|
Printer-friendly page from Finfacts Ireland Business News - Click for the News Main Page - A service of the Finfacts Ireland Business and Finance Portal
|
|
|
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
| 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 |
| Germany 2 |
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 |
| Norway 1 |
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 |
| Spain 1 |
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 |
50.1 |
50.4 |
51.1 |
| Switzerland |
27.4 |
26.1 |
26.0 |
27.8 |
30.5 |
29.4 |
29.2 |
30.0 |
| Turkey |
16.0 |
15.4 |
20.0 |
22.6 |
32.3 |
32.8 |
31.3 |
32.3 |
| United Kingdom |
35.3 |
37.7 |
36.5 |
35.0 |
37.2 |
35.4 |
36.0 |
37.2 |
| Unweighted average: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|