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Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2003

2003, as OECD’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2003 covers 102 countries on 7 measures. Denmark is highest, at 45.69; DR Congo is lowest, at 3.38. The middle country reads 20.09. Against 2002, 101 values changed (52 up, 49 down), 1 country joined.

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Tax Revenue (% of GDP) · Data for 2003

HighestDenmark

45.69

LowestDR Congo

3.38

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), 2003, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 102 countries · select a heading to sort

Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2003: every country, as published by OECD.
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe45.6928.02630.11430.2011.772515.5660.0122
SwedenSWENorthern Europe45.5617.011312.70322.2131.428712.1690.0372
BelgiumBELWestern Europe43.3416.506413.80380.0002.044410.9660.0228
AustriaAUTWestern Europe42.6712.301914.28332.7150.547812.4770.3406
FranceFRAWestern Europe42.669.923715.96921.1433.054911.0611.5066
FinlandFINNorthern Europe42.3516.384111.30680.0000.994013.6250.0376
NorwayNORNorthern Europe41.6318.27749.57500.0000.987712.7920.0000
ItalyITASouthern Europe39.8812.303411.74070.0003.095510.4332.3116
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe38.737.510915.02711.7830.565913.8440.0000
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe37.4013.660610.65520.0002.797210.2320.0498
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe37.385.508711.68220.0001.006919.1790.0000
HungaryHUNEastern Europe37.239.190512.08800.3140.802114.6400.1998
CubaCUBCaribbean36.646.08533.96643.3110.000022.5520.7259
IcelandISLNorthern Europe34.9115.16722.93680.0552.053914.5420.1539
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe34.668.887512.79620.0001.759211.0570.1628
GermanyDEUWestern Europe34.299.408113.89100.0000.807810.1780.0060
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe33.988.638714.79210.0000.476610.0630.0108
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand33.1719.77090.00000.0001.699611.6960.0000
SpainESPSouthern Europe33.079.227411.74040.0002.45959.6380.0004
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe32.766.613913.69950.0000.571611.8790.0000
CanadaCANNorthern America32.7014.72035.05660.6823.53768.5900.1134
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe32.367.452811.30870.0001.959811.6410.0000
PolandPOLEastern Europe32.335.872212.55290.2111.514012.1590.0253
IsraelISRWestern Asia32.2610.87065.39311.4772.873711.6500.0000
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe31.1711.38065.68530.0003.703910.3990.0000

02In 2003

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Denmark45.69
  2. Sweden45.56
  3. Belgium43.34
  4. Austria42.67
  5. France42.66

Lowest

  1. DR Congo3.38
  2. Sierra Leone5.31
  3. Bangladesh5.70
  4. Guinea7.46
  5. Niger7.83

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 20.09. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestDenmark28.0263

    Lowest2 share it

    Middle country: 5.8588

  • Social security contributions (% of GDP)

    HighestFrance15.9692

    Lowest6 share it

    Middle country: 3.0917

  • Taxes on payroll and workforce (% of GDP)

    HighestKazakhstan3.419

    Lowest61 share it

    Middle country: 0.000

  • Taxes on property (% of GDP)

    HighestUnited Kingdom3.7039

    Lowest3 share it

    Middle country: 0.5798

  • Taxes on goods and services (% of GDP)

    HighestCuba22.552

    LowestDR Congo2.649

    Middle country: 9.939

  • Other taxes (% of GDP)

    HighestItaly2.3116

    LowestChile-0.1465

    Middle country: 0.0238

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 101values changed, of 101 in both
  • 52 · 49rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Vietnam

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 2003.

  • 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 (2003). Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/tax-to-gdp/2003

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07Questions

Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2003: questions and answers

Which country has the highest tax-to-GDP ratio in Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2003?

Denmark, at 45.69, of the 102 countries in the file.

What year does Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2003 describe?

2003.

How many countries does Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2003 cover?

102.

Where can I download Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2003?

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), 2003 the newest?

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

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