Taxes on goods and services, Ratio of this level of government's in Greece
Greece: Taxes on goods and services, Ratio of this level of government's was 0.9926 in 2020. ▬ Flat
Taxes on goods and services, Ratio of this level of government's in Greece, 1995–2020
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
Greece recorded 0.9926 for taxes on goods and services, ratio of this level of government's in 2020. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on goods and services, ratio of this level of government's in Greece peaked at 0.9926 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.9361, in 2008.
That places Greece 26th out of 80 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
Taxes on goods and services, Ratio of this level of government's in Greece, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.9777 | — |
| 1996 | 0.975 | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 0.9752 | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.9745 | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 0.9771 | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 0.9676 | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 0.9625 | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 0.9635 | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 0.9624 | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 0.9627 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.9686 | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 0.9386 | -3.1% |
| 2007 | 0.942 | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 0.9361 | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 0.9385 | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 0.9756 | +4.0% |
| 2011 | 0.9759 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.9778 | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 0.9785 | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.9785 | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.9854 | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.9901 | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.9922 | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.9919 | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.9919 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.9926 | +0.1% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 0.9926 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.9695, 1.0× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Greece's 0.9926 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.978, 1.0× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.9759 | 0.9745 | 0.9777 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.9543 | 0.9361 | 0.9686 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9838 | 0.9756 | 0.9922 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9926 | 0.9926 | 0.9926 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Greece
More public sector data for Greece
- Arms imports 623.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 59.87 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0024 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 54.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 623.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 770.96 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0313 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 14.36 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 8.02 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 3,134 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on goods and services, ratio of this level of government's in Greece?
- Taxes on goods and services, ratio of this level of government's in Greece was 0.9926 in 2020, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest taxes on goods and services, ratio of this level of government's recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9926 in 2020.
- What is the lowest taxes on goods and services, ratio of this level of government's recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9361 in 2008.
- How does Greece rank for taxes on goods and services, ratio of this level of government's?
- Greece ranks 26th out of 80 countries with data for 2020.
- Is taxes on goods and services, ratio of this level of government's rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Greece data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Taxes on goods and services, Ratio of this level of government's revenue from this item to total general government revenue from this item, Percent (Central government). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Fiscal Decentralization dataset includes fiscal decentralization indicators for a sample of IMF member countries. The following indicators are included in the dataset: Revenue and Expenditure Decentralization Shares; Transfer dependency and Vertical Fiscal Imbalances; Deficit and Debt; Allocation of expenditure (economic classification); Allocation of expenditure (functional classification); Allocation of non-Tax Revenues; and Allocation of Taxes.