Taxes on goods and services as a share of revenue fell 8.09% to 26.3% in Ireland in 2022, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, taxes on goods and services as a share of revenue in Ireland reached an all time high of 41.0% in 1989 and an all time low of 26.3% in 2022. When compared to Ireland's main peers, taxes on goods and services as a share of revenue in Canada amounted to 14.1%, 20.0% in France, 35.3% in Iceland and 32.1% in United Kingdom in 2022.
Ireland has been ranked 73rd within the group of 105 countries we follow in terms of taxes on goods and services as a share of revenue, 8 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Taxes on Goods and Services (As % of Revenue) | Unit | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Australia | % | 21.1% | 20.5% | 19.5% | 19.3% | 20.0% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Belgium | % | 26.1% | 26.0% | 26.8% | 26.3% | 27.0% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Canada | % | 13.9% | 13.5% | 13.7% | 13.3% | 13.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Denmark | % | 36.7% | 38.0% | 34.5% | 35.6% | 32.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| France | % | 22.6% | 22.9% | 23.4% | 23.2% | 20.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | % | 22.0% | 21.3% | 21.0% | 18.9% | 20.4% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Iceland | % | 36.0% | 35.7% | 36.4% | 37.7% | 38.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ireland | % | 31.5% | 30.2% | 30.2% | 28.0% | 28.6% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Italy | % | 24.6% | 24.6% | 24.6% | 23.0% | 23.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 27.2% | 29.1% | 30.3% | 32.6% | 31.5% | |||||||||||
| Norway | % | 26.9% | 25.2% | 25.1% | 27.8% | 22.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | % | 28.7% | 27.9% | 27.4% | 25.7% | 26.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Sweden | % | 37.6% | 37.7% | 37.3% | 38.2% | 37.3% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| USA | % | 2.47% | 3.05% | 2.61% | 2.29% | 2.05% | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | % | 34.7% | 34.7% | 34.9% | 33.2% | 32.7% |
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