What we pay: the structure of compulsory levies
What we pay: the structure of compulsory levies
Social contributions, VAT, personal income tax, corporate tax, other taxes. Total compulsory levies of general government, single Eurostat source.
Total compulsory levies
43.4 % of GDP
France · 2024· ≈ 1,268 € bn
Who pays what
Six categories, with no double counting, ranked by weight. Less the amounts assessed but never collected, they make the total.
Less 0.2% of GDP (€5 bn) of taxes and contributions assessed but never collected: total 43.4% of GDP, €1,268 bn.
Total compulsory levies, as defined by Eurostat: taxes on production, on income and wealth, on capital, and social contributions actually paid by employers and households, less amounts due but never collected. So-called “imputed” contributions (the counterpart of the pensions the State pays its own civil servants) are left out: nothing is levied.
How the structure has shifted
4 main families: social contributions actually paid, taxes on production, on income and wealth, on capital. As % of GDP.
Where France stands
Total compulsory levies as % of GDP, 2024, sorted descending.