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Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2014

2014, 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), 2014 covers 140 countries on 7 measures. Denmark is highest, at 48.776; Somalia is lowest, at 1.024. The middle country reads 19.968. Against 2013, 137 values changed (71 up, 66 down), 3 countries joined, 1 left.

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Tax Revenue (% of GDP) · Data for 2014

HighestDenmark

48.776

LowestSomalia

1.024

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), 2014, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 140 countries · select a heading to sort

Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2014: every country, as published by OECD.
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe48.77631.83260.0970.3202961.8325214.5760.11741
FranceFRAWestern Europe45.40610.717416.8131.6701143.9122911.7560.53811
BelgiumBELWestern Europe44.52415.943914.0960.0019513.5202610.9510.01072
FinlandFINNorthern Europe43.73315.291812.6360.0000001.3208314.4480.03692
AustriaAUTWestern Europe43.29512.516914.7712.9624140.6027012.2140.22728
ItalyITASouthern Europe43.27213.707912.8150.0000002.8636112.0301.85546
SwedenSWENorthern Europe42.49014.96499.8054.4759551.0579812.1520.03430
NorwayNORNorthern Europe38.63716.47419.8830.0000001.0550711.2250.00000
HungaryHUNEastern Europe38.3366.802612.6750.6741551.2714616.7880.12522
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe37.8876.536515.4180.0541970.6247615.2540.00000
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe37.1855.548811.6230.0000001.1457018.8670.00000
CubaCUBCaribbean37.1217.43284.4903.6442380.0000019.7281.82553
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe36.9308.639710.5500.0000002.9152914.8250.00000
IcelandISLNorthern Europe36.90517.18183.4840.3317802.2451711.5842.07858
GermanyDEUWestern Europe36.89511.162513.6600.0000000.9437911.1230.00576
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe36.6619.382314.5320.0000001.4156511.1490.18169
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe36.08012.486910.1880.0000002.8096010.5590.03682
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa34.34311.18150.5000.0000000.2000522.2870.17452
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe34.20710.53958.9940.0000001.2293113.3040.14095
SpainESPSouthern Europe33.6549.631911.5610.0000002.500229.9420.01848
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe32.6106.982914.2880.0000000.4462510.8910.00209
UkraineUKREastern Europe32.3747.272311.4140.0000000.0105313.6110.06569
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe32.1647.260410.9710.0000000.2894613.6430.00000
PolandPOLEastern Europe32.0906.359512.1640.2363491.4028311.8620.06526
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe31.7756.471313.3580.0000000.4319511.5130.00000

02In 2014

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Denmark48.776
  2. France45.406
  3. Belgium44.524
  4. Finland43.733
  5. Austria43.295

Lowest

  1. Somalia1.024
  2. Sierra Leone6.663
  3. Bangladesh7.473
  4. Nigeria7.665
  5. Chad8.216

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 19.968. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestDenmark31.8326

    Lowest3 share it

    Middle country: 6.3629

  • Social security contributions (% of GDP)

    HighestFrance16.813

    Lowest20 share it

    Middle country: 2.240

  • Taxes on payroll and workforce (% of GDP)

    HighestSweden4.475955

    LowestPeru-0.000081

    Middle country: 0.000000

  • Taxes on property (% of GDP)

    HighestHong Kong4.36496

    Lowest10 share it

    Middle country: 0.43195

  • Taxes on goods and services (% of GDP)

    HighestMozambique22.287

    LowestEquatorial Guinea0.773

    Middle country: 10.105

  • Other taxes (% of GDP)

    HighestIceland2.07858

    LowestBahamas-0.07461

    Middle country: 0.01429

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

  • +3 / −1countries joined / left
  • 137values changed, of 137 in both
  • 71 · 66rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Azerbaijan+ Grenada+ Nauru− Venezuela

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 2014.

  • 26 empty cells

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

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OECD (2014). Tax Revenue (% of GDP), 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/tax-to-gdp/2014

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