Italy vs OECD members: Tax revenue
Italy
25.6%
in 2024
OECD members
15.7%
in 2024
Italy rank
12th
OECD members rank
11th
Tax revenue over time
- Italy
- OECD members
How they compare
Italy currently reports 25.6% against 15.7% in OECD members, a difference of 9.9%.
That makes Italy's figure about 1.6 times OECD members's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 52 shared years of data; in 1973 it was OECD members ahead.
Italy ranks 12th and OECD members ranks 11th of 157 countries.
Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | OECD members | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 14.1% | 14.0% | 0.1% | Italy |
| 1980s | 20.7% | 14.7% | 6.0% | Italy |
| 1990s | 24.9% | 15.0% | 9.9% | Italy |
| 2000s | 23.1% | 15.5% | 7.6% | Italy |
| 2010s | 24.6% | 15.3% | 9.3% | Italy |
| 2020s | 24.9% | 16.0% | 8.9% | Italy |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tax revenue, Italy or OECD members?
- Italy, at 25.6% against 15.7% in OECD members as of 2024.
- What is the difference in tax revenue between Italy and OECD members?
- 9.9%, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and OECD members?
- 52 years are reported by both, from 1973 to 2024.
- How do Italy and OECD members rank globally for tax revenue?
- Italy ranks 12th and OECD members ranks 11th of 157 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Tax revenue (% of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Taxes are compulsory, unrequited payments, in cash or in kind, made by institutional units to government units. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.