Main national accounts tax aggregates

In 2005, Ireland's main national accounts tax aggregates decreased by 1.9% compared to 2004, reaching 5.1%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 14.1%.

Ireland ranks 25th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 4.1% (from 4.9% in 2000).

Source: Eurostat dataset gov_10a_taxag, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.