Share of tax revenue in the EU by type of tax 2021 | Statista

In the European Union, approximately half of all tax revenues are generated by taxes on labor income, with a further 27.5 percent of revenues coming from consumption taxes, while only a fifth came from taxes on capital. Over the past decade, the composition of total tax revenues in Europe has remained generally stable, with slight increases in the share of revenues generated by capital taxes, and slight declines in the share generated by labor taxes.

Share of annual tax revenues from taxes on capital, consumption, and labor in the European Union from 1995 to 2021

Characteristic	Taxes on labor	Taxes on consumption	Taxes on capital
1995	53.6%	28.2%	18.2%
1996	53%	27.8%	19.2%
1997	52.6%	27.6%	19.9%
1998	52.4%	27.9%	19.7%
1999	51.7%	28.1%	20.2%
2000	51.6%	27.9%	20.5%
2001	52.4%	27.9%	19.7%
2002	52.7%	28.2%	19.1%
2003	52.7%	28.2%	19.1%
2004	51.8%	28.4%	19.8%
2005	51.1%	28.4%	20.5%
2006	50.3%	28.1%	21.6%
2007	49.9%	27.9%	22.2%
2008	51.4%	27.7%	20.9%
2009	53.2%	27.7%	19%
2010	52.6%	28.5%	18.8%
2011	52.2%	28.5%	19.2%
2012	52.2%	28%	19.7%
2013	52.4%	27.8%	19.8%
2014	52.2%	27.8%	19.9%
2015	51.7%	27.9%	20.4%
2016	51.6%	27.9%	20.5%
2017	51.6%	27.8%	20.6%
2018	51.8%	27.8%	20.4%
2019	51.9%	27.7%	20.4%
2020	53.3%	26.8%	19.9%
2021	51.4%	27.5%	21%

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July 2023

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Europe, EU

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1995 to 2021

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