Netherlands vs Spain: Tax revenue

Netherlands

283.48 billion current LCU

in 2024

Spain

238.10 billion current LCU

in 2024

Netherlands rank

77th

Spain rank

79th

Tax revenue over time

Netherlands
Spain

How they compare

Netherlands currently reports 283.48 billion current LCU against 238.10 billion current LCU in Spain, a difference of 45.38 billion current LCU.

That makes Netherlands's figure about 1.2 times Spain's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1973 it was Netherlands ahead.

Globally, Netherlands ranks 77th and Spain ranks 79th of 157 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Tax revenue (current LCU)
Unit: current LCU
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 157 places, 4,711 data points, 1972–2024
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Taxes are compulsory, unrequited payments, in cash or in kind, made by institutional units to government units. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.