Consumption and sales taxes as a percentage of GDP
Consumption and sales taxes as a percentage of GDP
Country/Region
|
1985
|
1986
|
1987
|
1988
|
1989
|
1990
|
1991
|
1992
|
1993
|
1994
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Australia
|
9.9
|
9.6
|
9.4
|
8.7
|
8.7
|
8.5
|
8.1
|
8.2
|
8.6
|
8.9
|
Austria
|
14.0
|
13.8
|
13.7
|
13.5
|
13.4
|
13.1
|
12.8
|
13.1
|
12.7
|
13.2
|
Belgium
|
11.7
|
11.4
|
11.7
|
11.4
|
11.3
|
11.4
|
11.8
|
11.7
|
12.1
|
12.5
|
Denmark
|
16.8
|
17.9
|
17.4
|
17.5
|
16.6
|
16.2
|
16.2
|
16.0
|
15.8
|
16.5
|
USA
|
5.2
|
5.1
|
5.0
|
5.0
|
4.8
|
4.9
|
4.7
|
4.8
|
4.9
|
5.0
|
Finland
|
13.4
|
13.7
|
13.8
|
14.2
|
14.3
|
14.2
|
14.9
|
14.8
|
14.6
|
14.5
|
France
|
13.2
|
12.9
|
13.0
|
12.9
|
12.5
|
12.3
|
11.9
|
11.8
|
11.7
|
12.0
|
Greece
|
15.0
|
16.8
|
17.8
|
16.1
|
15.0
|
16.7
|
17.4
|
18.7
|
18.1
|
17.4
|
The Netherlands
|
11.5
|
11.9
|
12.6
|
12.5
|
12.0
|
11.9
|
12.0
|
12.0
|
12.0
|
11.9
|
Ireland
|
16.9
|
17.1
|
16.5
|
17.0
|
16.4
|
15.8
|
14.6
|
14.5
|
13.9
|
14.7
|
Japan
|
3.9
|
3.8
|
3.8
|
3.9
|
3.9
|
4.1
|
4.1
|
4.1
|
4.2
|
4.3
|
Canada
|
10.5
|
10.0
|
10.1
|
10.3
|
10.4
|
10.2
|
9.5
|
9.5
|
9.5
|
9.5
|
Luxembourg
|
12.0
|
11.7
|
12.0
|
12.2
|
11.7
|
11.8
|
11.5
|
12.1
|
12.1
|
12.3
|
Great Britain
|
11.8
|
11.8
|
11.7
|
11.6
|
11.3
|
11.1
|
11.7
|
12.1
|
11.8
|
12.0
|
Norway
|
17.8
|
19.4
|
19.2
|
17.9
|
16.7
|
16.4
|
14.7
|
15.3
|
15.4
|
15.8
|
FRG
|
9.8
|
9.5
|
9.7
|
9.5
|
9.8
|
10.3
|
10.3a)
|
10.5a)
|
10.9a)
|
11.3a)
|
Italy
|
8.7
|
‘ 9.4
|
9.6
|
10.4
|
10.2
|
11.0
|
11.1
|
11.4
|
11.3
|
11.8
|
Portugal
|
13.5
|
16.8
|
15.5
|
16.7
|
15.8
|
15.2
|
13.3
|
14.3
|
13.4
|
14.7
|
Spain
|
8.3
|
10.2
|
10.0
|
10.1
|
10.0
|
9.7
|
9.8
|
10.2
|
9.4
|
10.0
|
Switzerland
|
6.1
|
6.1
|
6.1
|
6.1
|
5.9
|
5.8
|
5.6
|
5.4
|
5.5
|
5.5
|
Sweden
|
13.3
|
13,2
|
13.6
|
13.4
|
13.5
|
14.0
|
14.2
|
13.2
|
13.6
|
13.2
|
Turkey
|
7.1
|
7.1
|
7.7
|
7.2
|
7.2
|
7.8
|
6.1
|
6.7
|
7.2
|
8.3
|
New Zealand
|
7.9
|
8.8
|
12.4
|
11.8
|
12.9
|
12.9
|
12.8
|
12.9
|
12.2
|
12.5
|
OECD Countries
| ||||||||||
in total
|
11.5
|
11.9
|
12.1
|
12.0
|
11.8
|
11.8
|
11.5
|
11.8
|
11.9
|
12.1
|
European DECD
| ||||||||||
countries
|
12.6
|
13.0
|
13.1
|
13.1
|
12.7
|
12.7
|
12.4
|
12.8
|
12.9
|
13.2
|
EEC countries
|
12.4
|
13.1
|
13.1
|
13.2
|
12.7
|
12.8
|
12.9b)
|
13.1b)
|
12.9b)
|
13.2b)
|
Czech Rep.
|
-
|
16.0
|
15.9
| |||||||
Poland
|
9.8
|
11.6
|
14.5
|
15.4
| ||||||
Hungary
|
14.9
|
16.4
|
16.5
|
16.5
|
a)Germany
b)European Union (15 countries)
