DEFINITION
Highest marginal tax rate (individual rate) is the highest rate shown on the schedule of tax rates applied to the taxable income of individuals. This series presents the income levels for individuals above which the highest marginal tax rates levied at the national level apply.
Taxation Statistics > Highest marginal tax rate, individual > on income exceeding, US$ (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1
United States :
326,450 $
2006 ...
#2
Panama :
200,000 $
2004 ...
#3
Singapore :
192,771.1 $
2006 ...
#4
Japan :
163,309.8 $
2006 ...
#5
Italy :
125,000 $
2006 ...
#6
Iran :
114,101.4 $
2006 ...
#7
Turkey :
100,298.4 $
2004 ...
#8
Thailand :
99,453.01 $
2006 ...
#9
Canada :
97,756.2 $
2006 ...
#10
Israel :
94,530.29 $
2006 ...
#11
Venezuela :
93,767 $
2006 ...
#12
Korea, South :
78,115.84 $
2006 ...
#13
Portugal :
75,000 $
2006 ...
#14
Finland :
72,750 $
2006 ...
#15
Australia :
72,519.09 $
2006 ...
#16
Antigua and Barbuda :
66,666.66 $
2006 ...
#17
Malaysia :
65,963.06 $
2006 ...
#18
Netherlands :
65,285 $
2006 ...
#19
Germany :
65,190 $
2006 ...
#20
Austria :
63,750 $
2006 ...
#21
Sweden :
61,673.36 $
2006 ...
#22
Ecuador :
61,440 $
2006 ...
#23
France :
60,673.42 $
2004 ...
#24
United Kingdom :
60,545.45 $
2006 ...
#25
Spain :
58,523.74 $
2006 ...
#26
Netherlands Antilles :
56,424.58 $
2006 ...
#27
Kazakhstan :
55,809.75 $
2006 ...
#28
Denmark :
53,116.67 $
2006 ...
#29
Puerto Rico :
50,000 $
2004 ...
#30
Peru :
49,899.22 $
2004 ...
#31
South Africa :
47,169.81 $
2006 ...
#32
Macau :
46,888.48 $
2004 ...
#33
Mozambique :
43,710.23 $
2006 ...
#34
Cyprus :
43,478.26 $
2006 ...
#35
Colombia :
43,154.39 $
2006 ...
#36
Luxembourg :
43,125 $
2006 ...
#37
New Zealand :
42,254.23 $
2006 ...
#38
Argentina :
41,379.31 $
2006 ...
#39
Ireland :
40,000 $
2006 ...
#40
Belgium :
39,625 $
2006 ...
#41
Guatemala :
38,663.17 $
2006 ...
#42
New Caledonia :
37,710.55 $
2004 ...
#43
Cambodia :
36,652.41 $
2006 ...
#44
Gabon :
31,461.83 $
2000 ...
#45
Namibia :
31,446.54 $
2006 ...
#46
Nicaragua :
29,886.49 $
2006 ...
#47
Dominican Republic :
29,595.53 $
2006 ...
#48
Greece :
28,750 $
2006 ...
#49
Faroe Islands :
26,856.45 $
2004 ...
#50
Honduras :
26,553.43 $
2006 ...
#51
Zimbabwe :
26,249.02 $
2004 ...
#52
Virgin Islands :
25,000 $
1998 ...
#53
Papua New Guinea :
24,842.45 $
2003 ...
#54
El Salvador :
22,857 $
1998 ...
#55
Poland :
22,854.32 $
2006 ...
#56
Senegal :
22,468.92 $
2002 ...
#57
Indonesia :
20,608.49 $
2006 ...
#58
Botswana :
19,569.47 $
2006 ...
#59
Costa Rica :
19,414.39 $
2006 ...
#60
Malta :
19,285.71 $
2006 ...
#61
Man, Isle of :
17,852.55 $
2004 ...
#62
Mauritius :
16,949.15 $
2006 ...
#63
Macedonia, Republic of :
14,610.39 $
2006 ...
#64
Congo, Republic of the :
14,209.59 $
1999 ...
#65
Slovakia :
14,087.32 $
2004 ...
#66
Czech Republic :
13,823.04 $
2006 ...
#67
Azerbaijan :
12,631.58 $
2006 ...
#68
Barbados :
12,100 $
2004 ...
#69
Fiji :
11,834.32 $
2006 ...
#70
Swaziland :
11,792.45 $
2006 ...
#71
Pakistan :
11,762.73 $
2006 ...
#72
Hong Kong :
11,568.12 $
2006 ...
#73
Brazil :
11,486.42 $
2006 ...
#74
Saint Lucia :
11,111.11 $
2006 ...
#75
Cameroon :
10,725.62 $
2002 ...
#76
Ghana :
10,581.38 $
2006 ...
#77
Mexico :
9,469.54 $
2006 ...
#78
Philippines :
9,076.06 $
2006 ...
#79
China :
8,636.75 $
2006 ...
#80
Solomon Islands :
7,968.13 $
2006 ...
#81
Trinidad and Tobago :
7,936.51 $
2004 ...
#82
Laos :
7,893.95 $
2002 ...
#83
Hungary :
7,766.31 $
2006 ...
#84
Egypt :
6,920.42 $
2006 ...
#85
Norway :
6,835 $
1998 ...
#86
Chile :
6,127.47 $
2004 ...
#87
Russia :
6,036.26 $
1999 ...
#88
Kenya :
5,840.74 $
2004 ...
#89
Tanzania :
5,739.96 $
2006 ...
#90
India :
5,668.93 $
2006 ...
#91
Morocco :
5,242.92 $
2003 ...
#92
Vietnam :
5,044.48 $
2006 ...
#93
Sri Lanka :
4,975.12 $
2006 ...
#94
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
4,919.92 $
2006 ...
#95
Romania :
4,617.02 $
2004 ...
#96
Bulgaria :
4,585.99 $
2006 ...
#97
Côte d'Ivoire :
4,550.02 $
2006 ...
#98
Ukraine :
3,825.67 $
2003 ...
#99
Croatia :
3,764.71 $
2006 ...
#100
Uganda :
2,763 $
2006 ...
#101
Albania :
2,002.6 $
2006 ...
#102
Jamaica :
1,993.4 $
2004 ...
#103
Estonia :
1,907.79 $
2006 ...
#104
Moldova :
1,666.67 $
2006 ...
#105
Nigeria :
1,553.4 $
2002 ...
#106
Uzbekistan :
960 $
2006 ...
#107
Malawi :
947.79 $
2000 ...
#108
Guyana :
564.1 $
2004 ...
#109
Zambia :
367.65 $
2004 ...
Weighted average:
37,959.5 $
DEFINITION: Highest marginal tax rate (individual rate) is the highest rate shown on the schedule of tax rates applied to the taxable income of individuals. This series presents the income levels for individuals above which the highest marginal tax rates levied at the national level apply.
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