What is the difference in taxes on income, profits and capital gains between Germany and Uruguay?

6.25 billion current LCU, with Uruguay ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Uruguay?

53 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2024.

Germany vs Uruguay: Taxes on income, profits and capital gains

Germany

213.22 billion current LCU

in 2024

Uruguay

219.47 billion current LCU

in 2024

Germany rank

64th

Uruguay rank

63rd

Taxes on income, profits and capital gains over time

Germany
Uruguay

How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 219.47 billion current LCU against 213.22 billion current LCU in Germany, a difference of 6.25 billion current LCU.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Germany ahead.

Germany ranks 64th and Uruguay ranks 63rd of 153 countries.

Germany has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Germany	Uruguay	Difference	Ahead
1970s	30.33 billion current LCU	296,625 current LCU	30.33 billion current LCU	Germany
1980s	47.81 billion current LCU	20.98 million current LCU	47.79 billion current LCU	Germany
1990s	85.03 billion current LCU	3.95 billion current LCU	81.08 billion current LCU	Germany
2000s	103.92 billion current LCU	15.19 billion current LCU	88.74 billion current LCU	Germany
2010s	145.24 billion current LCU	95.78 billion current LCU	49.47 billion current LCU	Germany
2020s	196.29 billion current LCU	191.20 billion current LCU	5.09 billion current LCU	Germany

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher taxes on income, profits and capital gains, Germany or Uruguay?: Uruguay, at 219.47 billion current LCU against 213.22 billion current LCU in Germany as of 2024.
What is the difference in taxes on income, profits and capital gains between Germany and Uruguay?: 6.25 billion current LCU, with Uruguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Uruguay?: 53 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2024.
How do Germany and Uruguay rank globally for taxes on income, profits and capital gains?: Germany ranks 64th and Uruguay ranks 63rd of 153 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (current LCU). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (current LCU)
Unit: current LCU
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 153 places, 4,587 data points, 1972–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains are taxes payable on the actual or presumed incomes, profits and capital gains. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.