Part II Developments in the Member States

EURO AREA 17
ARITHMETIC AVERAGES
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2010
A. Structure of revenues % of GDP € bn
Indirect taxes 13.5 13.3 13.3 13.4 13.7 13.9 13.9 13.8 13.3 13.0 13.1 1 183.3
VAT 7.1 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.6 7.6 7.5 7.4 7.2 7.3 629.1
Excise duties and consumption taxes 2.9 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.9 2.9 217.2
Other taxes on products (incl. import duties) 2.0 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.7 1.5 1.4 149.9
Other taxes on production 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 187.1
Direct taxes 12.1 11.9 11.8 11.5 11.2 11.5 11.7 12.2 12.0 11.4 11.2 1 083.9
Personal income 7.7 7.7 7.6 7.5 7.3 7.3 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.6 7.5 797.0
Corporate income 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.7 3.5 2.9 2.9 201.1
Other 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8 85.8
Social contributions 11.7 11.7 11.7 11.8 11.6 11.6 11.5 11.4 11.7 12.2 12.1 1 314.3
Employers´ 6.7 6.7 6.7 6.7 6.6 6.6 6.5 6.5 6.7 6.9 6.9 752.0
Employees´ 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 392.7
Self- and non-employed 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4 169.6
TOTAL 37.2 36.8 36.7 36.6 36.5 36.9 37.0 37.3 36.9 36.5 36.4 3 568.4
B. Structure by level of government % of total taxation
Central government 59.9 59.4 58.8 58.5 58.3 58.1 58.1 58.1 56.6 55.0 55.8 1 468.3
1)
State government 15.1 15.2 17.4 18.1 18.3 18.5 18.7 18.9 19.4 19.9 18.3 308.8
Local government 7.7 7.7 7.7 7.7 7.8 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.6 8.8 8.6 340.4
Social security funds 30.2 30.7 31.1 31.3 31.3 31.0 30.9 30.6 31.8 33.5 33.2 1 440.2
EU institutions 1.6 1.4 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 23.8
C. Structure by type of tax base % of GDP
Consumption 11.7 11.5 11.6 11.7 11.8 12.0 11.9 11.8 11.5 11.4 11.6 979.6
Labour 17.5 17.5 17.5 17.5 17.2 17.1 17.0 16.9 17.4 17.8 17.7 1 905.6
Employed 16.3 16.3 16.3 16.2 15.9 15.9 15.7 15.7 16.2 16.5 16.4 1 748.9
Paid by employers 7.1 7.1 7.2 7.2 7.1 7.1 6.9 6.9 7.1 7.3 7.3 811.9
Paid by employees 9.2 9.2 9.1 9.0 8.8 8.8 8.8 8.8 9.0 9.2 9.2 937.0
Non-employed 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 156.6
Capital 8.1 7.8 7.7 7.5 7.6 7.8 8.2 8.7 8.1 7.3 7.2 695.6
Capital and business income 6.0 5.8 5.7 5.5 5.4 5.6 6.0 6.5 6.1 5.4 5.3 480.7
Income of corporations 3.6 3.4 3.4 3.2 3.1 3.3 3.5 3.8 3.6 3.0 3.0 211.7
Income of households 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.6 67.1
Income of self-employed (incl. SSC) 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.8 1.7 201.9
Stocks of capital / wealth 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.0 1.9 1.9 214.9
D. Environmental taxes % of GDP
Environmental taxes 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.6 2.6 207.4
Energy 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.8 156.8
Of which transport fuel taxes : : : 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.5
Transport (excl. fuel) 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 43.2
Pollution/resources 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 7.3
E. Implicit tax rates %
Consumption 20.3 20.0 20.2 20.5 20.8 21.3 21.4 21.5 20.8 20.5 20.7
Labour employed 34.5 34.4 34.2 34.1 33.8 33.7 33.7 33.8 34.0 33.5 34.0
2)
Capital 25.0 24.0 24.3 24.3 24.2 24.9 25.8 27.0 25.9 24.8 23.7
Capital and business income 18.6 17.9 17.8 17.5 17.3 17.8 18.7 19.9 19.2 17.8 17.1
Corporations 23.6 23.2 23.1 21.9 20.8 22.0 22.8 24.5 23.0 21.1 20.4
Households 11.8 11.7 11.9 12.3 12.1 12.6 13.8 14.4 13.2 12.7 12.6
Real GDP growth (annual rate) 3.8 2.0 0.9 0.7 2.2 1.7 3.2 3.0 0.4 -4.2 1.9
See Annex B for explanatory notes. For classification of taxes please visit: http://ec.europa.eu/taxtrends
1) This level refers to the Länder in AT and DE, the gewesten en gemeenschappen / régions et communautés in BE and comunidades autónomas in ES.
2) Adjusted averages
n.a. not applicable, : not available
Date of extraction: 13/01/2012
Source: Commission Services and Eurostat (online data code gov_a_tax_ag)

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