.8425	10.915	0.21436
GermanyDEUWestern Europe	34.167	9.556	13.760	0.0000	0.7806	10.064	0.00607
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	34.098	8.192	11.408	0.0000	2.0308	12.467	0.00000
IcelandISLNorthern Europe	33.451	14.455	2.711	0.0262	2.3622	13.734	0.16250
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	33.243	19.864	0.000	0.0000	1.7029	11.676	0.00000
SpainESPSouthern Europe	33.225	9.713	11.687	0.0000	2.2258	9.598	0.00027
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	33.109	8.197	14.596	0.0000	0.4772	9.831	0.00869
CanadaCANNorthern America	33.081	14.957	5.033	0.6789	3.5785	8.669	0.16400
IsraelISRWestern Asia	32.944	11.609	5.284	1.4230	2.9146	11.714	0.00000
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	32.879	6.549	14.433	0.0000	0.5856	11.311	0.00000
PolandPOLEastern Europe	32.866	6.129	12.768	0.1964	1.6212	12.125	0.02614
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	31.404	11.970	5.322	0.0000	3.7478	10.364	0.00000
BrazilBRASouth America	31.356	6.445	7.284	0.4733	2.3075	14.793	0.05207
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	31.151	8.488	8.237	0.0000	1.1386	13.151	0.13590
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	30.973	7.477	10.909	0.0000	0.3444	12.243	0.00000
BulgariaBGREastern Europe	30.534	8.664	9.321	0.2741	0.2652	12.010	0.00000
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	29.720	16.690	0.000	1.2963	2.6668	9.067	0.00000
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	28.982	7.381	9.173	0.0000	0.4835	11.945	0.00000
LatviaLVANorthern Europe	28.746	7.645	9.326	0.0000	1.0186	10.756	0.00000
BarbadosBRBCaribbean	28.450	9.188	4.364	0.0000	1.6012	13.297	0.00000
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	28.013	9.133	5.995	0.0000	1.0278	11.857	0.00000
RomaniaROUEastern Europe	27.925	5.363	10.715	0.0000	0.5244	11.198	0.12471
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	27.872	11.742	3.703	0.1771	1.4994	10.750	0.00000
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	26.951	11.643	6.895	0.0000	2.4460	5.920	0.04649
MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	26.199	3.968	7.231	0.0000	0.9789	14.021	0.00000
United StatesUSANorthern America	25.011	10.948	6.622	0.0000	3.0584	4.383	0.00000
JapanJPNEastern Asia	24.498	7.489	9.370	0.0000	2.6434	4.929	0.06661
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	23.826	5.908	4.713	0.0000	0.6827	11.177	1.34573
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	23.673	5.961	5.279	0.2341	0.2419	11.634	0.32210
Costa RicaCRICentral America	21.839	3.111	6.834	1.1666	0.2087	9.990	0.52808
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	21.469	11.403	1.398	0.0000	0.3768	8.292	0.00000
JamaicaJAMCaribbean	21.364	8.351	—	1.0030	1.1608	10.767	0.08299
UruguayURYSouth America	21.142	3.017	4.826	0.0000	2.1106	11.109	0.08026
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	21.014	5.765	3.009	0.0000	1.2952	10.674	0.26975
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	20.685	11.795	0.214	0.2292	0.3763	7.669	0.40064
LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe	20.679	7.288	5.237	—	3.3030	4.847	0.00275
South KoreaKOREastern Asia	20.565	5.239	3.904	0.0470	2.6150	7.965	0.79547
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	20.520	8.521	0.000	3.5445	0.8260	7.622	0.00608
ChileCHLSouth America	18.940	4.567	1.402	0.0000	1.4465	11.682	-0.15745
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	18.760	4.322	2.082	0.0000	0.9855	11.370	0.00000
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	18.296	11.108	0.286	0.0000	0.0004	6.437	0.46483
ArgentinaARGSouth America	17.818	2.722	2.530	0.0000	2.2684	9.809	0.48860
HondurasHNDCentral America	17.624	2.924	2.306	0.0000	0.1631	11.240	0.99075
ColombiaCOLSouth America	17.153	4.344	2.305	0.6841	1.6909	7.554	0.57579
BoliviaBOLSouth America	16.890	2.105	1.270	0.0000	0.0071	12.325	1.18261
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	16.410	5.225	0.565	0.0000	0.3585	10.186	0.07500
BelizeBLZCentral America	16.246	3.169	1.412	0.0000	0.7353	10.930	0.00000
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	15.762	2.363	0.759	0.1104	1.0249	11.362	0.14318
GuyanaGUYSouth America	15.647	6.328	1.870	0.0000	0.3934	6.928	0.12760
El SalvadorSLVCentral America	15.348	3.611	2.548	0.0000	0.0955	8.868	0.22517
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	15.096	5.418	0.316	0.0000	0.7180	8.644	0.00000
VanuatuVUTMelanesia	14.846	0.000	0.000	0.0000	0.8186	14.028	0.00000
NicaraguaNICCentral America	14.786	2.162	2.979	0.0000	0.0166	8.175	0.01791
PeruPERSouth America	14.739	3.140	1.748	0.2362	0.4556	8.790	0.36927
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	14.720	2.938	2.256	0.0000	0.7502	8.557	0.21918
EcuadorECUSouth America	14.639	2.493	2.836	0.0000	0.1994	9.077	0.03354
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	14.384	5.590	2.090	0.0000	0.4859	5.697	0.52105
KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	13.885	2.902	—	0.0000	0.4225	10.554	0.00598
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	13.881	7.898	0.000	0.0039	0.3025	5.677	0.00000
GuatemalaGTMCentral America	13.684	3.124	1.880	0.0000	0.2555	8.422	0.00178
Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	13.588	2.532	—	0.0000	0.7712	10.285	0.00000
PanamaPANCentral America	13.571	3.243	5.296	0.2746	0.3455	4.230	0.18086
SenegalSENWestern Africa	13.500	2.866	0.558	0.1432	0.3148	9.365	0.25306
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	13.165	3.313	0.135	0.0000	0.1911	9.424	0.10249
KenyaKENEastern Africa	12.521	4.084	0.173	0.0000	0.0000	8.264	0.00000
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	12.500	5.465	0.000	0.0000	0.2031	6.832	0.00000
MaliMLIWestern Africa	12.251	1.561	0.924	0.2391	0.1863	9.113	0.22711
MexicoMEXCentral America	12.010	4.183	2.084	0.2063	0.2476	5.152	0.13684
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	11.482	1.296	0.951	1.3952	0.3539	7.434	0.05197
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	11.269	5.110	—	0.0000	0.3927	4.962	0.80364
VenezuelaVENSouth America	11.159	2.987	0.600	0.0000	1.4370	6.135	0.00000
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	11.020	3.697	0.919	0.0000	0.1602	6.243	0.00000
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	10.793	5.317	1.168	0.0000	0.2304	4.077	0.00000
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	10.747	2.084	1.517	0.1176	0.0538	6.900	0.07357
RwandaRWAEastern Africa	10.594	3.156	0.460	0.0000	0.0233	6.954	0.00000
BahamasBHSCaribbean	10.063	0.000	1.368	0.0000	2.2430	6.438	0.01319
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	9.878	4.771	—	0.0933	0.0440	4.955	0.01464
ParaguayPRYSouth America	9.505	1.248	2.451	0.0000	0.1800	5.569	0.05651
GuineaGINWestern Africa	8.740	0.954	—	0.0879	0.0190	7.677	0.00159
UgandaUGAEastern Africa	8.462	1.966	—	0.0000	—	6.477	0.01989
GhanaGHAWestern Africa	7.954	2.312	0.830	0.0000	—	4.812	0.00000
NigerNERWestern Africa	7.848	1.243	0.367	0.0192	0.0473	5.825	0.34648
TogoTGOWestern Africa	7.140	1.536	—	0.1428	0.0270	5.306	0.12897
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	6.509	1.923	—	0.1201	0.0713	4.394	—
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	6.265	1.436	—	0.0000	0.0522	4.709	0.06673
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	5.668	1.015	0.000	0.0000	0.0000	4.653	0.00000
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	5.500	1.472	—	—	—	4.029	0.00000
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	3.000	0.924	—	0.0480	—	2.028	0.00000

02In 2002

At either end

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

Highest

Denmark45.468
Sweden45.039
Belgium43.913
Finland43.289
Austria43.013

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 20.520. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of GDP)
HighestDenmark27.644
Lowest2 share it
Middle country: 5.465
Social security contributions (% of GDP)
HighestFrance15.746
Lowest7 share it
Middle country: 2.979
Taxes on payroll and workforce (% of GDP)
HighestKazakhstan3.5445
Lowest62 share it
Middle country: 0.0000
Taxes on property (% of GDP)
HighestUnited Kingdom3.7478
Lowest3 share it
Middle country: 0.6875
Taxes on goods and services (% of GDP)
HighestCuba21.610
LowestDR Congo2.028
Middle country: 9.809
Other taxes (% of GDP)
HighestItaly2.29277
LowestChile-0.15745
Middle country: 0.02502

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
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Rose most

Cabo Verde13.174 → 15.096+1.923
Papua New Guinea12.204 → 13.881+1.677
Kyrgyzstan12.422 → 13.885+1.463
New Zealand31.956 → 33.243+1.287
Moldova24.925 → 26.199+1.274

Fell most

United States27.261 → 25.011−2.250
Bulgaria32.655 → 30.534−2.120
Sweden47.103 → 45.039−2.065
Madagascar8.074 → 6.265−1.809
Kazakhstan22.156 → 20.520−1.636

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