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Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2009

2009, as OECD’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2009 covers 123 countries on 7 measures. Denmark is highest, at 44.737; Sierra Leone is lowest, at 5.300. The middle country reads 20.512. Against 2008, 123 values changed (45 up, 78 down), the same countries are covered.

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Tax Revenue (% of GDP) · Data for 2009

HighestDenmark

44.737

LowestSierra Leone

5.300

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), 2009, 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), 2009: every country, as published by OECD.
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe44.73727.459630.0890.24011.8193615.1180.01082
SwedenSWENorthern Europe43.92315.5494810.7483.68791.0314812.8460.05987
BelgiumBELWestern Europe42.54414.4174814.2270.00172.9470410.9340.01694
FranceFRAWestern Europe42.1099.0969016.1971.39873.3345810.6391.44280
ItalyITASouthern Europe41.99513.6032313.1060.00002.5870110.7171.98118
AustriaAUTWestern Europe41.25011.3368214.3102.84460.5278411.9030.32717
NorwayNORNorthern Europe41.07718.851209.5440.00001.0781611.6030.00000
FinlandFINNorthern Europe40.77514.5844212.1360.00001.0471312.9700.03797
CubaCUBCaribbean40.5915.140144.4686.83920.0000023.0851.05912
HungaryHUNEastern Europe38.8129.4725612.5980.33630.8125615.4480.14487
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe37.6397.5918215.7080.07590.5847713.6790.00000
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe36.8806.5992911.9200.00001.2467617.1140.00000
GermanyDEUWestern Europe36.40310.2838913.8190.00000.8160111.4790.00393
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe36.27512.7812110.8580.00002.3974910.1890.04902
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe34.6439.7574812.5110.00001.3753410.8420.15726
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe34.6347.3933612.3590.00000.3414114.5400.00000
MoldovaMDAEastern Europe32.5653.1570411.5370.00000.4215517.4490.00000
CanadaCANNorthern America32.34615.454564.8610.66453.930687.3980.03755
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe32.1596.8265714.1350.00000.3570010.8350.00547
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe31.63712.038005.5920.00001.0067113.0000.00000
PolandPOLEastern Europe31.2866.7515311.0520.27531.3400311.8200.04718
IcelandISLNorthern Europe31.24514.684952.8110.15122.0164711.2020.37969
BrazilBRASouth America31.1777.032668.1790.55381.2267414.215-0.03070
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe31.1737.6253910.3060.00002.0164511.2250.00000
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe31.07611.922576.0980.00003.771509.2840.00000

02In 2009

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Denmark44.737
  2. Sweden43.923
  3. Belgium42.544
  4. France42.109
  5. Italy41.995

Lowest

  1. Sierra Leone5.300
  2. Cambodia5.640
  3. Bangladesh6.494
  4. Republic of the Congo7.960
  5. DR Congo8.005

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 20.512. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestDenmark27.45963

    Lowest2 share it

    Middle country: 6.26432

  • Social security contributions (% of GDP)

    HighestFrance16.197

    Lowest16 share it

    Middle country: 2.587

  • Taxes on payroll and workforce (% of GDP)

    HighestCuba6.8392

    Lowest73 share it

    Middle country: 0.0000

  • Taxes on property (% of GDP)

    HighestCanada3.93068

    Lowest6 share it

    Middle country: 0.52784

  • Taxes on goods and services (% of GDP)

    HighestMozambique24.394

    LowestEquatorial Guinea0.762

    Middle country: 9.383

  • Other taxes (% of GDP)

    HighestItaly1.98118

    LowestSouth Africa-0.03368

    Middle country: 0.01946

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 123values changed, of 123 in both
  • 45 · 78rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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 2009.

  • 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 (2009). Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/tax-to-gdp/2009

0635 held

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07Questions

Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2009: questions and answers

Which country has the highest tax-to-GDP ratio in Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2009?

Denmark, at 44.737, of the 123 countries in the file.

What year does Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2009 describe?

2009.

How many countries does Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2009 cover?

123.

Where can I download Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2009?

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), 2009 the newest?

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

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