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Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2015

2015, as OECD’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2015 covers 140 countries on 7 measures. Denmark is highest, at 46.4870; Somalia is lowest, at 1.0684. The middle country reads 20.1653. Against 2014, 140 values changed (91 up, 49 down), the same countries are covered.

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Tax Revenue (% of GDP) · Data for 2015

HighestDenmark

46.4870

LowestSomalia

1.0684

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), 2015, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 140 countries · select a heading to sort

Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2015: every country, as published by OECD.
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe46.487029.45520.0920.2903201.93873814.57350.136957
FranceFRAWestern Europe45.362910.606616.6321.6430224.07678911.85540.549313
BelgiumBELWestern Europe44.238015.768214.1190.0019973.46728810.87170.009506
FinlandFINNorthern Europe43.770915.400712.6740.0000001.43535414.22270.038536
AustriaAUTWestern Europe43.653212.973914.7272.9350900.57445212.24750.194921
ItalyITASouthern Europe42.962513.571012.8860.0000002.78203712.03841.685287
SwedenSWENorthern Europe42.925915.54129.5694.5881341.03646012.15920.032039
HungaryHUNEastern Europe38.64746.934312.6730.6910151.25005616.97170.127730
NorwayNORNorthern Europe38.337315.216410.3870.0000001.05725411.67670.000000
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe38.13996.615615.5430.0511820.62530415.30520.000000
CubaCUBCaribbean38.08267.66154.9603.1594300.00000020.36191.939683
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe37.55895.401711.4010.0000001.12009319.63570.000000
GermanyDEUWestern Europe37.302311.382713.7620.0000001.05081611.09960.006997
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe37.15848.317610.7250.0000003.08959315.02660.000000
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe36.521310.133213.7910.0000001.39707511.14010.059499
IcelandISLNorthern Europe34.957516.38483.4140.2842591.78004911.45191.642972
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe34.777112.949310.2460.0000003.1668618.36290.051803
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe34.462010.45889.0210.0000001.28614313.54010.156410
SpainESPSouthern Europe33.53729.442011.2990.0000002.56229310.21630.017386
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe33.29547.647311.2090.0000000.27600014.16350.000000
UkraineUKREastern Europe33.26266.99199.3380.0000000.78334316.14410.005399
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe32.94557.089014.1820.0000000.47121311.19450.008316
CanadaCANNorthern America32.820315.81774.8420.6659833.9075787.54980.037580
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe32.40886.895613.5570.0000000.41696511.53900.000000
PolandPOLEastern Europe32.27486.470012.3500.2225951.36148811.83500.035754

02In 2015

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Denmark46.4870
  2. France45.3629
  3. Belgium44.2380
  4. Finland43.7709
  5. Austria43.6532

Lowest

  1. Somalia1.0684
  2. Chad4.3470
  3. Nigeria6.0768
  4. Sierra Leone6.2319
  5. Bangladesh7.4008

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 20.1653. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestDenmark29.4552

    Lowest2 share it

    Middle country: 6.4288

  • Social security contributions (% of GDP)

    HighestFrance16.632

    Lowest20 share it

    Middle country: 2.288

  • Taxes on payroll and workforce (% of GDP)

    HighestSweden4.588134

    Lowest87 share it

    Middle country: 0.000000

  • Taxes on property (% of GDP)

    HighestFrance4.076789

    Lowest10 share it

    Middle country: 0.467153

  • Taxes on goods and services (% of GDP)

    HighestMozambique21.8413

    LowestSomalia1.0426

    Middle country: 9.9390

  • Other taxes (% of GDP)

    HighestBolivia2.209044

    LowestChile-0.363688

    Middle country: 0.009495

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 140values changed, of 140 in both
  • 91 · 49rose · 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 2015.

  • Which end is better

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

  • 25 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 (2015). Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/tax-to-gdp/2015

0635 held

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07Questions

Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2015: questions and answers

Which country has the highest tax-to-GDP ratio in Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2015?

Denmark, at 46.4870, of the 140 countries in the file.

What year does Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2015 describe?

2015.

How many countries does Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2015 cover?

140.

Where can I download Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2015?

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), 2015 the newest?

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

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