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Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2008

2008, as OECD’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2008 covers 123 countries on 7 measures. Denmark is highest, at 44.76078; Sierra Leone is lowest, at 5.17927. The middle country reads 20.80283. Against 2007, 121 values changed (58 up, 63 down), 2 countries joined.

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Tax Revenue (% of GDP) · Data for 2008

HighestDenmark

44.76078

LowestSierra Leone

5.17927

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), 2008, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 123 countries · select a heading to sort

Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2008: every country, as published by OECD.
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe44.7607827.2970.0930.23241.898615.2280.012074
SwedenSWENorthern Europe44.2346616.09110.9903.67381.020612.4120.047540
BelgiumBELWestern Europe43.5934915.69213.7890.00163.060211.0340.016603
FranceFRAWestern Europe42.7374710.49215.6681.29783.256810.6611.360703
AustriaAUTWestern Europe41.6624712.64413.8732.71450.525711.6060.299403
ItalyITASouthern Europe41.3590414.18112.6920.00001.779110.4892.217776
NorwayNORNorthern Europe41.1694320.8758.5490.00000.935810.8100.000000
CubaCUBCaribbean41.169255.7274.2436.48630.000023.1981.514975
FinlandFINNorthern Europe41.0922915.99211.4980.00001.054312.5110.037580
HungaryHUNEastern Europe39.3568910.16313.1760.30860.847714.6690.193151
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe37.620876.61911.7210.00001.320417.9610.000000
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe37.456858.26214.7280.68340.566413.2170.000000
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe35.720159.73713.2230.00001.519111.0970.143559
GermanyDEUWestern Europe35.5811711.16212.6840.00000.822710.9090.003746
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe35.0278112.5949.9620.00002.58539.8510.035313
MoldovaMDAEastern Europe34.299133.49210.4690.00000.434719.9040.000000
PolandPOLEastern Europe34.151787.94411.1720.28111.420413.2810.053239
IcelandISLNorthern Europe34.0818016.4162.5950.13982.230012.5670.134179
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe33.342097.55614.7500.00000.376910.6590.000226
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand32.8396819.8140.0000.00001.939711.0820.004213
BrazilBRASouth America32.655057.5527.8170.54471.321415.444-0.024096
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe32.236537.38610.8850.00002.187811.7780.000000
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe32.1457312.5746.1700.00003.77159.6310.000000
SpainESPSouthern Europe32.005829.74811.8640.00002.30158.0920.000629
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe31.767638.9768.3730.00001.226713.1040.087936

02In 2008

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Denmark44.76078
  2. Sweden44.23466
  3. Belgium43.59349
  4. France42.73747
  5. Austria41.66247

Lowest

  1. Sierra Leone5.17927
  2. Republic of the Congo6.03007
  3. Bangladesh6.21907
  4. Gabon6.82945
  5. DR Congo7.61931

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 20.80283. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestDenmark27.297

    Lowest2 share it

    Middle country: 6.784

  • Social security contributions (% of GDP)

    HighestFrance15.668

    Lowest17 share it

    Middle country: 2.517

  • Taxes on payroll and workforce (% of GDP)

    HighestCuba6.4863

    Lowest73 share it

    Middle country: 0.0000

  • Taxes on property (% of GDP)

    HighestBahamas4.5646

    Lowest6 share it

    Middle country: 0.5664

  • Taxes on goods and services (% of GDP)

    HighestCuba23.198

    LowestEquatorial Guinea0.424

    Middle country: 10.236

  • Other taxes (% of GDP)

    HighestItaly2.217776

    LowestUganda-0.030751

    Middle country: 0.026297

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +2 / −0countries joined / left
  • 121values changed, of 121 in both
  • 58 · 63rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Mozambique30.90948 → 20.80283−10.10665
  • Spain36.33031 → 32.00582−4.32449
  • Iceland37.98912 → 34.08180−3.90732
  • Cuba44.00168 → 41.16925−2.83243
  • Venezuela16.98832 → 14.19926−2.78906
+ Fiji+ Seychelles

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 2008.

  • 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 (2008). Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/tax-to-gdp/2008

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07Questions

Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2008: questions and answers

Which country has the highest tax-to-GDP ratio in Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2008?

Denmark, at 44.76078, of the 123 countries in the file.

What year does Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2008 describe?

2008.

How many countries does Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2008 cover?

123.

Where can I download Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2008?

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), 2008 the newest?

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

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