Taxes and social contributions as a share of GDP
Total receipts from taxes on production and imports, taxes on income and wealth, capital taxes and social contributions, less amounts unlikely to be collected, received by government and EU institutions, as a percentage of GDP.
30 countries have a value for 2025, the latest period in the data.
Trend over time
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% of GDP. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union | Germany | France | Spain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40.7% | 41.4%p (provisional) | 46.0% | 38.1% |
| 2024 | 40.2% | 40.3%p (provisional) | 45.1% | 37.2% |
| 2023 | 39.9% | 39.7%p (provisional) | 45.5% | 37.1% |
| 2022 | 40.6% | 41.2% | 47.7% | 37.4% |
| 2021 | 41.2% | 41.7% | 46.9% | 38.1% |
| 2020 | 41.0% | 40.9% | 47.4% | 37.3% |
| 2019 | 40.9% | 41.2% | 47.3% | 35.2% |
| 2018 | 41.1% | 40.9% | 48.3% | 35.2% |
| 2017 | 41.0% | 40.5% | 48.5% | 34.4% |
| 2016 | 40.9% | 40.4% | 47.7% | 34.1% |
| 2015 | 40.8% | 39.9% | 47.7% | 34.4% |
| 2014 | 41.0% | 39.6% | 47.6% | 34.5% |
| 2013 | 41.0% | 39.8% | 47.4% | 34.0% |
| 2012 | 40.4% | 39.5% | 46.5% | 33.2% |
| 2011 | 39.4% | 38.8% | 45.3% | 32.0% |
| 2010 | 39.0% | 38.4% | 44.2% | 32.1% |
| 2009 | 39.2% | 39.8% | 44.1% | 30.5% |
| 2008 | 39.5% | 39.4% | 44.5% | 32.9% |
| 2007 | 40.1% | 39.0% | 44.6% | 37.2% |
| 2006 | 40.0% | 38.9% | 45.1% | 36.8% |
| 2005 | 39.7% | 38.7% | 44.7% | 36.1% |
| 2004 | 39.5% | 38.7% | 44.4% | 34.9% |
| 2003 | 39.8% | 39.6% | 44.3% | 33.9% |
| 2002 | 39.8% | 39.3% | 44.4% | 34.1% |
| 2001 | 40.2% | 39.7% | 45.1% | 33.7% |
Flags: p provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- Among the 30 countries with a value for 2025, the highest is France (46.0%) and the lowest Ireland (22.7%).
- Half of the countries are above 37.9% and half below.
- From 2024 to 2025 the value rose in 20 countries and fell in 9.
- The figure for the European Union was 40.7% in 2025, against 41.0% in 2020 (−0.3 percentage points).
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All countries in 2025 Every value is for 2025, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 France 46.0%
- 2 Belgium 44.7%p (provisional)
- 3 Denmark 44.3%
- 4 Austria 43.9%
- 5 Italy 43.0%
- 6 Finland 42.5%
- 7 Luxembourg 42.2%
- 8 Germany 41.4%p (provisional)
- 9 Greece 41.3%
- 10 Sweden 41.2%
- 11 Netherlands 39.6%
- 12 Slovenia 39.1%
- 13 Croatia 38.9%
- 14 Norway 38.9%
- 15 Spain 38.1%
- 16 Poland 37.6%
- 17 Portugal 37.1%
- 18 Estonia 36.6%
- 19 Iceland 36.5%
- 20 Cyprus 36.3%
- 21 Slovakia 36.1%
- 22 Hungary 35.4%
- 23 Czechia 35.2%
- 24 Latvia 34.2%
- 25 Lithuania 33.8%
- 26 Bulgaria 30.6%
- 27 Malta 30.3%
- 28 Romania 29.3%
- 29 Switzerland 27.1%
- 30 Ireland 22.7%
- European Union 40.7%
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Grey: no value for 2025. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.