Tax to GDP ratios

The tax to GDP ratio in the Slovak Republic was below the OECD average for the whole of the period from 2000 to 2011.   The ratio fell from 34.1% in 2000 to 29.4% in 2006 and has been fairly stable since then.  It was 28.3% in 2010 when it was 5 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 the Slovak Republic are:

• Revenue from personal and corporate income taxes was 7.0% of GDP in 2000 and 5.3% in 2011.  The 2010 figure was 5.0%, less than half of the OECD average of 11.3%.

• The tax ratio for Social security contributions was 14.1% of GDP in 2000 and 12.3% in both 2010 and 2011.   The 2010 figure was above the OECD average of 9.5%.

• The tax ratio for Taxes on goods and services declined from 12.3% in 2000 to 10.6% of GDP in 2011.  The 2010 figure of 10.3% was below the OECD average of 11.0%.

• Property tax revenues were 0.4% of GDP in 2010, less than one quarter of the OECD average of 1.9%.

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