Annex A Tables

Table 45: Taxes on Labour as % of GDP - Total

(2)
Difference(1) Ranking Revenue
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 1995 to 2010 2000 to 2010 2010 2010
BE 24.3 24.2 24.4 24.5 24.3 24.2 24.7 24.8 24.5 24.0 23.7 23.0 23.0 23.6 23.9 23.8 -0.5 -0.4 4 84 237
BG 13.0 11.6 11.6 13.0 13.4 14.0 12.5 11.9 12.7 12.5 11.6 10.1 10.4 9.7 9.8 9.0 -4.0 -5.0 27 3 243
CZ 17.6 17.5 18.1 17.8 17.7 17.8 17.6 18.3 18.6 18.3 18.3 18.4 18.5 18.0 17.0 17.7 0.1 -0.1 13 26 392
DK 27.3 27.3 26.9 26.3 27.0 26.6 26.9 26.1 26.0 25.2 24.8 24.6 25.0 25.4 27.0 24.6 -2.6 -2.0 2 58 032
DE 24.0 23.9 24.1 24.0 23.9 24.0 23.7 23.6 23.6 22.7 22.2 21.7 20.9 21.5 22.3 21.4 -2.6 -2.6 8 530 260
EE 20.4 19.0 18.4 18.7 18.6 17.5 16.9 17.1 16.7 16.4 15.4 15.3 16.0 17.5 18.7 18.4 -2.0 0.9 11 2 633
IE 13.4 13.0 12.6 11.9 11.6 11.3 10.9 10.0 9.7 10.3 10.3 10.4 10.7 11.3 11.7 11.7 -1.7 0.3 23 18 196
(3)
EL 10.5 10.9 11.4 12.0 12.2 12.4 12.2 13.1 12.9 12.6 13.1 12.4 12.9 12.9 12.2 12.4 1.9 0.0 21 28 112
ES 16.2 16.6 16.0 15.9 15.7 15.6 16.0 16.2 15.8 15.8 15.9 16.1 16.7 16.7 16.5 16.7 0.5 1.1 14 175 397
FR 22.7 23.0 23.0 22.8 23.2 23.0 22.9 22.8 23.0 22.9 23.1 23.0 22.6 22.8 23.3 23.1 0.4 0.1 5 446 383
IT 18.1 19.8 20.7 20.7 20.1 19.7 20.0 20.0 20.1 20.0 20.2 20.3 20.8 21.5 21.8 21.8 3.7 2.1 7 339 599
CY 10.0 9.5 9.8 10.2 9.8 9.6 10.0 10.0 10.8 10.6 11.3 11.1 10.8 11.1 12.3 12.7 2.7 3.1 20 2 196
LV 17.2 15.9 15.9 16.4 16.2 15.4 14.7 14.8 14.7 14.6 14.1 14.7 14.7 14.5 13.9 14.4 -2.9 -1.0 16 2 580
LT 12.9 13.3 14.9 15.9 16.7 16.2 15.4 14.8 14.5 14.6 14.4 14.6 14.5 14.8 15.0 13.4 0.5 -2.8 18 3 687
LU 15.3 15.3 15.6 15.0 14.9 15.1 15.8 15.1 15.1 15.0 15.1 14.6 14.7 15.1 16.5 16.1 0.8 1.0 15 6 471
HU 20.4 19.7 19.7 19.3 19.0 19.4 19.3 19.1 18.6 18.0 18.3 18.3 20.1 20.7 20.0 18.2 -2.2 -1.1 12 17 703
MT 9.7 9.4 10.2 9.5 10.0 10.4 11.2 11.1 11.1 11.2 11.0 11.2 10.4 10.3 10.6 10.7 1.1 0.3 26 660
NL 22.0 21.0 20.1 20.0 20.7 20.7 18.5 18.8 19.2 19.0 18.7 20.0 19.8 20.7 21.2 21.3 -0.7 0.6 9 125 360
AT 23.7 23.8 24.6 24.4 24.5 23.9 24.1 24.1 24.3 23.8 23.3 23.2 23.1 23.8 24.2 23.8 0.2 -0.1 3 68 238
PL 17.0 17.2 16.9 16.9 15.7 14.2 14.4 13.4 13.2 12.5 12.8 13.4 13.0 13.1 12.3 11.5 -5.5 -2.7 24 40 898
PT 11.2 11.2 11.1 11.0 11.2 11.5 11.8 11.9 12.1 11.7 12.0 12.2 12.4 12.6 13.0 12.9 1.7 1.4 19 22 279
RO 11.8 11.3 10.2 12.1 13.0 13.2 12.9 12.3 11.1 10.7 11.0 11.6 11.8 11.6 11.8 11.3 -0.5 -1.9 25 13 777
SI 21.8 20.4 20.1 20.1 19.8 20.2 20.8 20.6 20.6 20.6 20.4 20.0 18.9 19.1 19.5 19.7 -2.1 -0.6 10 6 965
SK 15.4 16.5 16.6 16.3 15.5 15.0 15.1 15.0 14.4 12.7 12.2 11.2 11.3 12.1 12.1 12.2 -3.2 -2.9 22 8 021
FI 25.2 26.0 24.1 23.7 23.3 23.3 23.4 23.3 23.0 22.4 22.9 22.7 21.9 22.6 23.5 22.5 -2.7 -0.8 6 40 564
SE 29.8 31.5 31.4 32.0 31.6 30.7 30.8 29.7 29.9 29.5 29.1 28.4 27.2 27.7 27.4 25.9 -3.9 -4.9 1 89 605
UK 13.8 13.1 12.8 13.6 13.8 14.3 14.4 13.7 13.6 13.9 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.7 14.5 14.3 0.5 0.0 17 243 651
NO 18.4 18.2 18.4 19.9 19.5 17.2 17.7 18.6 18.5 17.8 16.6 16.0 16.6 16.2 18.2 17.8 -0.6 0.6 56 127
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EU-27 averages 2 405 138

weighted 20.7 20.7 20.5 20.4 20.4 20.2 20.1 19.8 19.8 19.5 19.5 19.3 19.2 19.6 20.0 19.6 -1.0 -0.6
arithmetic 17.9 17.8 17.8 17.9 17.9 17.8 17.7 17.5 17.4 17.1 17.0 16.9 16.9 17.2 17.5 17.1 -0.9 -0.7

EA-17 averages 1 905 570

weighted 21.5 21.6 21.7 21.5 21.4 21.3 21.1 21.0 21.0 20.6 20.5 20.3 20.1 20.6 21.0 20.8 -0.7 -0.5
arithmetic 17.9 17.8 17.8 17.7 17.6 17.5 17.5 17.5 17.5 17.2 17.1 17.0 16.9 17.4 17.8 17.7 -0.2 0.2

EU-25 averages
weighted 20.7 20.8 20.5 20.5 20.4 20.2 20.1 19.9 19.9 19.6 19.5 19.4 19.3 19.7 20.1 19.8 -1.0 -0.5
arithmetic 18.4 18.4 18.4 18.4 18.3 18.1 18.1 17.9 17.8 17.5 17.5 17.4 17.4 17.8 18.0 17.6 -0.7 -0.4
(1) In percentage points
(2) In millions of euro
(3) Data for Greece is provisional for years 2003-2010
See explanatory notes in Annex B
Source: Eurostat (online data code gov_a_tax_ag)
Date of extraction: 13/01/2012

224 Taxation trends in the European Union