Table 2 Descriptive statistics of fiscal systems in selected European Countries 1970-1997
PER CENT OF GDP |
ECONOMIC FUNCTIONS |
IMPLICIT RATES | ||||||||||
1970 |
1970 |
1970 | ||||||||||
TOTAL |
DIRECT INDIRECT |
CONTRIB. |
LABOR |
CAPITAL |
CONSUM.. |
TOTAL LABOR |
CAPITAL |
CONSUM. | ||||
Max. Value |
36.9 |
17.4 |
19.4 |
13.5 |
18.9 |
11.8 |
16.0 |
37.2 |
34.2 |
55.4 |
21.1 | |
Min. Value |
25.6 |
5.3 |
6.6 |
2.8 |
8.4 |
4.7 |
5.3 |
25.6 |
16.1 |
16.6 |
7.3 | |
Mean |
33.3 |
10.0 |
12.8 |
10.0 |
13.9 |
6.3 |
10.7 |
32.6 |
26.6 |
29.2 |
16.1 | |
St. Dev. |
4.7 |
4.0 |
4.1 |
4.1 |
3.6 |
2.5 |
3.2 |
5.1 |
6.2 |
13.4 |
4.6 | |
(Max-Min)/Mean % |
33.9 |
121.0 |
100.0 |
107.0 |
75.4 |
112.4 |
100.3 |
35.5 |
68.0 |
132.9 |
85.9 | |
SD/ Mean % |
14.1 |
40.0 |
32.0 |
41.0 |
26.0 |
39.5 |
30.4 |
15.6 |
23.1 |
45.8 |
28.4 | |
1997 |
1997 |
1997 | ||||||||||
TOTAL |
DIRECT INDIRECT |
CONTRIB. |
LABOR |
CAPITAL |
CONSUM. |
TOTAL LABOR |
CAPITAL |
CONSUM. | ||||
Max. Value |
46.6 |
16.5 |
15.8 |
19.0 |
23.9 |
10.0 |
12.9 |
46.4 |
50.7 |
42.1 |
23.7 | |
Min. Value |
34.0 |
10.1 |
10.9 |
4.5 |
12.9 |
4.0 |
9.8 |
34.0 |
26.5 |
20.5 |
15.7 | |
Mean |
40.6 |
13.4 |
13.6 |
13.8 |
19.4 |
7.9 |
11.3 |
40.7 |
39.7 |
30.7 |
18.8 | |
St. Dev. |
5.3 |
2.4 |
1.6 |
6.0 |
4.6 |
2.0 |
1.1 |
5.1 |
9.3 |
7.4 |
3.5 | |
(Max-Min)/Mean % |
31.0 |
47.8 |
36.0 |
105.1 |
56.6 |
75.9 |
27.4 |
30.5 |
61.0 |
70.3 |
42.6 | |
SD/ Mean %_______ |
_____________13.1 |
17.9 |
11.8 |
43.5 |
23.5 |
25.9 |
9.9 |
12.5 |
30.2 |
18.6 |
18.6 |
Sources: Data and our computations from Eurostat, 2000. Countries as in Table 1.