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Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2019

2019, as OECD’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2019 covers 140 countries on 7 measures. Denmark is highest, at 47.146; Somalia is lowest, at 2.066. The middle country reads 21.268. Against 2018, 140 values changed (69 up, 71 down), the same countries are covered.

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Tax Revenue (% of GDP) · Data for 2019

HighestDenmark

47.146

LowestSomalia

2.066

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), 2019, 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), 2019: every country, as published by OECD.
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe47.14630.53910.0730.284082.0111114.194380.043983
FranceFRAWestern Europe45.02411.414714.7931.868123.9356412.410720.601305
SwedenSWENorthern Europe43.07415.37659.2185.353750.9413812.151690.033163
AustriaAUTWestern Europe42.91212.488815.0542.723090.5452811.918090.183057
NauruNRUMicronesia42.61033.50770.0000.000000.000009.102550.000000
FinlandFINNorthern Europe42.52914.871011.8630.000001.4577514.315900.021382
BelgiumBELWestern Europe42.31614.975813.1640.001883.4123810.761840.000000
ItalyITASouthern Europe42.31513.286113.1380.000002.3972012.146891.347068
CubaCUBCaribbean42.06211.85085.5371.368400.0000020.298743.006934
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe39.93415.505910.9820.000003.870219.529140.046558
NorwayNORNorthern Europe39.85416.365510.4830.055911.1706111.779720.000000
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe39.1018.128812.0210.000003.0246115.926560.000000
GermanyDEUWestern Europe38.62412.355814.3650.000001.0935010.801100.009018
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe38.47311.931413.1720.000001.4677611.807890.093761
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe38.4395.924811.0790.000001.1538320.281580.000000
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe37.9217.274315.7540.048170.6202014.223860.000000
HungaryHUNEastern Europe36.1056.353511.5671.032330.9313016.149310.070700
PolandPOLEastern Europe34.7867.456513.0650.256191.2529812.706700.048532
IcelandISLNorthern Europe34.71717.35373.1800.297852.1112111.167070.606985
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe34.5299.43739.6050.000001.4349813.934500.116912
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe34.4917.041614.8970.000000.3993512.153070.000000
SpainESPSouthern Europe34.4399.861212.1660.000002.438129.961950.012124
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe34.2037.790715.1000.000000.4089110.899670.003728
CanadaCANNorthern America33.08216.19924.6850.751313.868437.536990.041451
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe32.9547.167311.4370.000000.2037114.145630.000000

02In 2019

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Denmark47.146
  2. France45.024
  3. Sweden43.074
  4. Austria42.912
  5. Nauru42.610

Lowest

  1. Somalia2.066
  2. Chad5.947
  3. Nigeria5.984
  4. Bangladesh6.827
  5. DR Congo7.609

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 21.268. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestNauru33.5077

    Lowest2 share it

    Middle country: 6.8092

  • Social security contributions (% of GDP)

    HighestSlovenia15.754

    Lowest20 share it

    Middle country: 2.490

  • Taxes on payroll and workforce (% of GDP)

    HighestSweden5.35375

    LowestBhutan-0.01713

    Middle country: 0.00000

  • Taxes on property (% of GDP)

    HighestUnited Kingdom4.03403

    Lowest12 share it

    Middle country: 0.44759

  • Taxes on goods and services (% of GDP)

    HighestCuba20.29874

    LowestHong Kong1.48103

    Middle country: 10.19872

  • Other taxes (% of GDP)

    HighestCuba3.006934

    LowestChile-0.125319

    Middle country: 0.015524

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 140values changed, of 140 in both
  • 69 · 71rose · 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 2019.

  • Which end is better

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

  • 22 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 (2019). Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/tax-to-gdp/2019

0635 held

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07Questions

Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2019: questions and answers

Which country has the highest tax-to-GDP ratio in Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2019?

Denmark, at 47.146, of the 140 countries in the file.

What year does Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2019 describe?

2019.

How many countries does Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2019 cover?

140.

Where can I download Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2019?

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), 2019 the newest?

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

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