Among the EU members with low shares of tax revenue in the GDP are mostly countries from Central and Eastern Europe, with the lowest share registered in Lithuania (26%), Bulgaria (27.2%) and Latvia (27.6%).

On the other hand, Denmark (47.7%), Sweden (44.3%) and Belgium (44.1%) have the highest tax burden.

Slovenia's 37.2% share is level with that of Luxembourg.

EU member states collect the most revenue from taxes on labour (about 50% of total revenue), taxes on consumption (about 30%) and on capital (about 20%).

In the eurozone, the taxes on labour increased from 37.4% in 2010 to 37.7% in 2011, and in the entire EU the share rose from 35.4% to 35.8%.

Slovenia saw a more mild increase in this type of taxes, from 35% to 35.2%.

As regards taxes on consumption, Slovenia's tax rate was at 23%, which is 0.6 percentage points lower than in 2010. In the EU, the average tax rate was at 20.1% in 2011 (up 0.4 percentage points from 2010), and in the eurozone at 19.4% (up 0.1 point).

Slovenia's taxes on capital were meanwhile significantly lower than the EU average. In 2011 the tax rate was at 20.5%, which is 1.4 percentage points lower than in 2010, while in the eurozone, it stood at 28.9% (1.7 points higher than in 2010).