European Union - Taxes on income

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

Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of revenue) in European Union was 18.22 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 25.98 in 1991, while its lowest value was 16.29 in 2011.

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 20.16
1974 21.30
1975 20.52
1976 20.10
1977 20.96
1978 20.86
1979 21.45
1980 20.88
1981 21.21
1982 19.79
1983 20.88
1984 20.18
1985 22.76
1986 19.41
1987 18.26
1988 19.43
1989 20.33
1990 20.90
1991 25.98
1992 19.95
1993 18.81
1994 19.16
1995 23.30
1996 21.40
1997 22.73
1998 22.86
1999 21.93
2000 23.10
2001 21.41
2002 21.63
2003 19.85
2004 20.06
2005 20.17
2006 19.72
2007 20.66
2008 21.02
2009 18.90
2010 17.56
2011 16.29
2012 16.67
2013 16.47
2014 17.65
2015 17.49
2016 18.53
2017 18.76
2018 18.58
2019 18.22

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance