HC Deb 20 May 1997 vol 294 c37W
Mr. Campbell-Savours

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the total level of tax per head of population for each EU country taking into account all sources of revenue. [295]

Dawn Primarolo

The information requested is provided in the table.

EU member state Tax revenue per capita
Austria 6,863
Belgium 6,818
Denmark 9,390
Finland 5,877
France 6,577
Germany 7,920
Greece 2,058
Republic of Ireland 3,540
Italy 4,816
Luxembourg 10,566
Netherlands 6,482
Portugal 1,884
Spain 2,864
Sweden 7,455
United Kingdom 3,875

Source: Revenue Statistics 1965 to 1995 OECD 1996 edition.

The information provided refers to 1994 as complete information for the year since then is not yet available.