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Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2023

2023, as OECD’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2023 covers 140 countries on 7 measures. Denmark is highest, at 43.9916; Somalia is lowest, at 2.9157. The middle country reads 21.7654. Against 2022, 140 values changed (73 up, 67 down), the same countries are covered.

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Tax Revenue (% of GDP) · Data for 2023

HighestDenmark

43.9916

LowestSomalia

2.9157

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), 2023, 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), 2023: every country, as published by OECD.
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe43.991629.31790.0760.262171.717212.40880.21000
FranceFRAWestern Europe43.855011.754414.5471.943963.453911.29340.86278
FinlandFINNorthern Europe42.757915.602812.4290.000001.405213.29240.02895
AustriaAUTWestern Europe42.610012.763114.9372.687090.459811.60750.15556
BelgiumBELWestern Europe41.891715.605812.9140.000923.088710.28220.00000
SwedenSWENorthern Europe41.708114.78388.9545.269650.824611.84230.03349
NorwayNORNorthern Europe41.630821.59449.2340.050751.17119.58010.00000
ItalyITASouthern Europe41.523714.322112.2770.000002.221811.34531.35760
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe39.808516.003911.1280.000003.41899.22710.03032
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe39.264214.114512.3030.000001.263911.45100.13132
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe38.92289.318111.2100.000002.544915.84970.00000
GermanyDEUWestern Europe37.294812.089514.3230.000000.91509.95780.00965
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe36.73286.489310.4400.000000.959418.84390.00000
SpainESPSouthern Europe36.414211.781612.6200.000002.25189.75000.01082
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe36.36237.415715.5910.042960.548712.76430.00000
IcelandISLNorthern Europe35.857018.49913.0110.264492.195311.52610.36152
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe35.256210.245010.2560.000001.415313.20500.13513
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe35.05427.757814.9410.000000.411611.94400.00000
HungaryHUNEastern Europe35.02937.62369.9160.574860.733616.04080.14057
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe34.965313.92266.6730.139943.676510.55310.00000
PolandPOLEastern Europe34.94727.038213.2190.572341.149112.91970.04890
CanadaCANNorthern America34.785117.74475.1800.752813.43707.62300.04758
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa33.987611.08339.2190.429140.304712.31320.63834
JapanJPNEastern Asia33.733310.884713.1900.000002.74976.82550.08361
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand33.726119.90170.0000.000001.998611.82570.00000

02In 2023

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Denmark43.9916
  2. France43.8550
  3. Finland42.7579
  4. Austria42.6100
  5. Belgium41.8917

Lowest

  1. Somalia2.9157
  2. Sierra Leone6.6580
  3. Bangladesh7.2327
  4. Nigeria8.1885
  5. Niger8.2021

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 21.7654. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestDenmark29.3179

    Lowest2 share it

    Middle country: 7.2368

  • Social security contributions (% of GDP)

    HighestSlovenia15.591

    Lowest19 share it

    Middle country: 2.661

  • Taxes on payroll and workforce (% of GDP)

    HighestSweden5.26965

    Lowest83 share it

    Middle country: 0.00000

  • Taxes on property (% of GDP)

    HighestUnited Kingdom3.6765

    Lowest12 share it

    Middle country: 0.3446

  • Taxes on goods and services (% of GDP)

    HighestNiue23.4193

    LowestEquatorial Guinea1.2853

    Middle country: 9.6199

  • Other taxes (% of GDP)

    HighestBolivia2.74169

    LowestChile-0.30318

    Middle country: 0.02062

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 140values changed, of 140 in both
  • 73 · 67rose · 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 2023.

  • Which end is better

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

  • 20 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 (2023). Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/tax-to-gdp/2023

0635 held

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07Questions

Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2023: questions and answers

Which country has the highest tax-to-GDP ratio in Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2023?

Denmark, at 43.9916, of the 140 countries in the file.

What year does Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2023 describe?

2023.

How many countries does Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2023 cover?

140.

Where can I download Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2023?

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), 2023 the newest?

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

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