Where the UK stands · OECD · each country's latest reported year
How much tax does the UK raise as a share of GDP, compared with other countries?
United Kingdom: 34.4% % of GDP, 22nd of 36 (2024).
Tax revenue as a share of GDP: every country in the OECD's table with a figure within three years of the newest year published; each country's newest year is used and named on the row, highest first. 36 rows. Equal figures share a rank and are printed as ties; the order within a tie is alphabetical and means nothing. The highlighted row is United Kingdom, 22nd of 36.
| # | Name | Detail | % of GDP | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark | 45.5% | 2024 | |
| 2 | France | 43.5% | 2024 | |
| 3 | Austria | 43.4% | 2024 | |
| 4 | Italy | 42.8% | 2024 | |
| 5 | Belgium | 42.6% | 2024 | |
| 6 | Finland | 42.2% | 2024 | |
| 7 | Luxembourg | 41.5% | 2024 | |
| 8 | Sweden | 41.4% | 2024 | |
| 9 | Norway | 40.2% | 2024 | |
| 10 | Greece | 39.8% | 2024 | |
| 11 | Netherlands | 38.5% | 2024 | |
| 12 | Slovenia | 38.3% | 2024 | |
| 13 | Germany | 38.0% | 2024 | |
| 14 | Iceland | 36.9% | 2024 | |
| 15 | Spain | 36.7% | 2024 | |
| 16 | Poland | 36.6% | 2024 | |
| 17 | Slovak Republic | 35.6% | 2024 | |
| 18 | Estonia | 35.2% | 2024 | |
| 19 | Portugal | 35.1% | 2024 | |
| 20 | Latvia | 34.9% | 2024 | |
| 21 | Canada | 34.9% | 2024 | |
| 22 | United Kingdom | 34.4% | 2024 | |
| 23 | Hungary | Reported on a cash basis | 34.4% | 2024 |
| 24 | Czechia | 34.0% | 2024 | |
| 25 | Japan | 33.7% | 2023 | |
| 26 | Lithuania | 33.1% | 2024 | |
| 27 | New Zealand | 32.9% | 2024 | |
| 28 | Israel | Reported on a cash basis | 30.9% | 2024 |
| 29 | Australia | 29.9% | 2023 | |
| 30 | Switzerland | 27.3% | 2024 | |
| 31 | Korea | Reported on a cash basis | 25.3% | 2024 |
| 32 | Türkiye | Reported on a cash basis | 24.0% | 2024 |
| 33 | Ireland | 21.7% | 2024 | |
| 34 | Chile | Reported on a cash basis | 20.5% | 2024 |
| 35 | Colombia | Reported on a cash basis | 19.9% | 2024 |
| 36 | Mexico | Reported on a cash basis | 18.3% | 2024 |
What this table establishes
The table establishes total tax revenue as a share of GDP for the year shown.
It does not establish why countries differ, what any country should spend or provide, or that a rank is a judgement on a health or economic system.
How it is made
Each row is the figure the publisher printed, in % of GDP. Rows are ordered highest first; nothing is estimated, weighted or adjusted by Civometry.
Total tax revenue including social security contributions, on the OECD's classification, which counts National Insurance as tax.
Source: OECD, OECD Revenue Statistics · OECD terms and conditions (free reuse with attribution). Period: each country's latest reported year. The rank is Civometry’s ordering of published figures, not a judgement on anyone in the table.
United Kingdom: 34.4% % of GDP, 22nd of 36 (2024).