Euro area - Taxes on income

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

Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of revenue) in Euro area was 22.98 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 25.98 in 1991, while its lowest value was 19.52 in 2010.

Definition: Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains are levied on the actual or presumptive net income of individuals, on the profits of corporations and enterprises, and on capital gains, whether realized or not, on land, securities, and other assets. Intragovernmental payments are eliminated in consolidation.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1973 19.87
1974 21.04
1975 19.95
1976 19.91
1977 20.46
1978 21.15
1979 21.68
1980 22.00
1981 22.28
1982 21.34
1983 22.54
1984 22.82
1985 23.54
1986 20.89
1987 21.84
1988 22.87
1989 24.25
1990 21.39
1991 25.98
1992 19.95
1993 22.25
1994 21.12
1995 23.90
1996 24.05
1997 23.25
1998 23.91
1999 24.69
2000 24.83
2001 24.22
2002 22.51
2003 23.00
2004 21.73
2005 21.11
2006 22.34
2007 23.81
2008 24.04
2009 20.88
2010 19.52
2011 20.24
2012 20.06
2013 21.39
2014 22.08
2015 22.02
2016 21.94
2017 19.87
2018 20.68
2019 22.98

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance