Tax to GDP ratios

The tax to GDP ratio in Turkey has been fairly stable between 24.1% and 26.1% over the period 2000 to 2011.  These levels are below the OECD average over the whole period and in 2010, the measure was 25.7%, 8 percentage points below the OECD figure of 33.8%.

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

Tax structures

The main observations for Turkey are:

• Revenue from personal and corporate income taxes was 7.1% of GDP in 2000 and 5.9% in 2011.  The 2010 figure was 5.6%, well below the OECD average of 11.3%.

• The tax ratio for Social security contributions was 4.5% of GDP in 2000 and 4.9% in 2011.   The 2010 figure of 6.1% was also well below the OECD average of 9.5%.

• The tax ratio for Taxes on goods and services rose from 10.1% in 2000 to 12.6% of GDP in 2011.  The 2010 figure of 12.5% was above the OECD average of 11.0%.

• Property tax revenues were 1.1% of GDP in 2010, one third below 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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