Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains … Transactions in Greece
Greece: Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains … Transactions was 26.38 billion in 2024. ▲ Rising
Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, Transactions in Greece, 1999–2024
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
Greece recorded 26.38 billion for taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, transactions in 2024. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is up 13.4% on the previous year and up 51.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, transactions in Greece peaked at 26.38 billion in 2024 and was at its lowest, 11.87 billion, in 1999.
That places Greece 26th out of 35 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains … Transactions in Greece, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 11.87 billion | — |
| 2000 | 13.82 billion | +16.4% |
| 2001 | 13.08 billion | -5.3% |
| 2002 | 14.48 billion | +10.7% |
| 2003 | 14.48 billion | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 15.62 billion | +7.9% |
| 2005 | 17.88 billion | +14.5% |
| 2006 | 18.01 billion | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 19.20 billion | +6.6% |
| 2008 | 19.64 billion | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 20.29 billion | +3.3% |
| 2010 | 18.68 billion | -7.9% |
| 2011 | 19.10 billion | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 20.68 billion | +8.3% |
| 2013 | 18.93 billion | -8.4% |
| 2014 | 17.42 billion | -8.0% |
| 2015 | 16.78 billion | -3.7% |
| 2016 | 17.78 billion | +6.0% |
| 2017 | 17.73 billion | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 18.60 billion | +4.9% |
| 2019 | 17.22 billion | -7.4% |
| 2020 | 15.54 billion | -9.8% |
| 2021 | 17.24 billion | +11.0% |
| 2022 | 19.70 billion | +14.2% |
| 2023 | 23.27 billion | +18.1% |
| 2024 | 26.38 billion | +13.4% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 26.38 billion is below the median for high income countries, which is 146.16 billion, 18% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Greece's 26.38 billion is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 120.45 billion, 22% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11.87 billion | 11.87 billion | 11.87 billion | 1 |
| 2000s | 16.65 billion | 13.08 billion | 20.29 billion | 10 |
| 2010s | 18.29 billion | 16.78 billion | 20.68 billion | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.43 billion | 15.54 billion | 26.38 billion | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, transactions in Greece?
- Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, transactions in Greece was 26.38 billion in 2024, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, transactions recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 26.38 billion in 2024.
- What is the lowest taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, transactions recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.87 billion in 1999.
- How does Greece rank for taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, transactions?
- Greece ranks 26th out of 35 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, transactions rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 51.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greece data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains, Transactions (Statement of operations, General government). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.