Germany vs Netherlands: Revenue Statistics in OECD member countries - Comparative tax revenues
Revenue Statistics in OECD member countries - Comparative tax revenues over time
- Germany
- Netherlands
How they compare
Netherlands currently reports 38.54 Percentage of GDP against 38.02 Percentage of GDP in Germany, a difference of 0.52 Percentage of GDP.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Germany ahead.
Germany ranks 13th and Netherlands ranks 11th of 35 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Germany averaged higher in 2 and Netherlands in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Germany | Netherlands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 32.48 Percentage of GDP | 32.06 Percentage of GDP | 0.419 Percentage of GDP | Germany |
| 1970s | 34.65 Percentage of GDP | 36.76 Percentage of GDP | 2.11 Percentage of GDP | Netherlands |
| 1980s | 35.96 Percentage of GDP | 40.03 Percentage of GDP | 4.07 Percentage of GDP | Netherlands |
| 1990s | 35.51 Percentage of GDP | 38.83 Percentage of GDP | 3.32 Percentage of GDP | Netherlands |
| 2000s | 34.91 Percentage of GDP | 35.32 Percentage of GDP | 0.4137 Percentage of GDP | Netherlands |
| 2010s | 37.14 Percentage of GDP | 36.73 Percentage of GDP | 0.4076 Percentage of GDP | Germany |
| 2020s | 38.23 Percentage of GDP | 38.63 Percentage of GDP | 0.4004 Percentage of GDP | Netherlands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher revenue statistics in oecd member countries - comparative tax revenues, Germany or Netherlands?
- Netherlands, at 38.54 Percentage of GDP against 38.02 Percentage of GDP in Germany as of 2024.
- What is the difference in revenue statistics in oecd member countries - comparative tax revenues between Germany and Netherlands?
- 0.52 Percentage of GDP, with Netherlands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Netherlands?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2024.
- How do Germany and Netherlands rank globally for revenue statistics in oecd member countries - comparative tax revenues?
- Germany ranks 13th and Netherlands ranks 11th of 35 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Revenue Statistics in OECD member countries - Comparative tax revenues. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Internationally comparable tax revenue data for OECD countries presented as a percentage of GDP and as a share of total tax or non-tax revenues as well as in national currency and US dollars. Tax revenues are harmonised according to the OECD classification of taxes. Related topics: Tax-to-GDP, Taxation, Tax structure, Tax mix, Regional average – change for each region, Domestic resource mobilisation, Public finance, Income tax, Social security contributions, Goods and services, Value added tax, VAT, Excise, Customs, Property tax.