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Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2011

2011, as OECD’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2011 covers 131 countries on 7 measures. Denmark is highest, at 44.8671; Sierra Leone is lowest, at 5.5908. The middle country reads 20.2661. Against 2010, 130 values changed (96 up, 34 down), 1 country joined.

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Tax Revenue (% of GDP) · Data for 2011

HighestDenmark

44.8671

LowestSierra Leone

5.5908

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), 2011, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 131 countries · select a heading to sort

Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2011: every country, as published by OECD.
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe44.867127.51530.1360.25071.88845315.06680.009418
FranceFRAWestern Europe43.318910.048216.1301.42573.65301911.44170.620723
BelgiumBELWestern Europe43.188814.990713.9780.00223.15209111.05440.011221
SwedenSWENorthern Europe42.223114.79339.7714.19300.98599912.43280.047337
FinlandFINNorthern Europe41.866414.841012.0290.00001.08168313.87770.036933
NorwayNORNorthern Europe41.811420.37779.2110.00001.03632511.18680.000000
ItalyITASouthern Europe41.601013.230512.7700.00002.17701411.42951.994253
AustriaAUTWestern Europe41.437311.581914.1792.84120.51133812.02650.297487
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe37.86127.263915.7190.07950.59661914.20260.000000
CubaCUBCaribbean37.86086.52834.3426.13900.00000019.85160.999710
HungaryHUNEastern Europe36.43156.128712.6590.45071.11287115.94110.139018
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe36.125812.849110.5200.00002.50614510.20430.046381
GermanyDEUWestern Europe35.878210.341413.5270.00000.83836011.16730.004150
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe35.80135.629911.6290.00001.24242017.29980.000000
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe35.13769.440213.4860.00001.20576910.85660.148930
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe34.22987.348310.8800.00002.52070313.48080.000000
IcelandISLNorthern Europe32.896114.94813.7430.16252.08565511.52670.429718
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe32.862911.91946.1010.00003.81356811.02860.000000
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa32.849012.22830.6020.00000.34127319.67760.000000
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe32.75846.653114.3820.00000.49908411.22100.003296
BrazilBRASouth America32.52017.18188.2350.58061.44234715.06240.017551
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe32.25689.10468.8890.00001.09501713.08320.085528
PolandPOLEastern Europe31.85596.362811.1390.26741.28451612.76050.041306
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe31.23916.253311.1470.00000.30743313.53180.000000
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe31.218811.50015.6710.00000.96704913.08020.000000

02In 2011

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Denmark44.8671
  2. France43.3189
  3. Belgium43.1888
  4. Sweden42.2231
  5. Finland41.8664

Lowest

  1. Sierra Leone5.5908
  2. Cambodia6.0413
  3. Equatorial Guinea7.0158
  4. Bangladesh7.5203
  5. Republic of the Congo7.5745

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 20.2661. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestDenmark27.5153

    Lowest2 share it

    Middle country: 6.2533

  • Social security contributions (% of GDP)

    HighestFrance16.130

    Lowest18 share it

    Middle country: 2.172

  • Taxes on payroll and workforce (% of GDP)

    HighestCuba6.1390

    Lowest79 share it

    Middle country: 0.0000

  • Taxes on property (% of GDP)

    HighestUnited Kingdom3.813568

    Lowest8 share it

    Middle country: 0.436940

  • Taxes on goods and services (% of GDP)

    HighestMozambique22.8507

    LowestEquatorial Guinea0.6772

    Middle country: 9.6513

  • Other taxes (% of GDP)

    HighestItaly1.994253

    LowestSouth Africa-0.000614

    Middle country: 0.022477

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 130values changed, of 130 in both
  • 96 · 34rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Pakistan

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 2011.

  • 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

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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 (2011). Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/tax-to-gdp/2011

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07Questions

Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2011: questions and answers

Which country has the highest tax-to-GDP ratio in Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2011?

Denmark, at 44.8671, of the 131 countries in the file.

What year does Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2011 describe?

2011.

How many countries does Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2011 cover?

131.

Where can I download Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2011?

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), 2011 the newest?

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

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