Tax revenues in the largest EU economies 2022

Germany is the country in the European Union which collects the greatest tax revenues each year, with Europe's largest economy collecting almost 1.6 trillion euros in taxes and social security contributions in 2022. France and Italy are the second and third largest tax collectors in terms of revenues in the EU, however, the gap between the two countries had been growing since 2009, as the stagnation of the Italian economy in the past 15 years has limited increases in tax revenues.

Total annual taxation revenues in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Spain from 1995 to 2022 (in millions of euros)

Characteristic	Germany	Spain	France	Italy	Netherlands
1995	772,397.2	147,193.4	515,821.1	346,966.3	128,879.8
1996	773,609.2	157,528.3	546,872.1	416,660	132,552.2
1997	767,485.1	166,400.4	557,070.6	460,060.4	134,890.7
1998	788,528.8	181,283.4	581,943.8	461,856.8	141,585.9
1999	830,138	197,398	616,851	479,929	155,870
2000	849,537	214,114	638,998	493,527	166,365
2001	832,359	229,896	662,047	517,867	171,054
2002	831,579	249,181	671,670	532,215	175,550
2003	845,489	265,799	687,279	553,003	178,512
2004	844,783	292,909	721,017	566,809	184,019
2005	856,606	327,198	756,283	580,578	192,884
2006	897,597	361,780	800,157	620,502	210,632
2007	945,050	392,170	829,609	666,423	220,071
2008	971,372	356,829	849,616	672,595	232,512
2009	945,931	318,007	816,516	655,061	219,532
2010	956,692	336,292	843,866	664,522	227,068
2011	1,015,010	332,232	894,014	678,272	230,648
2012	1,052,938	334,190	930,130	700,353	232,287
2013	1,081,760	338,323	963,334	696,705	238,310
2014	1,120,160	350,200	982,606	698,266	248,720
2015	1,172,703	365,241	1,004,162	709,287	254,923
2016	1,227,853	375,004	1,020,353	714,372	272,039
2017	1,285,411	394,461	1,064,920	726,339	285,601
2018	1,342,007	417,982	1,093,180	737,709	300,303
2019	1,392,658	432,852	1,103,633	757,413	319,237
2020	1,347,942	413,531	1,051,691	706,678	317,458
2021	1,478,457	463,426	1,129,440	773,808	341,658
2022	1,581,363	507,406	1,217,996	830,605	368,906