Tax revenue in Euro area

Central government tax revenue in the euro area was equal to 19.2% of GDP in 2024.

Measure: Tax revenue as a share of GDP (central government) Unit: % of GDP Data: 1972 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Euro area is a group: Euro area; membership follows each source definition (World Bank EMU, ECB U2 changing composition). The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Euro area, 2024 19.2% % of GDP
Change from 2023 +0.2percentage points 2023: 19.1%
World, 2024 13.9% Official aggregate

Tax revenue in Euro area over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Tax revenue as a share of GDP (central government) (% of GDP), 2000 to 2024
Period Euro areaWorld
2024 19.2% 13.9%
2023 19.1% 13.9%
2022 19.4% 14.5%
2021 19.3% 14.3%
2020 19.1% 13.7%
2019 19.4% 13.8%
2018 19.3% 13.9%
2017 19.2% 14.2%
2016 19.1% 13.9%
2015 19.2% 14.0%
2014 19.3% 14.0%
2013 19.2% 14.0%
2012 18.7% 13.8%
2011 18.2% 13.7%
2010 18.1% 13.3%
2009 17.7% 13.1%
2008 18.5% 14.3%
2007 18.8% 14.8%
2006 18.7% 14.5%
2005 18.3% 14.1%
2004 18.1% 14.5%
2003 18.3% 14.4%
2002 18.5% 14.6%
2001 18.9% –
2000 19.3% –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 19.1% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 19.3%, the figure has changed by −0.1 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 13.9%.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
GC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1972 to 2024 for Euro area
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics