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Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 1998

1998, as OECD’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 1998 covers 85 countries on 7 measures. Sweden is highest, at 47.695; Republic of the Congo is lowest, at 6.111. The middle country reads 20.491. Against 1997, 82 values changed (51 up, 31 down), 3 countries joined.

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Tax Revenue (% of GDP) · Data for 1998

HighestSweden

47.695

LowestRepublic of the Congo

6.111

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 1998, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 85 countries · select a heading to sort

Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 1998: every country, as published by OECD.
SwedenSWENorthern Europe47.69518.58013.112.1811.708712.05000.0602
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe47.46828.8290.080.3971.766616.36450.0257
FinlandFINNorthern Europe44.80817.63712.220.0001.071213.84200.0432
BelgiumBELWestern Europe44.43717.29413.980.0002.073711.09020.0000
FranceFRAWestern Europe43.79710.07215.691.1213.104912.03241.7794
AustriaAUTWestern Europe43.67212.47314.802.7820.574912.65930.3848
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe42.0047.03914.000.0001.116419.85220.0000
NorwayNORNorthern Europe41.41015.3499.690.0000.990215.37730.0030
ItalyITASouthern Europe39.83613.03311.660.0531.911911.06252.1184
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe37.9486.74214.991.2560.816314.14370.0000
HungaryHUNEastern Europe37.4028.35612.540.9880.585714.58180.3548
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe37.38214.5479.790.0003.26679.71320.0682
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe36.2049.72813.770.0001.804510.78090.1226
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe35.9528.35514.540.0000.629112.42790.0000
CubaCUBCaribbean35.9485.4653.982.7440.000021.53882.2187
CanadaCANNorthern America35.71117.2694.960.7473.70608.83720.1953
GermanyDEUWestern Europe35.40010.39914.320.0000.84079.83070.0059
PolandPOLEastern Europe35.14810.05611.460.2181.367611.99870.0509
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe33.62210.20911.050.0000.371911.99490.0000
IsraelISRWestern Asia33.26711.9714.941.3863.248811.72460.0000
IcelandISLNorthern Europe33.12912.5022.620.0202.470815.33970.1717
SpainESPSouthern Europe32.7749.47911.300.0001.963210.02760.0002
LatviaLVANorthern Europe32.7087.70310.390.0001.309413.30250.0000
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe32.6178.8909.940.0000.409613.37560.0000
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand32.28818.7500.000.0001.813411.72410.0000

02In 1998

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. Sweden47.695
  2. Denmark47.468
  3. Finland44.808
  4. Belgium44.437
  5. France43.797

Lowest

  1. Republic of the Congo6.111
  2. Indonesia6.174
  3. Bhutan7.670
  4. Madagascar8.262
  5. Uganda8.335

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 20.491. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of GDP)

    HighestDenmark28.829

    LowestBahamas0.000

    Middle country: 6.451

  • Social security contributions (% of GDP)

    HighestFrance15.69

    Lowest7 share it

    Middle country: 3.59

  • Taxes on payroll and workforce (% of GDP)

    HighestAustria2.782

    Lowest55 share it

    Middle country: 0.000

  • Taxes on property (% of GDP)

    HighestLiechtenstein3.9992

    LowestCuba0.0000

    Middle country: 0.7098

  • Taxes on goods and services (% of GDP)

    HighestCuba21.5388

    LowestIndonesia2.9092

    Middle country: 9.9919

  • Other taxes (% of GDP)

    HighestTürkiye2.6436

    LowestChile-0.1040

    Middle country: 0.0304

031997 → 1998

Since 1997

What changed between 1997 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +3 / −0countries joined / left
  • 82values changed, of 82 in both
  • 51 · 31rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Republic of the Congo+ Kazakhstan+ Liechtenstein

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2026 release

    Every year in this series comes from OECD’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1998.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • 11 empty cells

    An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: OECD Terms and Conditions — data clause. The OECD’s own terms for its data: reuse, including commercial reuse, with the OECD credited as the source.

Cite this edition

OECD (1998). Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 1998 [data set], describing 1998. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/tax-to-gdp/1998

0635 held

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07Questions

Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 1998: questions and answers

Which country has the highest tax-to-GDP ratio in Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 1998?

Sweden, at 47.695, of the 85 countries in the file.

What year does Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 1998 describe?

1998.

How many countries does Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 1998 cover?

85.

Where can I download Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 1998?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 1998 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2024.

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