1998
In 1998 the biggest net contributors to the EU budget were the taxpayers of Luxembourg contributing EUR 269 per head over what they received. The biggest net recipients were the taxpayers of Ireland receiving EUR 560 per capita over what they paid.
Luxembourg (LU)
|
-268.74
|
-113.42
|
-0.66
|
Netherlands (NL)
|
-199.29
|
-3,119.76
|
-0.87
|
Germany (DE)
|
-146.59
|
-12,029.03
|
-0.62
|
Belgium (BE)
|
-132.46
|
-1,350.04
|
-0.59
|
Austria (AT)
|
-126.00
|
-1,004.37
|
-0.53
|
Sweden (SE)
|
-122.27
|
-1,081.76
|
-0.48
|
The United Kingdom (UK)
|
-95.24
|
-5,561.42
|
-0.43
|
Finland (FI)
|
-63.34
|
-326.04
|
-0.28
|
Italy (IT)
|
-56.24
|
-3,200.44
|
-0.29
|
France (FR)
|
-51.57
|
-3,091.10
|
-0.24
|
Denmark (DK)
|
-39.62
|
-209.79
|
-0.14
|
Spain (ES)
|
156.73
|
6,212.52
|
1.16
|
Portugal (PT)
|
279.46
|
2,825.29
|
2.67
|
Greece (EL)
|
424.51
|
4,588.29
|
3.76
|
Ireland (IE)
|
560.39
|
2,069.85
|
2.63
|