OECD members - Taxes on goods and services

Taxes on goods and services (% of revenue)

Taxes on goods and services (% of revenue) in OECD members was 29.95 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 32.84 in 1972, while its lowest value was 27.34 in 1979.

Definition: Taxes on goods and services include general sales and turnover or value added taxes, selective excises on goods, selective taxes on services, taxes on the use of goods or property, taxes on extraction and production of minerals, and profits of fiscal monopolies.

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

See also:

Year Value
1972 32.84
1973 32.72
1974 31.69
1975 30.16
1976 29.64
1977 28.40
1978 27.55
1979 27.34
1980 29.05
1981 27.86
1982 28.83
1983 29.59
1984 29.96
1985 30.05
1986 29.61
1987 29.68
1988 30.28
1989 30.19
1990 31.19
1991 31.20
1992 31.56
1993 31.97
1994 32.25
1995 31.40
1996 32.65
1997 32.36
1998 31.28
1999 32.75
2000 31.67
2001 31.09
2002 32.22
2003 31.32
2004 32.28
2005 30.93
2006 31.27
2007 31.19
2008 30.98
2009 29.44
2010 31.49
2011 30.96
2012 30.71
2013 30.43
2014 30.84
2015 30.50
2016 30.34
2017 30.38
2018 29.38
2019 29.95

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance