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Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2012

2012, as OECD’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2012 covers 136 countries on 7 measures. Denmark is highest, at 45.626; Sierra Leone is lowest, at 6.387. The middle country reads 20.697. Against 2011, 131 values changed (85 up, 46 down), 5 countries joined.

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Tax Revenue (% of GDP) · Data for 2012

HighestDenmark

45.626

LowestSierra Leone

6.387

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), 2012, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 136 countries · select a heading to sort

Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2012: every country, as published by OECD.
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe45.62628.2940.1230.29301.778715.10050.036932
FranceFRAWestern Europe44.46110.62916.3811.50153.792411.63620.521060
BelgiumBELWestern Europe44.13015.28714.1970.00203.259511.37260.011703
ItalyITASouthern Europe43.52314.15612.9150.00002.671711.74402.037114
FinlandFINNorthern Europe42.55414.57312.6070.00001.178314.15820.037429
SwedenSWENorthern Europe42.33614.54610.0854.30461.008412.34230.048394
AustriaAUTWestern Europe42.13211.89214.3092.89220.557612.19940.282129
NorwayNORNorthern Europe41.29019.9989.2850.00001.032110.97530.000000
CubaCUBCaribbean39.2016.2004.1605.61680.000022.19231.031432
HungaryHUNEastern Europe39.0056.78913.2410.54081.214217.10290.116635
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe38.1006.93315.9640.07130.630514.50130.000000
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe37.1928.73011.2600.00002.782714.41960.000000
UkraineUKREastern Europe37.0818.82012.7270.00000.009315.44610.079092
GermanyDEUWestern Europe36.62210.92513.6890.00000.877911.12560.004251
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe36.40812.80010.5910.00002.559710.40260.055131
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe36.3255.54011.3830.00001.146718.25480.000000
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe35.3028.94414.4090.00001.072710.78510.092217
IcelandISLNorthern Europe33.60015.1533.4710.28902.216511.93600.534596
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe33.1996.80014.4920.00000.499111.40330.004531
SpainESPSouthern Europe32.2109.56411.6320.00002.11278.90000.001351
PolandPOLEastern Europe32.1896.56412.0030.26441.340411.97210.044876
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe32.13811.3226.0870.00003.811610.91680.000000
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe31.7996.54511.0590.00000.324113.87150.000000
BrazilBRASouth America31.7966.6778.3620.59831.358814.8007-0.000077
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe31.6708.5528.6750.00001.028313.16870.245309

02In 2012

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Denmark45.626
  2. France44.461
  3. Belgium44.130
  4. Italy43.523
  5. Finland42.554

Lowest

  1. Sierra Leone6.387
  2. Republic of the Congo7.007
  3. Bangladesh7.600
  4. Uganda8.542
  5. Madagascar8.659

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 20.697. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestDenmark28.294

    Lowest2 share it

    Middle country: 6.458

  • Social security contributions (% of GDP)

    HighestFrance16.381

    Lowest18 share it

    Middle country: 2.383

  • Taxes on payroll and workforce (% of GDP)

    HighestCuba5.6168

    Lowest84 share it

    Middle country: 0.0000

  • Taxes on property (% of GDP)

    HighestUnited Kingdom3.8116

    Lowest8 share it

    Middle country: 0.4028

  • Taxes on goods and services (% of GDP)

    HighestCuba22.1923

    LowestTimor-Leste0.3356

    Middle country: 9.7466

  • Other taxes (% of GDP)

    HighestTimor-Leste3.987484

    LowestBahamas-0.099109

    Middle country: 0.018563

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +5 / −0countries joined / left
  • 131values changed, of 131 in both
  • 85 · 46rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Liberia+ Suriname+ Timor-Leste+ Ukraine+ Zambia

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 2012.

  • Which end is better

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

  • 26 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 (2012). Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/tax-to-gdp/2012

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07Questions

Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2012: questions and answers

Which country has the highest tax-to-GDP ratio in Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2012?

Denmark, at 45.626, of the 136 countries in the file.

What year does Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2012 describe?

2012.

How many countries does Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2012 cover?

136.

Where can I download Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2012?

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), 2012 the newest?

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

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