Taxes and social security contributions (% of GDP, tax burden)

Name: Taxes and social security contributions (% of GDP, tax burden)
Creator: OECD

OECDPeriod 2015~2024Retrieved 2026-11-09

Taxes and social insurance contributions as a share of GDP. Their sum is the 'national burden ratio'.

2015: 22.61% → 2024: 25.33% (up 2.73 pp). Highest: 2022 (29.75%).

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Taxes and social security contributions (% of GDP, tax burden) · 2015~2024 (unit: %)
Year	Total taxes + social contributions	Taxes on income and profits	Social security contributions	Property taxes	Taxes on goods and services
2015	22.6083	6.8447	6.0142	2.7933	6.3377
2016	23.4995	7.3378	6.146	2.7179	6.6119
2017	24.0648	7.725	6.1873	2.8128	6.6727
2018	25.2394	8.6187	6.4106	2.9303	6.6316
2019	25.6781	8.5289	6.8642	2.9272	6.6292
2020	26.1578	8.0917	7.3285	3.7169	6.3811
2021	27.8627	9.2521	7.3004	4.1974	6.4404
2022	29.7471	11.1109	7.606	3.5315	6.7467
2023	26.8711	9.1989	7.8583	3.0946	6.0841
2024	25.3336	7.9091	7.6561	2.9755	6.1167

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