Tax revenue in European Union
Central government tax revenue in the European Union was equal to 19.8% of GDP in 2024.
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
European Union, 2024
19.8%
Change from 2023
+0.2percentage points
World, 2024
13.9%
Tax revenue in European Union 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.
| Period | European Union | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19.8% | 13.9% |
| 2023 | 19.6% | 13.9% |
| 2022 | 19.9% | 14.5% |
| 2021 | 19.9% | 14.3% |
| 2020 | 19.6% | 13.7% |
| 2019 | 20.0% | 13.8% |
| 2018 | 19.9% | 13.9% |
| 2017 | 19.8% | 14.2% |
| 2016 | 19.7% | 13.9% |
| 2015 | 19.7% | 14.0% |
| 2014 | 19.9% | 14.0% |
| 2013 | 19.7% | 14.0% |
| 2012 | 19.3% | 13.8% |
| 2011 | 18.9% | 13.7% |
| 2010 | 18.7% | 13.3% |
| 2009 | 18.4% | 13.1% |
| 2008 | 19.2% | 14.3% |
| 2007 | 19.6% | 14.8% |
| 2006 | 19.3% | 14.5% |
| 2005 | 19.0% | 14.1% |
| 2004 | 18.7% | 14.5% |
| 2003 | 18.9% | 14.4% |
| 2002 | 19.1% | 14.6% |
| 2001 | 19.4% | – |
| 2000 | 19.9% | – |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 19.6% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 19.9%, the figure has changed by −0.1 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 13.9%.