{"id": 1206655, "name": "Total tax (% of GDP) (OECD (2018))", "unit": "%", "description": "The level of total tax revenues as a percentage of GDP. Total tax include sub-national revenues, and compulsory social security contributions paid to the general government.\n\nThe tax-to-GDP ratio measures tax levels used in cross-country comparisons.", "createdAt": "2026-03-06T11:06:10.000Z", "updatedAt": "2026-03-06T11:06:10.000Z", "coverage": "", "timespan": "1990-2017", "datasetId": 7477, "columnOrder": 0, "shortName": "total_tax__pct_of_gdp__oecd__2018", "catalogPath": "grapher/economics/2019-09-04/global_revenue_statistics_database__oecd__2018/global_revenue_statistics_database__oecd__2018#total_tax__pct_of_gdp__oecd__2018", "type": "float", "datasetName": "Global Revenue Statistics Database - OECD (2018)", "datasetVersion": "2019-09-04", "nonRedistributable": false, "display": {"unit": "%"}, "schemaVersion": 1, "presentation": {}, "source": {"id": 31185, "name": "OECD (2018)", "dataPublishedBy": "OECD", "dataPublisherSource": "", "link": "Data: https://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=RS_GBL; Technical Paper: http://www.oecd.org/tax/tax-policy/constructing-the-global-revenue-statistics-database.pdf", "retrievedDate": "2019-09-04", "additionalInfo": "In 69 countries, the reporting year of tax revenue coincides with the calendar year, whereas 11 have different reporting years.  Where the GDP reporting year differs from the calendar year, annual GDP estimates are calculated by aggregating quarterly GDP estimates corresponding to each country\u2019s fiscal (tax) year.\n\nFor further information on the OECD classification of taxes, see the OECD's Revenue Statistics Interpretative Guide (2017) available at: https://www.oecd.org/tax/tax-policy/oecd-classification-taxes-interpretative-guide.pdf\n\nFor a more extensive discussion of revenue statistics, see the full <a href=\"http://www.oecd.org/tax/tax-policy/revenue-statistics-2522770x.htm\">OECD Revenue Statistics 2018</a> report."}, "dimensions": {"years": {"values": [{"id": 1990}, {"id": 1991}, {"id": 1992}, {"id": 1993}, {"id": 1994}, {"id": 1995}, {"id": 1996}, {"id": 1997}, {"id": 1998}, {"id": 1999}, {"id": 2000}, {"id": 2001}, {"id": 2002}, {"id": 2003}, {"id": 2004}, {"id": 2005}, {"id": 2006}, {"id": 2007}, {"id": 2008}, {"id": 2009}, {"id": 2010}, {"id": 2011}, {"id": 2012}, {"id": 2013}, {"id": 2014}, {"id": 2015}, {"id": 2016}, {"id": 2017}]}, "entities": {"values": [{"id": 21, "name": "Argentina", "code": "ARG"}, {"id": 23, "name": "Australia", "code": "AUS"}, {"id": 24, "name": "Austria", "code": "AUT"}, {"id": 26, "name": "Bahamas", "code": "BHS"}, {"id": 29, "name": "Barbados", "code": "BRB"}, {"id": 4, "name": "Belgium", "code": "BEL"}, {"id": 31, "name": "Belize", "code": "BLZ"}, {"id": 34, "name": "Bolivia", "code": "BOL"}, {"id": 37, "name": "Brazil", "code": "BRA"}, {"id": 44, "name": "Canada", "code": "CAN"}, {"id": 45, "name": "Cape Verde", "code": "CPV"}, {"id": 172, "name": "Chile", "code": "CHL"}, {"id": 170, "name": "Colombia", "code": "COL"}, {"id": 166, "name": "Costa Rica", "code": "CRI"}, {"id": 143, "name": "Cote d'Ivoire", "code": "CIV"}, {"id": 164, "name": "Cuba", "code": "CUB"}, {"id": 161, "name": "Denmark", "code": "DNK"}, {"id": 160, "name": "Dominican Republic", "code": "DOM"}, {"id": 201, "name": "Ecuador", "code": "ECU"}, {"id": 259, "name": "El Salvador", "code": "SLV"}, {"id": 155, "name": "Finland", "code": "FIN"}, {"id": 3, "name": "France", "code": "FRA"}, {"id": 6, "name": "Germany", "code": "DEU"}, {"id": 149, "name": "Greece", "code": "GRC"}, {"id": 148, "name": "Guatemala", "code": "GTM"}, {"id": 139, "name": "Honduras", "code": "HND"}, {"id": 207, "name": "Iceland", "code": "ISL"}, {"id": 2, "name": "Ireland", "code": "IRL"}, {"id": 8, "name": "Italy", "code": "ITA"}, {"id": 132, "name": "Jamaica", "code": "JAM"}, {"id": 14, "name": "Japan", "code": "JPN"}, {"id": 31416, "name": "Korea", "code": null}, {"id": 343, "name": "Latin America and the Caribbean", "code": null}, {"id": 210, "name": "Luxembourg", "code": "LUX"}, {"id": 116, "name": "Malaysia", "code": "MYS"}, {"id": 213, "name": "Mauritius", "code": "MUS"}, {"id": 113, "name": "Mexico", "code": "MEX"}, {"id": 5, "name": "Netherlands", "code": "NLD"}, {"id": 106, "name": "New Zealand", "code": "NZL"}, {"id": 102, "name": "Norway", "code": "NOR"}, {"id": 36936, "name": "OECD - Average", "code": null}, {"id": 100, "name": "Panama", "code": "PAN"}, {"id": 98, "name": "Paraguay", "code": "PRY"}, {"id": 97, "name": "Peru", "code": "PER"}, {"id": 95, "name": "Portugal", "code": "PRT"}, {"id": 81, "name": "South Africa", "code": "ZAF"}, {"id": 9, "name": "Spain", "code": "ESP"}, {"id": 10, "name": "Sweden", "code": "SWE"}, {"id": 7, "name": "Switzerland", "code": "CHE"}, {"id": 73, "name": "Trinidad and Tobago", "code": "TTO"}, {"id": 70, "name": "Turkey", "code": "TUR"}, {"id": 1, "name": "United Kingdom", "code": "GBR"}, {"id": 13, "name": "United States", "code": "USA"}, {"id": 63, "name": "Uruguay", "code": "URY"}, {"id": 238, "name": "Venezuela", "code": "VEN"}, {"id": 138, "name": "Hungary", "code": "HUN"}, {"id": 105, "name": "Nicaragua", "code": "NIC"}, {"id": 11, "name": "Poland", "code": "POL"}, {"id": 68, "name": "Uganda", "code": "UGA"}, {"id": 43, "name": "Cameroon", "code": "CMR"}, {"id": 162, "name": "Czechia", "code": "CZE"}, {"id": 96, "name": "Philippines", "code": "PHL"}, {"id": 156, "name": "Estonia", "code": "EST"}, {"id": 78, "name": "Eswatini", "code": "SWZ"}, {"id": 133, "name": "Israel", "code": "ISR"}, {"id": 122, "name": "Latvia", "code": "LVA"}, {"id": 85, "name": "Slovakia", "code": "SVK"}, {"id": 83, "name": "Slovenia", "code": "SVN"}, {"id": 91, "name": "Rwanda", "code": "RWA"}, {"id": 136, "name": "Indonesia", "code": "IDN"}, {"id": 89, "name": "Senegal", "code": "SEN"}, {"id": 131, "name": "Kazakhstan", "code": "KAZ"}, {"id": 273, "name": "Africa", "code": "OWID_AFR"}, {"id": 167, "name": "Democratic Republic of Congo", "code": "COD"}, {"id": 150, "name": "Ghana", "code": "GHA"}, {"id": 110, "name": "Morocco", "code": "MAR"}, {"id": 104, "name": "Niger", "code": "NER"}, {"id": 86, "name": "Singapore", "code": "SGP"}, {"id": 74, "name": "Togo", "code": "TGO"}, {"id": 71, "name": "Tunisia", "code": "TUN"}, {"id": 129, "name": "Kenya", "code": "KEN"}]}}, "origins": []}