Taxes on property, Ratio of this level of government's revenue from in United Kingdom
United Kingdom: Taxes on property, Ratio of this level of government's revenue from was 0.4296 in 2020. ▼ Falling
Taxes on property, Ratio of this level of government's revenue from in United Kingdom, 1995–2020
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
United Kingdom recorded 0.4296 for taxes on property, ratio of this level of government's revenue from in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 15.9% on the previous year and down 17.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on property, ratio of this level of government's revenue from in United Kingdom peaked at 0.6718 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.4296, in 2020.
That places United Kingdom 12th out of 78 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Taxes on property, Ratio of this level of government's revenue from in United Kingdom, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.6177 | — |
| 1996 | 0.6167 | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 0.6088 | -1.3% |
| 1998 | 0.5923 | -2.7% |
| 1999 | 0.5864 | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 0.5857 | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 0.5789 | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 0.5692 | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 0.5423 | -4.7% |
| 2004 | 0.5328 | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 0.5326 | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.5355 | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.5323 | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.6718 | +26.2% |
| 2009 | 0.5381 | -19.9% |
| 2010 | 0.5185 | -3.6% |
| 2011 | 0.5304 | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 0.5401 | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 0.5459 | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 0.5382 | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 0.5399 | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.5373 | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.5335 | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 0.5219 | -2.2% |
| 2019 | 0.5111 | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 0.4296 | -15.9% |
United Kingdom compared with similar countries
- United Kingdom's 0.4296 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0531, 8.1× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- United Kingdom's 0.4296 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.0349, 12.3× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taxes on property, Ratio of this level of government's revenue from in United Kingdom changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +26.2% | 0.5323 | 0.6718 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6044 | 0.5864 | 0.6177 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.5619 | 0.5323 | 0.6718 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5317 | 0.5111 | 0.5459 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4296 | 0.4296 | 0.4296 | 1 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on property, ratio of this level of government's revenue from in United Kingdom?
- Taxes on property, ratio of this level of government's revenue from in United Kingdom was 0.4296 in 2020, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest taxes on property, ratio of this level of government's revenue from recorded in United Kingdom?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6718 in 2008.
- What is the lowest taxes on property, ratio of this level of government's revenue from recorded in United Kingdom?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4296 in 2020.
- How does United Kingdom rank for taxes on property, ratio of this level of government's revenue from?
- United Kingdom ranks 12th out of 78 countries with data for 2020.
- Is taxes on property, ratio of this level of government's revenue from rising or falling in United Kingdom?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United Kingdom data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Taxes on property, 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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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.