Tax revenues on the rise in many OECD countries, OECD report shows; Irish tax burden virtually unchanged in period 1995-2005

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Tax revenues on the rise in many OECD countries, OECD report shows; Irish tax burden virtually unchanged in period 1995-2005
By Finfacts Team
Oct 11, 2006, 10:14

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OECD REVENUE STATISTICS 1965-2005 - ISBN9264028129 - © OECD 2006
	Table A. Total tax revenue as percentage of GDP
	1975	1985	1990	1995	2000	2003	2004	2005 Provl
Canada	32.0	32.5	35.9	35.6	35.6	33.6	33.5	33.5
Mexico		17.0	17.3	16.7	18.5	19.0	19.0	19.8
United States	25.6	25.6	27.3	27.9	29.9	25.7	25.5	26.8

Australia	25.8	28.2	28.5	28.8	31.1	30.7	31.2	n.a
Japan	20.9	27.4	29.1	26.9	27.1	25.7	26.4	n.a
Korea	15.1	16.4	18.9	19.4	23.6	25.3	24.6	25.6
New Zealand	28.5	31.1	37.4	36.6	33.6	34.4	35.6	36.6

Austria	36.7	40.9	39.6	41.1	42.6	42.9	42.6	41.9
Belgium	39.5	44.4	42.0	43.6	44.9	44.7	45.0	45.4
Czech Republic				37.5	36.0	37.6	38.4	38.5
Denmark ¹	39.3	46.5	46.5	48.8	49.4	47.7	48.8	49.7
Finland	36.7	39.9	43.9	45.6	47.7	44.6	44.2	44.5
France ¹	35.5	42.4	42.2	42.9	44.4	43.1	43.4	44.3
Germany²	35.3	37.2	35.7	37.2	37.2	35.5	34.7	34.7
Greece	21.3	28.0	28.7	31.7	37.3	36.3	35.0	n.a
Hungary				42.1	38.7	38.1	38.1	37.1
Iceland	30.0	28.2	31.0	31.2	38.3	37.8	38.7	42.4
Ireland	28.7	34.6	33.1	32.5	31.7	28.7	30.1	30.5
Italy	25.4	33.6	37.8	40.1	42.3	41.8	41.1	41.0
Luxembourg	32.8	39.5	35.7	37.0	39.1	38.2	37.8	37.6
Netherlands	39.6	41.0	41.1	40.2	39.5	37.0	37.5	n.a
Norway¹	39.3	43.0	41.5	41.1	43.0	42.9	44.0	45.0
Poland				37.0	32.5	34.9	34.4	n.a
Portugal	19.7	25.2	27.7	31.7	34.1	35.0	34.5	n.a
Slovak Republic ¹					33.1	31.2	30.3	29.4
Spain¹	18.4	27.2	32.5	32.1	34.2	34.3	34.8	35.8
Sweden	41.6	47.8	52.7	48.1	53.4