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Taxation Statistics > Highest marginal tax rate, individual rate > % (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Cameroon: 60 %   2002 Time series
# 2   Denmark: 59 %   2006 Time series
# 3   Netherlands: 52 %   2006 Time series
= 4   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 50 %   2006 Time series
= 4   Slovenia: 50 %   2006 Time series
= 4   Congo, Republic of the: 50 %   1999 Time series
= 4   Austria: 50 %   2006 Time series
= 4   Gabon: 50 %   2003 Time series
= 4   Belgium: 50 %   2006 Time series
= 4   Senegal: 50 %   2002 Time series
# 11   Netherlands Antilles: 49.4 %   2006 Time series
# 12   Israel: 49 %   2006 Time series
# 13   France: 48.09 %   2004 Time series
= 14   Papua New Guinea: 47 %   2003 Time series
= 14   Australia: 47 %   2006 Time series
= 16   Zimbabwe: 45 %   2004 Time series
= 16   Croatia: 45 %   2006 Time series
= 16   China: 45 %   2006 Time series
# 19   Morocco: 44 %   2003 Time series
# 20   Italy: 43 %   2006 Time series
= 21   Ireland: 42 %   2006 Time series
= 21   Germany: 42 %   2006 Time series
= 21   Portugal: 42 %   2006 Time series
= 24   Greece: 40 %   2006 Time series
= 24   New Caledonia: 40 %   2004 Time series
= 24   South Africa: 40 %   2006 Time series
= 24   Chile: 40 %   2004 Time series
= 24   Laos: 40 %   2002 Time series
= 24   Barbados: 40 %   2004 Time series
= 24   Vietnam: 40 %   2006 Time series
= 24   Solomon Islands: 40 %   2006 Time series
= 24   United Kingdom: 40 %   2006 Time series
= 24   Poland: 40 %   2006 Time series
# 34   New Zealand: 39 %   2006 Time series
= 35   Luxembourg: 38 %   2006 Time series
= 35   Malawi: 38 %   2000 Time series
= 37   Faroe Islands: 37 %   2004 Time series
= 37   Japan: 37 %   2006 Time series
= 37   Thailand: 37 %   2006 Time series
# 40   Hungary: 36 %   2006 Time series
= 41   Turkey: 35 %   2006 Time series
= 41   Namibia: 35 %   2006 Time series
= 41   Iran: 35 %   2006 Time series
= 41   Benin: 35 %   2006 Time series
= 41   Indonesia: 35 %   2006 Time series
= 41   Sri Lanka: 35 %   2006 Time series
= 41   Malta: 35 %   2006 Time series
= 41   Azerbaijan: 35 %   2006 Time series
= 41   Pakistan: 35 %   2006 Time series
= 41   Argentina: 35 %   2006 Time series
= 41   United States: 35 %   2006 Time series
= 41   Korea, South: 35 %   2006 Time series
# 53   Venezuela: 34 %   2006 Time series
# 54   Guyana: 33.3 %   2004 Time series
= 55   Lithuania: 33 %   2006 Time series
= 55   Swaziland: 33 %   2006 Time series
= 55   Puerto Rico: 33 %   2004 Time series
# 58   Finland: 32.5 %   2006 Time series
= 59   Czech Republic: 32 %   2006 Time series
= 59   Philippines: 32 %   2006 Time series
= 59   Mozambique: 32 %   2006 Time series
= 62   Fiji: 31 %   2006 Time series
= 62   Guatemala: 31 %   2006 Time series
= 64   Saint Lucia: 30 %   2006 Time series
= 64   Burma: 30 %   2000 Time series
= 64   Peru: 30 %   2006 Time series
= 64   Mauritius: 30 %   2006 Time series
= 64   Uganda: 30 %   2006 Time series
= 64   Cyprus: 30 %   2006 Time series
= 64   Dominican Republic: 30 %   2006 Time series
= 64   Nicaragua: 30 %   2006 Time series
= 64   El Salvador: 30 %   1998 Time series
= 64   Panama: 30 %   2004 Time series
= 64   India: 30 %   2006 Time series
= 64   Tanzania: 30 %   2006 Time series
= 64   Kenya: 30 %   2004 Time series
= 64   Zambia: 30 %   2004 Time series
# 78   Spain: 29.16 %   2006 Time series
= 79   Canada: 29 %   2006 Time series
= 79   Mexico: 29 %   2006 Time series
= 79   Uzbekistan: 29 %   2006 Time series
= 82   Malaysia: 28 %   2006 Time series
= 82   Norway: 28 %   1998 Time series
# 84   Brazil: 27.5 %   2006 Time series
= 85   Nigeria: 25 %   2002 Time series
= 85   Ghana: 25 %   2006 Time series
= 85   Jamaica: 25 %   2004 Time series
= 85   Ecuador: 25 %   2006 Time series
= 85   Costa Rica: 25 %   2006 Time series
= 85   Trinidad and Tobago: 25 %   2006 Time series
= 85   Antigua and Barbuda: 25 %   2006 Time series
= 85   Latvia: 25 %   2006 Time series
= 85   Botswana: 25 %   2006 Time series
= 85   Sweden: 25 %   2006 Time series
= 85   Honduras: 25 %   2006 Time series
= 96   Bulgaria: 24 %   2006 Time series
= 96   Macedonia, Republic of: 24 %   2006 Time series
# 98   Estonia: 23 %   2006 Time series
# 99   Colombia: 21.99 %   2006 Time series
# 100   Singapore: 21 %   2006 Time series
= 101   Egypt: 20 %   2006 Time series
= 101   Kazakhstan: 20 %   2006 Time series
= 101   Cambodia: 20 %   2006 Time series
= 101   Hong Kong: 20 %   2006 Time series
= 101   Albania: 20 %   2006 Time series
= 101   Moldova: 20 %   2006 Time series
= 101   Virgin Islands: 20 %   1998 Time series
# 108   Slovakia: 19 %   2006 Time series
# 109   Man, Isle of: 18 %   2006 Time series
# 110   Liechtenstein: 17 %   2003 Time series
# 111   Romania: 16 %   2006 Time series
# 112   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 15 %   2006 Time series
= 113   Ukraine: 13 %   2006 Time series
= 113   Russia: 13 %   2006 Time series
= 115   Macau: 12 %   2006 Time series
= 115   Georgia: 12 %   2006 Time series
= 117   Paraguay: 10 %   2006 Time series
= 117   Côte d'Ivoire: 10 %   2006 Time series
= 117   Serbia and Montenegro: 10 %   2006 Time series
Weighted average: 32.5 %   



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.

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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COMMENTARY     

intrepidorator
8th September 2009 		America was not intended to ba a democracy, We are a republic. Ben Franklin said that democracy is 2 wolves and a sheep voting on what to eat for dinner. Liberty is a well armed sheep disputing the results.
Michael
30th August 2009 		The US rate tax rate isn't right. Social Security continues to be a hidden tax - 7.5% for the employee + 7.5% for the employer = 15% tax on the income. Therefore the highest US tax rate really is 50%+, making the US 4th highest in the world! The US is like Denmark, an SD country - Social-Democrat. Socialism meets Democracy...
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