Economy > Taxes > Total tax revenue > Total tax revenue: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Taxes are defined as compulsory, unrequited payments to general government. They are unrequited in the sense that benefits provided by government to taxpayers are not normally in proportion to their payments.

Taxes on incomes and profits cover taxes levied on the net income or profits (gross income minus allowable tax reliefs) of individuals and enterprises. They also cover taxes levied on the capital gains of individuals and enterprises, and gains from gambling.

Taxes on goods and services cover all taxes levied on the production, extraction, sale, transfer, leasing or delivery of goods, and the rendering of services, or on the use of goods or permission to use goods or to perform activities. They consist mainly of value added and sales taxes.

Note that the sum of taxes on goods and services and taxes on income and profits is less than the figure for total tax revenues, which also includes payments by employers and employees made under compulsory social security schemes as well as payroll taxes, taxes related to the ownership and transfer of property, and other taxes.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Denmark	48.87%	2009
2	Sweden	48.16%	2009
3	Belgium	44.35%	2009
4	France	43.56%	2009
5	Norway	43.35%	2009
6	Italy	43.31%	2009
7	Finland	42.97%	2009
8	Austria	41.86%	2009
9	Iceland	41.36%	2009
10	Hungary	39.28%	2009
11	Netherlands	38.04%	2009
12	Spain	37.25%	2009
	High income OECD countries average (profile)	36.93%	2009
13	Luxembourg	36.86%	2009
14	United Kingdom	36.62%	2009
15	Portugal	36.6%	2009
16	Czech Republic	36.42%	2009
17	Germany	36.21%	2009
18	New Zealand	36%	2009
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	35.61%	2009
19	Poland	33.51%	2009
20	Canada	33.29%	2009
21	Ireland	32.24%	2009
22	Greece	31.32%	2009
23	Australia	30.6%	2009
24	Slovakia	29.78%	2009
25	Switzerland	29.66%	2009
26	South Korea	28.7%	2009
27	United States	28.33%	2009
28	Japan	27.9%	2009
29	Turkey	23.71%	2009
30	Mexico	20.5%	2009

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