Taxes and Social Contributions  

The following table shows taxes and social contributions for 2009 as a percentage of GDP in the EFTA StatesĀ and selected EU-27 countries.

Taxes on income and wealth

Taxes on production and imports**

Social contribution***

Total

Iceland

16.7

13.9

3.1

33.7

Norway

19.3

11.8

9.7

40.8

Switzerland

15.5

6.8

7.2

29.5

Austria

12.8

14.7

16.6

44.1

Denmark

30.0

16.8

1.9

48.7

France

9.8

14.9

18.4

43.1

Germany

10.8

12.7

17.1

40.6

Sweden

19.4

18.7

8.6

46.7

United Kingdom

15.8

11.7

8.6

36.1

EU-27

12.3

12.9

14.1

39.3

*) Figures expressed in Purchasing Power Standards are derived from figures expressed in national currency by using Purchasing Power Parities (PPP) as conversion factors. These parities are obtained as a weighted average of relative price ratios in respect to a homogeneous basket of goods and services, both comparable and representative for each country. They are fixed in a way that makes the average purchasing power of one euro in the European Union equal to one PPS. (Eurostat)

**) For Denmark, includes taxes on production and imports of EU institutions.

***) This includes all employers' and employees' social contribution, as well as as imputed social contributions that represent the counterpart to social benefits paid directly by employers.

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