Australia vs United Kingdom: Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains … Transactions
Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains … Transactions over time
- Australia
- United Kingdom
How they compare
Australia currently reports 519.03 billion against 437.13 billion in United Kingdom, a difference of 81.90 billion.
That makes Australia's figure about 1.2 times United Kingdom's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 17 shared years of data; in 2009 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 13th and United Kingdom ranks 14th of 35 countries.
Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | United Kingdom | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 201.37 billion | 191.43 billion | 9.95 billion | Australia |
| 2010s | 256.92 billion | 221.49 billion | 35.42 billion | Australia |
| 2020s | 433.04 billion | 352.54 billion | 80.50 billion | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, transactions, Australia or United Kingdom?
- Australia, at 519.03 billion against 437.13 billion in United Kingdom as of 2025.
- What is the difference in taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, transactions between Australia and United Kingdom?
- 81.90 billion, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and United Kingdom?
- 17 years are reported by both, from 2009 to 2025.
- How do Australia and United Kingdom rank globally for taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, transactions?
- Australia ranks 13th and United Kingdom ranks 14th of 35 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Monetary Fund, published as Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, Transactions (Statement of operations, General government). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The Government Finance Statistics (GFS) includes government revenues and expenditures, government net lending / net borrowing (the surplus / deficit) financing transactions and balance sheet data on government assets and liabilities. Statistics are available for different levels of government including budgetary central government, central government and general government.