France vs Italy: Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, Transactions
Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, Transactions over time
- France
- Italy
How they compare
France currently reports 389.92 billion against 346.04 billion in Italy, a difference of 43.88 billion.
That makes France's figure about 1.1 times Italy's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Italy ahead.
France ranks 15th and Italy ranks 16th of 35 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, France averaged higher in 2 and Italy in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | France | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 164.81 billion | 168.08 billion | 3.27 billion | Italy |
| 2000s | 198.61 billion | 199.90 billion | 1.30 billion | Italy |
| 2010s | 274.44 billion | 241.86 billion | 32.58 billion | France |
| 2020s | 350.34 billion | 303.54 billion | 46.80 billion | France |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, transactions, France or Italy?
- France, at 389.92 billion against 346.04 billion in Italy as of 2025.
- What is the difference in taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, transactions between France and Italy?
- 43.88 billion, with France ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for France and Italy?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2025.
- How do France and Italy rank globally for taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, transactions?
- France ranks 15th and Italy ranks 16th 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.