Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)
Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries): Taxes on income, profits and capital gains was 16.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries), 1997–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
The most recent figure for taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) is 16.7%, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 3.4% on the previous year and up 20.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) peaked at 17.4% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 10.6%, in 2009.
Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 40th of 41 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries), year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 17.4% | — |
| 1998 | 10.9% | -37.7% |
| 1999 | 12.1% | +11.5% |
| 2000 | 12.3% | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 11.1% | -10.3% |
| 2002 | 13.9% | +25.3% |
| 2003 | 13.5% | -3.0% |
| 2004 | 14.5% | +7.9% |
| 2005 | 11.5% | -20.9% |
| 2006 | 12.8% | +11.0% |
| 2007 | 12.4% | -3.0% |
| 2008 | 13.7% | +10.4% |
| 2009 | 10.6% | -22.7% |
| 2010 | 11.5% | +9.3% |
| 2011 | 12.6% | +9.2% |
| 2012 | 13.1% | +4.3% |
| 2013 | 13.9% | +5.6% |
| 2014 | 13.8% | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 14.9% | +8.0% |
| 2016 | 14.8% | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 15.4% | +3.9% |
| 2018 | 15.3% | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 15.2% | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 14.7% | -3.5% |
| 2021 | 14.2% | -3.3% |
| 2022 | 16.7% | +17.8% |
| 2023 | 16.1% | -3.4% |
| 2024 | 16.7% | +3.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 13.5% | 10.9% | 17.4% | 3 |
| 2000s | 12.6% | 10.6% | 14.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.1% | 11.5% | 15.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.7% | 14.2% | 16.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)
More public sector data for Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)
- Arms imports 8.83 billion SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 19.2 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0014 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 13.61 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 8.83 billion SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 657.44 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0492 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 25.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 302.41 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 338.22 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) was 16.7% in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest taxes on income, profits and capital gains recorded in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The highest recorded value was 17.4% in 1997.
- What is the lowest taxes on income, profits and capital gains recorded in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.6% in 2009.
- How does Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) rank for taxes on income, profits and capital gains?
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 40th out of 41 groups with data for 2024.
- Is taxes on income, profits and capital gains rising or falling in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of revenue). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains are taxes payable on the actual or presumed incomes, profits and capital gains. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of revenue which includes all transactions that add to the amount of economic value of a unit or sector.