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Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2010

2010, as OECD’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2010 covers 130 countries on 7 measures. Denmark is highest, at 44.794; Sierra Leone is lowest, at 5.598. The middle country reads 19.781. Against 2009, 123 values changed (70 up, 53 down), 7 countries joined.

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Tax Revenue (% of GDP) · Data for 2010

HighestDenmark

44.794

LowestSierra Leone

5.598

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), 2010, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 130 countries · select a heading to sort

Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2010: every country, as published by OECD.
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe44.79427.6380.1260.22951.84947614.9410.01134
SwedenSWENorthern Europe43.14415.39310.8313.02731.02797412.8240.04001
BelgiumBELWestern Europe42.87014.65813.9070.00193.09765611.1960.00980
FranceFRAWestern Europe42.2389.58416.0231.42243.54661611.1750.48734
NorwayNORNorthern Europe41.73619.6879.3270.00001.06991311.6520.00000
ItalyITASouthern Europe41.68813.56912.9240.00002.00396211.2231.96867
AustriaAUTWestern Europe41.27011.44214.2032.84260.52878111.8750.37922
FinlandFINNorthern Europe40.56114.40612.0370.00001.10923912.9720.03667
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe38.3777.46415.9390.07790.61499514.2810.00000
CubaCUBCaribbean37.2305.6014.6236.86200.00000019.0951.04884
HungaryHUNEastern Europe36.9037.63411.5920.41451.13775715.9830.14123
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe36.3425.87111.7230.00001.15257917.5960.00000
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe35.65212.89210.3460.00002.5049539.8580.05147
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe35.4449.88812.8660.00001.36387211.1760.14961
GermanyDEUWestern Europe35.1729.85813.5480.00000.80340010.9580.00382
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe32.9856.58112.1730.00000.34799113.8820.00000
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe32.3877.13511.0680.00001.67314812.5100.00000
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe32.04511.9846.0520.00003.83997310.1690.00000
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe31.9096.44514.2830.00000.40575610.7710.00369
IcelandISLNorthern Europe31.88314.0823.7370.16612.23162611.3150.35185
BrazilBRASouth America31.6956.6588.0820.54941.37665215.0160.01235
PolandPOLEastern Europe31.4406.31410.8230.25801.32265112.6810.04120
SpainESPSouthern Europe31.1478.70811.8120.00002.0589618.5670.00074
CanadaCANNorthern America31.00714.4634.6090.64583.8255077.4280.03577
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa30.7169.0732.8090.00001.07265717.7610.00000

02In 2010

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Denmark44.794
  2. Sweden43.144
  3. Belgium42.870
  4. France42.238
  5. Norway41.736

Lowest

  1. Sierra Leone5.598
  2. Cambodia5.987
  3. Republic of the Congo7.116
  4. Bangladesh7.238
  5. Nigeria7.295

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 19.781. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestDenmark27.638

    Lowest2 share it

    Middle country: 6.184

  • Social security contributions (% of GDP)

    HighestFrance16.023

    Lowest18 share it

    Middle country: 2.518

  • Taxes on payroll and workforce (% of GDP)

    HighestCuba6.8620

    Lowest78 share it

    Middle country: 0.0000

  • Taxes on property (% of GDP)

    HighestUnited Kingdom3.839973

    Lowest9 share it

    Middle country: 0.482130

  • Taxes on goods and services (% of GDP)

    HighestMozambique20.785

    LowestEquatorial Guinea0.717

    Middle country: 9.763

  • Other taxes (% of GDP)

    HighestItaly1.96867

    LowestChile-0.05481

    Middle country: 0.02218

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +7 / −0countries joined / left
  • 123values changed, of 123 in both
  • 70 · 53rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Armenia+ Hong Kong+ Kiribati+ Laos+ Nigeria+ Niue+ Chad

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 2010.

  • Which end is better

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

  • 23 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 (2010). Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/tax-to-gdp/2010

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07Questions

Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2010: questions and answers

Which country has the highest tax-to-GDP ratio in Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2010?

Denmark, at 44.794, of the 130 countries in the file.

What year does Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2010 describe?

2010.

How many countries does Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2010 cover?

130.

Where can I download Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2010?

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), 2010 the newest?

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

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