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Tax burden at 41.3% of GDP in 2025, same as in 2019, says KEFIM

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First published 5 November at 06:11 · DnewsLatest article 5 November at 08:42

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What is happening

What the sources report

The total tax burden in Greece in 2025 stood at 41.3% of GDP, exactly the same as in 2019.[1]

This emerges from an analysis by KEFIM, signed by Nikos Rompapas and Konstantinos Saravakos, despite cuts in tax rates and social security contributions.[1]

The average of the 27 EU member states was 37.9%.[1]

Revenue from taxes and social contributions rose by 35% in nominal terms, from 76.4 billion euros in 2019 to 103.2 billion euros in 2025.[2]

Greece ranks fourth in the EU for the burden of indirect taxes, with revenue at 17.2% of GDP against 13.4% in the EU, while VAT reaches 9.4% of GDP against 7.2%.[3]

Where they differ

The media do not differ on the basic facts.

  1. Oikonomikos Tachydromos · ΚΕΦΙΜ: Στα επίπεδα του 2019 η φορολογική επιβάρυνση στην Ελλάδα, παρά τις μειώσεις φόρων και εισφορώνKEFIM: Greece's tax burden back at 2019 levels, despite tax and contribution cuts
  2. Newsbeast · Φόροι: Οι μειώσεις δεν ελάφρυναν τον λογαριασμόTaxes: The cuts did not lighten the bill
  3. To Pontiki · Καταρρέει το κυβερνητικό αφήγημα: Μειώσεις φόρων, αλλά η συνολική επιβάρυνση παραμένει στα επίπεδα του 2019The government narrative collapses: Tax cuts, but the total burden remains at 2019 levels

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Who covers it

7 of 9 outlets rated · Content analysis by artificial intelligence, approved by an editor. The method

Outlet by outletEach circle is an outlet that covered the story, placed at its published political lean; the letters are its initials. 7 of the 9 outlets have a published lean.
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Which outlet each circle is
  • in.gr Centre-left
  • Dnews Centre
  • To Pontiki Centre
  • newmoney.gr Centre
  • Newsbeast Centre-right
  • Capital.gr Centre-right
  • Proto Thema Centre-right
  • Oikonomikos Tachydromos not rated
  • Economistas not rated
No published lean (2)

How each side headlined it

Each outlet's first headline, by its published political lean, in Greek as published, with a machine translation (Claude) under it. The method

Left 1
Centre 3
Right 3
Headlines from 2 outlets without a political rating
All articles by time (9)
TimeOutletHeadline
06:11DnewsΣτο 41,3% του ΑΕΠ η φορολογική επιβάρυνση στην Ελλάδα – Τέταρτη στην ΕΕ στους έμμεσους φόρουςTax burden at 41.3% of GDP in Greece – Fourth in the EU for indirect taxes
07:00To PontikiΚαταρρέει το κυβερνητικό αφήγημα: Μειώσεις φόρων, αλλά η συνολική επιβάρυνση παραμένει στα επίπεδα του 2019The government narrative collapses: Tax cuts, but the total burden remains at 2019 levels
07:00NewsbeastΦόροι: Οι μειώσεις δεν ελάφρυναν τον λογαριασμόTaxes: The cuts did not lighten the bill
07:00in.grΦορολογική επιβάρυνση: Παραμένει στα ύψη του 2019 παρά τη μείωση συντελεστών – Αποκαλυπτική έρευνα ΚΕΦΙΜTax burden: Remains at 2019 heights despite rate cuts – Revealing KEFIM survey
07:00Oikonomikos TachydromosΚΕΦΙΜ: Στα επίπεδα του 2019 η φορολογική επιβάρυνση στην Ελλάδα, παρά τις μειώσεις φόρων και εισφορώνKEFIM: Greece's tax burden back at 2019 levels, despite tax and contribution cuts
07:05newmoney.grΚΕΦΙΜ: Στα επίπεδα του '19 η φορολογική επιβάρυνση στην Ελλάδα, παρά τις μειώσεις φόρων και εισφορώνKEFIM: Greece's tax burden back at 2019 levels, despite tax and contribution cuts Text republished from Oikonomikos Tachydromos
07:30Capital.grΚΕΦίΜ – Στα επίπεδα του 2019 παραμένει η φορολογική επιβάρυνση στην Ελλάδα παρά τις μειώσεις φόρων και εισφορώνKEFiM: Tax burden in Greece remains at 2019 levels despite tax and contribution cuts Text republished from Oikonomikos Tachydromos
07:33Proto ThemaΣτα επίπεδα του '19 η φορολογική επιβάρυνση στην Ελλάδα, παρά τις μειώσεις φόρων και εισφορών - Τι αναφέρει ανάλυση του ΚΕΦΙΜTax burden back at 2019 levels in Greece, despite tax and contribution cuts – What a KEFIM analysis reports
08:42Economistas"Κολλημένη” στο 2019 η φορολογική επιβάρυνση παρά τις μειώσεις φόρων και εισφορώνTax burden 'stuck' at 2019 levels despite tax and contribution cuts

When each outlet covered it

First report 06:11, latest 08:42. Within the first hour: 6 of 9 outlets. Each column: 15 minutes.