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Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2000

2000, as OECD’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Tax revenue as a share of GDP is how much of a country’s economy its governments collect in taxes — national, regional and local, social security contributions included. It is the OECD’s standard measure of a state’s tax take, compiled under one classification of taxes so that a country in Africa, Latin America or Asia can be read against an OECD member.

Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2000 covers 98 countries on 7 measures. Sweden is highest, at 50.0169; DR Congo is lowest, at 0.5733. The middle country reads 20.1293. Against 1999, 85 values changed (42 up, 43 down), 13 countries joined.

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Tax Revenue (% of GDP) · Data for 2000

HighestSweden

50.0169

LowestDR Congo

0.5733

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2000, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 98 countries · select a heading to sort

Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2000: every country, as published by OECD.
SwedenSWENorthern Europe50.016921.368912.7442.08011.656012.10640.06142
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe46.792028.72150.6370.17031.563815.66940.02952
FinlandFINNorthern Europe45.778219.730811.5530.00001.113013.35990.02200
BelgiumBELWestern Europe43.849316.936313.5080.00002.060211.34460.00000
FranceFRAWestern Europe43.666010.822715.6201.09052.990811.48611.65573
AustriaAUTWestern Europe42.509211.924914.4692.72480.568012.47830.34370
NorwayNORNorthern Europe41.796318.87538.7580.00000.911713.25140.00000
ItalyITASouthern Europe40.054313.337411.3600.00001.900111.26222.19475
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe39.57585.468013.2640.00001.083719.75990.00000
HungaryHUNEastern Europe38.47429.350811.2951.37500.667315.60270.18368
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe37.85706.834815.0281.54480.642813.80710.00000
CubaCUBCaribbean37.18755.97313.8653.17350.000022.02592.15047
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe37.024513.51259.6740.00003.95729.83170.04948
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe36.89249.565914.2690.00001.945410.94050.17183
GermanyDEUWestern Europe36.017310.858514.0600.00000.822010.26860.00775
IcelandISLNorthern Europe35.447114.12372.7390.02552.792615.62850.13789
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe34.67299.299310.4910.00002.666712.21640.00000
CanadaCANNorthern America34.672817.35444.7190.71193.30158.39360.19259
BulgariaBGREastern Europe34.04069.677910.5520.27170.230913.30810.00000
IsraelISRWestern Asia34.010213.39404.9521.23063.231611.20150.00000
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe33.66356.896213.9390.00000.612512.21610.00000
SpainESPSouthern Europe33.05259.287811.5330.00002.135210.09620.00046
PolandPOLEastern Europe32.73246.687512.8230.21661.408111.55830.03898
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe32.658512.93135.4740.00003.734610.51890.00000
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand32.538519.52470.0000.00001.728211.28560.00000

02In 2000

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Sweden50.0169
  2. Denmark46.7920
  3. Finland45.7782
  4. Belgium43.8493
  5. France43.6660

Lowest

  1. DR Congo0.5733
  2. Republic of the Congo3.8246
  3. Bangladesh5.3795
  4. Togo6.9964
  5. Niger7.0181

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 20.1293. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestDenmark28.7215

    Lowest2 share it

    Middle country: 5.7678

  • Social security contributions (% of GDP)

    HighestFrance15.620

    Lowest7 share it

    Middle country: 3.043

  • Taxes on payroll and workforce (% of GDP)

    HighestKazakhstan3.8110

    Lowest60 share it

    Middle country: 0.0000

  • Taxes on property (% of GDP)

    HighestLiechtenstein4.5508

    Lowest2 share it

    Middle country: 0.5842

  • Taxes on goods and services (% of GDP)

    HighestCuba22.0259

    LowestDR Congo0.3744

    Middle country: 9.3893

  • Other taxes (% of GDP)

    HighestItaly2.19475

    LowestChile-0.26577

    Middle country: 0.04126

031999 → 2000

Since 1999

  • +13 / −0countries joined / left
  • 85values changed, of 85 in both
  • 42 · 43rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Burkina Faso+ Bangladesh+ DR Congo+ Ghana+ Guinea+ Morocco+ Moldova+ Niger+ Papua New Guinea+ Togo+ Thailand+ Tunisia+ Vanuatu

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • One year of the 2026 release

    Every year in this series comes from OECD’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method, so a change from one year to the next is not a revision. It can differ from what was first published for 2000.

  • 16 empty cells

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

05The files

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OECD (2000). Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/tax-to-gdp/2000

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