Greece vs Portugal: Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, Transactions
Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, Transactions over time
- Greece
- Portugal
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 30.75 billion against 26.38 billion in Greece, a difference of 4.37 billion.
That makes Portugal's figure about 1.2 times Greece's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 26 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Greece ahead.
Greece ranks 26th and Portugal ranks 25th of 35 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Greece averaged higher in 2 and Portugal in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greece | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11.87 billion | 10.65 billion | 1.22 billion | Greece |
| 2000s | 16.65 billion | 13.49 billion | 3.15 billion | Greece |
| 2010s | 18.29 billion | 18.38 billion | 90.32 million | Portugal |
| 2020s | 20.43 billion | 24.93 billion | 4.51 billion | Portugal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, transactions, Greece or Portugal?
- Portugal, at 30.75 billion against 26.38 billion in Greece as of 2025.
- What is the difference in taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, transactions between Greece and Portugal?
- 4.37 billion, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Portugal?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2024.
- How do Greece and Portugal rank globally for taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, transactions?
- Greece ranks 26th and Portugal ranks 25th 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.