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A pair of series

Tax and social spend

The OECD tax take and public social expenditure. Two % of GDP files.

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Tax take (OECD)

Total tax revenue, % of GDP. OECD Revenue Statistics. General government, not a tax wedge.

The file

Total tax revenue of general government, % of GDP. OECD Revenue Statistics.

The indicator

DF_RSOECD, TAX_REV, S13, STANDARD _T, PT_B1GQ. Not a tax wedge and not Government surplus or deficit.

What the numbers show

The take, not the balance. Pair: Social spend (OECD).

Longseries, “Tax take (OECD)”. OECD (DF_RSOECD TAX_REV S13 PT_B1GQ), 1965–2024, Australia, Canada, Czechia, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Japan, Korea, Poland, Sweden, United States. Retrieved 2026-09-15. OECD Terms and Conditions. https://longseries.com/en/d/oecd-tax-share/

Latest values

12 places — sorted by latest value
CountryYearValue
France202443.5
Italy202442.8
Sweden202441.4
Germany202438.0
Poland202436.6
Canada202434.9
United Kingdom202434.4
Czechia202434.0
Australia202329.9
United States202425.6
Korea202425.3
Japan20240.0

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-3.97.819.531.242.9199020012013202436.6
Poland

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We compute from the published level in the selected years. Nothing is invented — CAGR and Δ are functions of those rows.

Poland

Tax take (OECD)

0.0→36.6

Change
+36.6 pts
Years
1990–2024

Poland: 0.0 (1990) → 36.6 (2024). Difference +36.6 pts. Highest 39.0 in 1993; lowest 0.0 in 1990.

Tax take (OECD) — Poland
YearCountryValue
2024Poland36.6
2023Poland34.9
2022Poland34.1
2021Poland36.3
2020Poland35.2
2019Poland34.8
2018Poland34.7
2017Poland34.0
2016Poland33.3
2015Poland32.3
2014Poland32.1
2013Poland32.2
2012Poland32.2
2011Poland31.9
2010Poland31.4
2009Poland31.3
2008Poland34.2
2007Poland34.6
2006Poland33.5
2005Poland32.9
2004Poland31.8
2003Poland32.3
2002Poland32.9
2001Poland32.7
2000Poland32.7
1999Poland34.8
1998Poland35.1
1997Poland35.9
1996Poland36.4
1995Poland36.4
1994Poland36.3
1993Poland39.0
1992Poland36.0
1991Poland33.9
1990Poland0.0

Social spend (OECD)

Public social expenditure, % of GDP. OECD SOCX. Pensions, health, family — not [oecd-tax-share].

The file

Public social expenditure, % of GDP. OECD SOCX, public (ES10).

The indicator

DF_SOCX_AGG, ES10, programme _T, PT_B1GQ. A spending file, not Tax take (OECD).

What the numbers show

Tax and spend are two files. Do not subtract them here.

Longseries, “Social spend (OECD)”. OECD (DF_SOCX_AGG ES10 PT_B1GQ), 1980–2024, Australia, Canada, Czechia, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Japan, Korea, Poland, Sweden, United States. Retrieved 2026-09-15. OECD Terms and Conditions. https://longseries.com/en/d/oecd-social-spend/

Latest values

12 places — sorted by latest value
CountryYearValue
France202430.6
Germany202427.9
Italy202427.6
Sweden202426.1
Japan202224.7
Poland202423.1
United Kingdom202323.0
Czechia202422.1
United States202419.8
Canada202219.3
Australia202217.1
Korea202415.3

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-2.44.812.019.226.3198019952009202423.1
Poland

Calculations from this window

We compute from the published level in the selected years. Nothing is invented — CAGR and Δ are functions of those rows.

Poland

Social spend (OECD)

0.0→23.1

Change
+23.1 pts
Years
1980–2024

Poland: 0.0 (1980) → 23.1 (2024). Difference +23.1 pts. Highest 24.0 in 1992; lowest 0.0 in 1980.

Social spend (OECD) — Poland
YearCountryValue
2024Poland23.1
2023Poland21.9
2022Poland20.7
2021Poland22.2
2020Poland23.5
2019Poland21.0
2018Poland20.3
2017Poland20.7
2016Poland21.2
2015Poland20.2
2014Poland20.3
2013Poland20.7
2012Poland19.9
2011Poland19.6
2010Poland20.8
2009Poland21.3
2008Poland20.1
2007Poland19.5
2006Poland20.6
2005Poland20.8
2004Poland21.1
2003Poland21.8
2002Poland21.7
2001Poland21.6
2000Poland20.1
1999Poland21.0
1998Poland20.6
1997Poland21.4
1996Poland21.9
1995Poland21.7
1994Poland22.4
1993Poland23.4
1992Poland24.0
1991Poland20.4
1990Poland14.1
1989Poland0.0
1988Poland0.0
1987Poland0.0
1986Poland0.0
1985Poland0.0
1984Poland0.0
1983Poland0.0
1982Poland0.0
1981Poland0.0
1980Poland0.0