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Tax-to-GDP Ratio
A country’s tax-to-GDP ratio simply compares the government’s tax take to the size of the economy as measured by gross domestic product (GDP). For OECD countries, the average tax-to-GDP ratio was 33.5% in 2020. Denmark had the highest ratio at 46.5%; Mexico had the lowest at 17.9%.