FACTOID # 2: In Denmark, more than 50% of the tax collected is personal income tax. In the Netherlands, personal income tax makes up less than 15%.
 
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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1   Denmark: 37.2% 
#2   Germany: 36.5% 
#3   Netherlands: 36.1% 
#4   Norway: 36.1% 
#5   Sweden: 35.8% 
#6   Canada: 33.4% 
#7   Finland: 33.4% 
#8   Belgium: 32.6% 
#9   United Kingdom: 32% 
#10   Australia: 31.1% 
#11   Italy: 31% 
#12   Ireland: 30.3% 
#13   United States: 28.4% 
#14   France: 23.5% 
Weighted average: 32.7%  


DEFINITION: Proportion of taxes paid by the broad income group - middle class 40% (Data is for mid-1990s). Taxes include all direct income taxes, including employee social security contributions. Income groups were built on the basis of final disposable adjusted income.

SOURCE: Michael F. Forster, 'Trends and Driving Factors in Income Distribution and Poverty in the OECD Area', OECD Labour Market and Social Policy Occasional Paper 42

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