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Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2004

2004, as OECD’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2004 covers 105 countries on 7 measures. Denmark is highest, at 46.300; DR Congo is lowest, at 4.678. The middle country reads 19.327. Against 2003, 102 values changed (69 up, 33 down), 3 countries joined.

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Tax Revenue (% of GDP) · Data for 2004

HighestDenmark

46.300

LowestDR Congo

4.678

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), 2004, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 105 countries · select a heading to sort

Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2004: every country, as published by OECD.
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe46.30028.4330.10990.19181.7883115.7640.0137
SwedenSWENorthern Europe46.01217.89812.45982.14921.4397912.0180.0473
BelgiumBELWestern Europe43.47116.50113.50320.00002.2807511.1660.0198
FranceFRAWestern Europe42.81510.04015.75061.18093.1864511.1151.5425
NorwayNORNorthern Europe42.36319.7329.15870.00000.9918212.4800.0000
AustriaAUTWestern Europe42.24212.10314.23222.65190.5442512.3580.3531
FinlandFINNorthern Europe41.75216.08511.18990.00001.0721913.3700.0353
ItalyITASouthern Europe39.26912.28511.83600.00002.4309110.5422.1757
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe38.7437.72215.01341.80020.5999313.6080.0000
HungaryHUNEastern Europe36.9538.69911.75460.33800.8342415.1340.1932
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe36.6485.46411.63240.00001.0340018.5180.0000
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe36.23512.04810.46610.00002.8270210.8480.0470
IcelandISLNorthern Europe36.03115.2782.89380.05262.1784715.4780.1503
CubaCUBCaribbean35.5556.0294.09893.38660.0000021.1920.8478
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe34.6598.61612.86730.00001.8242111.2070.1447
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe34.3998.60014.56500.00000.3776010.8470.0097
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand34.20220.9060.00000.00001.7225411.5730.0000
GermanyDEUWestern Europe34.0619.16813.65320.00000.8272910.4100.0027
SpainESPSouthern Europe33.9989.60111.78010.00002.734589.8820.0006
CanadaCANNorthern America32.71315.1114.88690.66453.531408.4190.0998
IsraelISRWestern Asia32.32410.6525.25271.50393.1867111.7290.0000
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe32.09611.9275.98990.00003.8100410.3690.0000
PolandPOLEastern Europe31.7905.89512.03180.24001.4825012.1170.0241
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe31.6535.98912.93130.00000.5384312.1950.0000
BrazilBRASouth America31.5156.1147.40850.50152.2677115.2100.0130

02In 2004

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Denmark46.300
  2. Sweden46.012
  3. Belgium43.471
  4. France42.815
  5. Norway42.363

Lowest

  1. DR Congo4.678
  2. Sierra Leone5.283
  3. Bangladesh5.845
  4. Republic of the Congo7.481
  5. Guinea7.580

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 19.327. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestDenmark28.433

    Lowest2 share it

    Middle country: 5.950

  • Social security contributions (% of GDP)

    HighestFrance15.7506

    Lowest8 share it

    Middle country: 3.1732

  • Taxes on payroll and workforce (% of GDP)

    HighestCuba3.3866

    Lowest61 share it

    Middle country: 0.0000

  • Taxes on property (% of GDP)

    HighestUnited Kingdom3.81004

    Lowest3 share it

    Middle country: 0.60018

  • Taxes on goods and services (% of GDP)

    HighestCuba21.192

    LowestDR Congo3.339

    Middle country: 9.958

  • Other taxes (% of GDP)

    HighestBolivia2.3718

    LowestChile-0.0792

    Middle country: 0.0367

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +3 / −0countries joined / left
  • 102values changed, of 102 in both
  • 69 · 33rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Botswana+ Lesotho+ Marshall Islands

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 2004.

  • Which end is better

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

  • 21 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 (2004). Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/tax-to-gdp/2004

0635 held

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07Questions

Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2004: questions and answers

Which country has the highest tax-to-GDP ratio in Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2004?

Denmark, at 46.300, of the 105 countries in the file.

What year does Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2004 describe?

2004.

How many countries does Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2004 cover?

105.

Where can I download Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2004?

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), 2004 the newest?

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

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