Annex A Tables

Table 47: Taxes on Labour as % of GDP - Employed

(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 22.3 22.1 22.3 22.3 22.3 22.2 22.6 22.7 22.4 22.2 21.9 21.3 21.2 21.7 22.0 21.9 -0.4 -0.3 3 77 463
BG 12.9 11.6 11.6 13.0 13.4 13.9 12.4 11.9 12.7 12.5 11.5 10.0 10.3 9.7 9.7 8.9 -4.0 -5.0 27 3 216
CZ 16.7 16.6 17.1 16.7 16.4 16.6 16.4 17.1 17.4 17.2 17.2 17.1 17.2 16.8 15.7 16.3 -0.5 -0.3 13 24 308
DK 21.1 21.2 21.4 21.0 21.8 21.7 22.1 21.2 20.9 20.3 20.0 19.9 20.3 20.6 20.7 19.5 -1.6 -2.2 6 45 926
DE 21.3 20.9 21.0 21.0 21.0 21.3 21.0 20.7 20.7 19.7 19.2 18.8 18.3 18.9 19.6 19.1 -2.3 -2.2 8 471 981
EE 20.2 18.8 18.2 18.5 18.2 17.1 16.6 16.7 16.4 15.9 14.9 14.9 15.6 17.1 18.1 17.8 -2.4 0.7 11 2 548
IE 13.2 12.9 12.4 11.8 11.6 11.3 10.8 9.9 9.6 10.3 10.2 10.3 10.7 11.2 11.7 11.6 -1.6 0.3 22 18 097
(3)
EL 9.8 10.2 10.6 11.1 11.2 11.5 11.3 12.2 12.1 11.8 12.1 11.4 11.9 11.9 11.1 11.3 1.5 -0.2 23 25 678
ES 15.1 15.6 15.1 15.1 14.9 15.1 15.5 15.7 15.3 15.3 15.4 15.6 16.1 16.0 15.7 15.9 0.8 0.8 14 167 320
FR 21.8 22.0 22.1 22.1 22.5 22.2 22.2 22.2 22.3 22.2 22.4 22.3 21.9 22.2 22.6 22.4 0.6 0.2 1 433 810
IT 16.2 17.8 18.6 18.6 18.1 17.7 17.9 18.0 18.1 17.9 18.1 18.1 18.6 19.2 19.3 19.3 3.0 1.5 7 299 626
CY 9.7 9.3 9.6 9.9 9.5 9.3 9.8 9.9 10.7 10.6 11.3 11.0 10.8 11.0 12.2 12.6 2.9 3.2 19 2 181
LV 17.2 15.9 15.9 16.3 16.1 15.3 14.6 14.7 14.6 14.5 14.0 14.6 14.6 14.4 13.6 13.9 -3.3 -1.4 17 2 504
LT 12.8 13.2 14.8 15.9 16.6 16.2 15.3 14.6 14.3 14.5 14.2 14.4 14.2 14.5 14.7 13.1 0.3 -3.0 18 3 617
LU 13.8 13.9 14.0 13.8 13.6 13.8 14.6 14.0 13.8 13.6 13.8 13.3 13.4 13.9 15.1 14.7 1.0 0.9 15 5 937
HU 19.5 19.1 19.1 18.7 18.3 18.6 18.6 18.8 18.2 17.7 17.9 18.0 19.3 19.8 19.0 17.4 -2.2 -1.3 12 16 869
MT 9.0 8.8 9.5 8.9 9.2 9.6 10.3 10.2 10.1 10.3 10.1 10.1 9.5 9.4 9.6 9.7 0.7 0.1 26 596
NL 17.8 17.1 16.5 17.0 17.7 17.8 16.0 16.2 16.5 16.4 16.0 17.2 17.5 18.3 18.8 18.9 1.1 1.1 9 110 976
AT 21.7 21.7 22.3 22.1 22.1 21.6 21.7 21.5 21.7 21.2 20.9 20.8 20.7 21.3 21.6 21.3 -0.3 -0.3 4 61 101
PL 14.7 14.9 15.0 15.0 14.9 13.5 13.6 12.7 12.5 11.8 12.1 12.6 12.2 12.2 11.5 11.3 -3.4 -2.2 24 39 870
PT 10.8 10.7 10.6 10.5 10.7 11.0 11.3 11.3 11.4 11.0 11.3 11.5 11.6 11.7 12.1 12.0 1.2 1.0 21 20 669
RO 11.8 11.3 10.2 12.1 12.9 13.2 12.8 12.3 11.1 10.7 11.0 11.5 11.8 11.5 11.6 11.1 -0.7 -2.1 25 13 539
SI 21.3 19.9 19.5 19.5 19.4 19.9 20.0 19.8 19.8 19.8 19.8 19.4 18.3 18.5 18.7 18.8 -2.6 -1.1 10 6 652
SK 15.4 16.3 16.4 16.2 15.2 14.8 14.7 14.6 14.0 12.7 12.2 11.2 11.3 12.1 12.1 12.2 -3.2 -2.6 20 8 021
FI 21.9 22.6 21.2 21.1 20.8 20.8 21.1 20.9 20.6 20.0 20.4 20.2 19.6 20.3 20.9 20.1 -1.8 -0.7 5 36 287
SE 25.2 27.1 27.1 27.9 27.6 26.9 26.9 25.7 25.3 25.0 24.8 24.1 23.4 24.0 23.5 22.4 -2.8 -4.5 2 77 552
UK 13.6 12.9 12.7 13.4 13.7 14.1 14.2 13.5 13.4 13.7 14.2 14.2 14.3 14.5 14.3 14.1 0.5 0.0 16 240 374
NO 17.2 17.0 17.1 18.5 18.1 16.0 16.4 17.4 17.3 16.5 15.4 14.9 15.5 15.1 16.9 16.5 -0.7 0.5 52 101
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EU-27 averages 2 216 718

weighted 18.8 18.8 18.6 18.7 18.7 18.6 18.5 18.2 18.2 17.9 17.8 17.7 17.7 18.1 18.4 18.1 -0.7 -0.5
arithmetic 16.6 16.5 16.5 16.6 16.7 16.6 16.5 16.3 16.1 15.9 15.8 15.7 15.7 16.0 16.1 15.8 -0.7 -0.7

EA-17 averages 1 748 943

weighted 19.5 19.5 19.6 19.6 19.5 19.5 19.3 19.2 19.2 18.8 18.6 18.5 18.5 18.9 19.3 19.1 -0.4 -0.4
arithmetic 16.5 16.5 16.5 16.4 16.4 16.3 16.3 16.3 16.2 15.9 15.9 15.7 15.7 16.2 16.5 16.4 -0.1 0.2

EU-25 averages
weighted 18.8 18.8 18.7 18.7 18.7 18.6 18.5 18.3 18.3 17.9 17.9 17.8 17.8 18.2 18.5 18.2 -0.6 -0.5
arithmetic 16.9 16.9 16.9 17.0 16.9 16.8 16.8 16.6 16.5 16.2 16.2 16.1 16.1 16.5 16.6 16.3 -0.6 -0.5
(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

226 Taxation trends in the European Union