Trend · rank 41 of 250

Tax base erosion & coordination

Value is moving to mobile capital, digital platforms and low-tax jurisdictions while tax systems still rest on payroll and physical presence, making national revenue depend on enforcement and incomplete international coordination.

Financial StrengthMoney & debtdebt financegeoeconomicsinstitutions

Second pass: Carried forward from the first pass, where it was Tax base erosion & global tax reform. Held by all three panel models.

Sensitivity and network position

Rank
41of 250
Sensitivity
17.5rank 32
Breadth
1of 20 scenarios High or above
PageRank
50.6rank 47
Eigenvector
12.4
Betweenness
20.7
Links
16trends at Moderate similarity or above
Composite
33.9

Attention over three years

How much this trend is read about on Wikipedia and searched for on Google, week by week, set against the typical trend in the list so that what moves every trend at once is taken out. 100 is this trend's own three-year average. The score measures public attention, which is not the same as the strength of the force: a trend can deepen unnoticed, and a news event can lift attention for a fortnight.

Now
89
Over a year
−22%Easing
Over three years
+7%
Peak
20629 Jun 2025
Sources
Bothagreement 0.50
Coverage
14languages · 55 nations

Trailing 4-week average. 100 is this trend’s three-year average.

By language

Wikipedia reading in each language edition where the trend’s pages are read enough to measure (14 of 28). Share is of all the readers counted.

LanguageShareNowOver a yearThree years
English49%86−22%
Spanish11%84−41%
Japanese9%86−35%
French7%81−21%
Russian6%78−39%
German6%81−35%
Italian4%88−21%
Chinese3%100+1%
Dutch1%131+8%
Turkish1%57−43%
Indonesian1%88−50%
Hebrew1%115−17%
Korean1%100+12%
Arabic0%120+15%

By country

Google search interest over the three years, as a share of each country’s searching. 100 is the nation where interest is highest. The search terms are English, which favours countries that search in English.

Singapore

United Kingdom

Tanzania

Canada

Ireland

United States

Kenya

Australia

South Korea

Ghana

New Zealand

Indonesia

100

64

55

42

42

38

36

32

32

29

29

28

The 12 highest of 55 nations with a reading.

By region and G20 member

Attention to this trend inside each place, from Google searches made in its countries and Wikipedia reading in the languages mostly read there, averaged where both exist. Each line compares the trend with its own past in that place; the lines do not compare places.

Regions

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
North AmericaGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in English82−18%−26%−9%
EuropeGoogle in 7 countries + Wikipedia in German, French, Italian, Dutch81−19%−26%−20%
Indo-PacificGoogle in 6 countries + Wikipedia in Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Indonesian96−6%−9%+8%
South AsiaGoogle in 1 country85−15%−3%−23%
Gulf and Middle EastWikipedia in Arabic, Turkish, Hebrew93+5%−18%+34%
Latin America and CaribbeanGoogle in 3 countries + Wikipedia in Spanish95−17%−4%+15%
Russia and EurasiaWikipedia in Russian78−8%−39%−32%

G20 members

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
AustraliaGoogle133+19%+60%+24%
BrazilGoogle163−11%+361%+340%
CanadaGoogle49−36%−25%−37%
FranceGoogle + Wikipedia in French85+1%−24%−17%
GermanyGoogle + Wikipedia in German70−39%−43%−31%
IndiaGoogle85−15%−3%−23%
IndonesiaGoogle + Wikipedia in Indonesian92+0%−33%+7%
ItalyGoogle + Wikipedia in Italian88−9%−15%−4%
JapanGoogle + Wikipedia in Japanese82−17%−18%−1%
South KoreaWikipedia in Korean100−12%+12%+22%
MexicoGoogle55−65%−13%−10%
RussiaWikipedia in Russian78−8%−39%−32%
TürkiyeWikipedia in Turkish57−11%−43%−17%
United KingdomGoogle62−35%−52%−39%
United StatesGoogle + Wikipedia in English87−16%−27%−4%

Relation to each scenario

A trend relates to a scenario when it changes how likely the scenario is, how hard it lands, or is itself sharply changed by it. Each score is the median of three scores given separately by the members of the model panel.

RelationScenarioFamily
4 · HighAn AI deployment step causes abrupt labour displacement S08Technology and infrastructure
3 · ModerateA public service platform reaches inclusive operation S18 ↗Technology and infrastructure
2 · LowA global funding seizure reaches sovereign balance sheets S02Economic and trade
2 · LowA creditor agreement releases fiscal capacity S11 ↗Economic and trade
2 · LowA cross-regional market access compact redirects investment S12 ↗Economic and trade
1 · Very lowCritical trade divides into rival blocs S01Economic and trade
1 · Very lowA disputed transfer of power breaks effective government S05Geopolitical and security
1 · Very lowTwo breadbasket failures trigger a food availability crisis S06Energy, climate and resources
1 · Very lowA major disaster disables the national economic core S07Energy, climate and resources
1 · Very lowA novel respiratory pathogen exceeds health surge capacity S10Health
1 · Very lowCheap firm clean power becomes available at scale S15 ↗Energy, climate and resources
1 · Very lowAI-directed research produces a reproducible discovery step S17 ↗Technology and infrastructure
1 · Very lowAffordable preventive treatments reduce chronic illness S19 ↗Health
0 · Not relatedA regional war closes a globally important sea route S03Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedHybrid coercion ends in an infrastructure blackout S04Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA cryptographic breakthrough invalidates digital trust S09Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA great-power agreement lowers economic security barriers S13 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA verified Middle East settlement restores access S14 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA validated farming package raises water-efficient output S16 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA live outbreak proves rapid distributed pandemic defence S20 ↗Health

Similarity = 0.3 × shared tags (Jaccard) + 0.3 × likeness of scenario profiles (cosine) + 0.3 × likeness of names and descriptions (TF-IDF cosine) + 0.1 if in the same capability domain, cut into seven levels at 0.12, 0.22, 0.33, 0.45, 0.58, 0.72. Shown at Moderate and above.

SimilarityTrendThemeRank
4 · HighSovereign creditor fragmentationMoney & debt88
3 · ModerateSovereign debt & interest burdenMoney & debt12
3 · ModerateFiscal rules & budget credibilityState capacity & governance17
3 · ModerateSlow growth & fiscal spaceMoney & debt22
3 · ModerateConcessional finance scarcityMoney & debt32
3 · ModerateDollar dependence & payment fragmentationMoney & debt45
3 · ModerateExternal liquidity buffer requirementsMoney & debt46
3 · ModerateDomestic capital market deepeningMoney & debt55
3 · ModerateDevelopment finance as influenceDiplomacy & influence63
3 · ModerateCapital concentration in AIAI, compute & quantum67
3 · ModerateNon-bank finance growthMoney & debt82
3 · ModerateBusiness dynamism & start-up formationPeople, health & work85
3 · ModerateBank funding & deposit mobilityMoney & debt101
3 · ModerateStablecoins & digital currenciesMoney & debt134
3 · ModerateHousehold debt & housing affordabilityMoney & debt156
3 · ModerateHydrocarbon revenue dependenceMoney & debt196