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Taxation Statistics > Components of taxation > Social security > Employees contribution (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1   Poland: 29% 
#2   Portugal: 27.1% 
#3   Mexico: 17.9% 
#4   Germany: 17.6% 
#5   Netherlands: 16.6% 
#6   Japan: 16.3% 
#7   Austria: 13.7% 
#8   Greece: 12.7% 
#9   Switzerland: 12% 
#10   United States: 11.7% 
#11   Luxembourg: 11.3% 
#12   Korea, South: 11.1% 
#13   Czech Republic: 10% 
#14   Belgium: 9.9% 
#15   France: 9.3% 
#16   Slovakia: 8.5% 
#17   Norway: 7.7% 
#18   United Kingdom: 6.8% 
#19   Turkey: 6.8% 
#20   Canada: 6.2% 
#21   Hungary: 6.2% 
#22   Sweden: 5.8% 
#23   Spain: 5.6% 
#24   Italy: 5.6% 
#25   Finland: 4.7% 
#26   Ireland: 4.5% 
#27   Denmark: 2.7% 
#28   Iceland: 0.3% 
#29   Australia: 0% 
#30   New Zealand: 0% 
Weighted average: 9.9%  


DEFINITION: Tax on employee's contribution of social security as a percentage of total tax collected by the country. Data is for 2002.

SOURCE: OECD Revenue Statistics

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