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Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2013

2013, as OECD’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2013 covers 138 countries on 7 measures. Denmark is highest, at 45.970; Somalia is lowest, at 1.005. The middle country reads 20.123. Against 2012, 136 values changed (84 up, 52 down), 2 countries joined.

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Tax Revenue (% of GDP) · Data for 2013

HighestDenmark

45.970

LowestSomalia

1.005

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), 2013, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 138 countries · select a heading to sort

Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2013: every country, as published by OECD.
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe45.97028.86420.1090.316701.8078614.7590.11367
FranceFRAWestern Europe45.32911.009716.6381.651093.8515211.6490.52950
BelgiumBELWestern Europe44.83515.892514.2750.002003.4983911.1560.01173
ItalyITASouthern Europe43.76314.388312.9800.000002.7053611.7041.98580
FinlandFINNorthern Europe43.58215.133912.5960.000001.2771714.5440.03145
AustriaAUTWestern Europe43.13912.266114.7082.954380.7287712.2060.27563
SwedenSWENorthern Europe42.69814.88149.9004.524861.0823212.2620.04747
NorwayNORNorthern Europe39.71918.12539.4640.000001.0629611.0670.00000
HungaryHUNEastern Europe38.4556.620912.8500.680301.2814116.8980.12361
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe37.9896.334715.6690.064960.6435515.2770.00000
GermanyDEUWestern Europe36.95011.160913.6880.000000.9106611.1860.00447
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe36.8795.885011.1350.000001.1656018.6930.00000
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe36.6147.868610.8660.000003.1990814.6800.00000
CubaCUBCaribbean36.5196.85894.0484.438090.0000020.2050.96853
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe36.18312.779210.4270.000002.6398910.2900.04637
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe35.8328.877414.6300.000001.2146010.9420.16873
UkraineUKREastern Europe34.9818.677712.8700.000000.0104313.3480.07555
IcelandISLNorthern Europe34.27016.00463.5220.329232.2261411.6330.55527
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe33.94810.93008.8700.000001.1221612.9290.09658
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe33.4986.962414.4660.000000.4607811.6080.00160
SpainESPSouthern Europe32.9379.522111.3950.000002.364359.6480.00741
PolandPOLEastern Europe32.2446.323712.3700.244111.4116811.8320.06259
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe32.02411.26375.9550.000003.9297510.8750.00000
BrazilBRASouth America31.7436.76278.2790.608841.2897514.7820.02098
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe31.5877.082210.8410.000000.2987013.3650.00000

02In 2013

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Denmark45.970
  2. France45.329
  3. Belgium44.835
  4. Italy43.763
  5. Finland43.582

Lowest

  1. Somalia1.005
  2. Sierra Leone6.084
  3. Bangladesh7.506
  4. Nigeria8.333
  5. Republic of the Congo8.833

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 20.123. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestDenmark28.8642

    Lowest2 share it

    Middle country: 6.3686

  • Social security contributions (% of GDP)

    HighestFrance16.638

    Lowest19 share it

    Middle country: 2.287

  • Taxes on payroll and workforce (% of GDP)

    HighestSweden4.52486

    Lowest85 share it

    Middle country: 0.00000

  • Taxes on property (% of GDP)

    HighestUnited Kingdom3.92975

    Lowest9 share it

    Middle country: 0.43610

  • Taxes on goods and services (% of GDP)

    HighestCuba20.205

    LowestTimor-Leste0.385

    Middle country: 9.938

  • Other taxes (% of GDP)

    HighestItaly1.98580

    LowestBahamas-0.14174

    Middle country: 0.01763

032012 → 2013

Since 2012

What changed between 2012 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +2 / −0countries joined / left
  • 136values changed, of 136 in both
  • 84 · 52rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Somalia+ Tonga

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 2013.

  • Which end is better

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

  • 26 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 (2013). Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2013 [data set], describing 2013. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/tax-to-gdp/2013

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07Questions

Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2013: questions and answers

Which country has the highest tax-to-GDP ratio in Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2013?

Denmark, at 45.970, of the 138 countries in the file.

What year does Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2013 describe?

2013.

How many countries does Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2013 cover?

138.

Where can I download Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2013?

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), 2013 the newest?

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

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