Tax to GDP ratios

The tax to GDP ratio in Mexico was the lowest amongst OECD countries in 2010 and 2011 and was well below the OECD average in every year from 2000 to 2011.   It rose from 16.9% in 2000 to 20.9% in 2008 before falling back to 17.4% in 2009 and then starting to rise again.  It was 18.8% of GDP in 2010, around 15 percentage points below the OECD measure of 33.8%.

Figure 1: Tax revenue as percentage of GDP 2000 to latest available data

Tax structures

The main observations for Mexico are:

• Revenue from personal and corporate income taxes was 4.6% of GDP in 2000 and 5.2% in 2010, well below the OECD average of 11.3%.

• The tax ratio for Social security contributions was stable at around 3% between 2000 and 2010 and the 2010 measure of 3.2% was well below the OECD average of 9.5%.

• The tax ratio for Taxes on goods and services was stable at around 9-10% of GDP over the period and at 9.9% in 2010 was below the OECD average of 11.0%.

• Property tax revenues were 0.3% of GDP in 2010, less than one fifth of the OECD average of 1.9%.

Figure 2: Tax revenue main headings as percentage of GDP, 2000, 2007, 2010

• Mexico has not provided data for 2011.
• OECD averages are not available for 2011 as 5 OECD countries have not provided data for that year.
• More comparative information about OECD member countries is contained in the tables linked within the following webpages:
  • Tax revenue trends: tax ratios changes between 2007 and 2011
  • Tax revenue trends: tax ratios changes between 1965 and 2010
  • Tax structures: latest position (2010)
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