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Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2005

2005, as OECD’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2005 covers 112 countries on 7 measures. Denmark is highest, at 47.88537; Sierra Leone is lowest, at 4.72782. The middle country reads 19.62236. Against 2004, 105 values changed (73 up, 32 down), 7 countries joined.

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Tax Revenue (% of GDP) · Data for 2005

HighestDenmark

47.88537

LowestSierra Leone

4.72782

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), 2005, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 112 countries · select a heading to sort

Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2005: every country, as published by OECD.
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe47.8853729.6920.10750.18281.841716.04880.01277
SwedenSWENorthern Europe47.3687519.10712.43482.13291.370512.27790.04603
BelgiumBELWestern Europe43.3571615.76713.30080.00153.022511.24380.02197
FranceFRAWestern Europe43.1418910.17915.75971.22893.321311.15711.49633
NorwayNORNorthern Europe42.5522920.9928.67040.00000.982011.90810.00000
FinlandFINNorthern Europe42.0426816.06811.46500.00001.150213.31790.04130
AustriaAUTWestern Europe41.2524811.58414.10082.60520.545112.09430.32315
CubaCUBCaribbean41.102075.7494.16896.94640.000023.08311.15515
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe39.401218.25715.18061.80240.588313.57270.00000
ItalyITASouthern Europe39.0926912.34411.87410.00001.958610.57602.33978
IcelandISLNorthern Europe38.7165116.6843.03510.03002.286716.53300.14790
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe37.4364212.92510.48620.00003.179610.80230.04341
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe36.541175.66511.53240.00001.053318.29020.00000
HungaryHUNEastern Europe36.431798.60211.90700.37660.828214.56290.15514
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand36.0920122.7280.00000.00001.770011.58560.00851
SpainESPSouthern Europe35.1938710.34311.75140.00003.014410.08470.00075
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe34.871339.51712.03120.00001.912111.23240.17880
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe34.204168.31814.64580.00000.396510.84190.00166
GermanyDEUWestern Europe34.091449.44313.39500.00000.826910.42340.00335
PolandPOLEastern Europe32.872886.39212.11080.25721.482212.60080.02980
BrazilBRASouth America32.675476.8677.75360.47992.258015.28520.03141
IsraelISRWestern Asia32.6665311.0395.22591.49843.320511.58260.00000
CanadaCANNorthern America32.6606415.3594.82060.64933.50268.22470.10429
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe32.605078.26710.95430.00001.967411.41690.00000
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe32.5001612.6666.03820.00003.84909.94680.00000

02In 2005

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Denmark47.88537
  2. Sweden47.36875
  3. Belgium43.35716
  4. France43.14189
  5. Norway42.55229

Lowest

  1. Sierra Leone4.72782
  2. DR Congo4.94626
  3. Bangladesh5.88483
  4. Republic of the Congo5.88706
  5. Cambodia6.94405

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 19.62236. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestDenmark29.692

    Lowest2 share it

    Middle country: 6.006

  • Social security contributions (% of GDP)

    HighestFrance15.7597

    Lowest12 share it

    Middle country: 2.8702

  • Taxes on payroll and workforce (% of GDP)

    HighestCuba6.9464

    Lowest67 share it

    Middle country: 0.0000

  • Taxes on property (% of GDP)

    HighestUnited Kingdom3.8490

    Lowest4 share it

    Middle country: 0.6086

  • Taxes on goods and services (% of GDP)

    HighestCuba23.0831

    LowestEquatorial Guinea0.7006

    Middle country: 10.0660

  • Other taxes (% of GDP)

    HighestItaly2.33978

    LowestChile-0.12554

    Middle country: 0.02980

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +7 / −0countries joined / left
  • 105values changed, of 105 in both
  • 73 · 32rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Cook Islands+ Equatorial Guinea+ Cambodia+ Maldives+ Malawi+ Singapore+ Samoa

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 2005.

  • Which end is better

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

  • 24 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 (2005). Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/tax-to-gdp/2005

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07Questions

Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2005: questions and answers

Which country has the highest tax-to-GDP ratio in Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2005?

Denmark, at 47.88537, of the 112 countries in the file.

What year does Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2005 describe?

2005.

How many countries does Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2005 cover?

112.

Where can I download Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2005?

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), 2005 the newest?

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

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