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DEFINITION
Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains are levied on the actual or presumptive net income of individuals, on the profits of corporations and enterprises, and on capital gains, whether realized or not, on land, securities, and other assets. Intragovernmental payments are eliminated in consolidation.
Taxation Statistics > Taxes on income, profits and capital gains > % of revenue (most recent) by country
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Countries
Amount
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#1 Algeria :
65.81 %
2002 ...
#2 Australia :
65.27 %
2005 ...
#3 United States :
55.26 %
2005 ...
#4 New Zealand :
54.93 %
2005 ...
#5 Canada :
53.47 %
2005 ...
#6 South Africa :
49.89 %
2005 ...
#7 Ecuador :
49.86 %
1994 ...
#8 Papua New Guinea :
49.59 %
2002 ...
#9 Kazakhstan :
48.64 %
2005 ...
#10 Malaysia :
47.42 %
2003 ...
#11 Zimbabwe :
42.51 %
1997 ...
#12 Trinidad and Tobago :
41.92 %
2004 ...
#13 Philippines :
39.64 %
2005 ...
#14 Namibia :
37.9 %
2003 ...
#15 Denmark :
37.68 %
2004 ...
#16 Syria :
37.5 %
1999 ...
#17 United Kingdom :
37.37 %
2005 ...
#18 Ireland :
37.28 %
2005 ...
#19 Belgium :
37.01 %
2005 ...
#20 Turkey :
35.49 %
2001 ...
#21 India :
35.36 %
2004 ...
#22 Japan :
35.02 %
1993 ...
#23 Mexico :
34.12 %
2000 ...
#24 Norway :
33.89 %
2005 ...
#25 Thailand :
32.99 %
2005 ...
#26 Italy :
32.52 %
2005 ...
#27 Morocco :
32.09 %
2005 ...
#28 Israel :
30.53 %
2005 ...
#29 Chile :
29.54 %
2005 ...
#30 Korea, South :
28.88 %
2005 ...
#31 Fiji :
28.82 %
2005 ...
#32 Luxembourg :
28.6 %
2005 ...
#33 Kenya :
28.57 %
2004 ...
#34 Indonesia :
28.19 %
2004 ...
#35 Swaziland :
27.82 %
2003 ...
#36 Singapore :
27.56 %
2004 ...
#37 Spain :
27.12 %
2004 ...
#38 Malta :
26.91 %
2004 ...
#39 Iceland :
26.81 %
2002 ...
#40 Guatemala :
26 %
2005 ...
#41 Tunisia :
25.99 %
2005 ...
#42 Zambia :
25.9 %
1999 ...
#43 Netherlands :
25.21 %
2005 ...
#44 Egypt :
24.84 %
2002 ...
#45 Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
24.54 %
2002 ...
#46 Barbados :
24.18 %
2004 ...
#47 Peru :
24.11 %
2005 ...
#48 France :
24.07 %
2005 ...
#49 El Salvador :
24.04 %
2005 ...
#50 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
23.44 %
1993 ...
#51 Austria :
23.1 %
2005 ...
#52 Lithuania :
22.54 %
2005 ...
#53 Ghana :
22.19 %
2004 ...
#54 China :
21.62 %
2004 ...
#55 Venezuela :
21.46 %
2005 ...
#56 Azerbaijan :
21.46 %
1999 ...
#57 Oman :
21.09 %
2001 ...
#58 Greece :
21.05 %
2005 ...
#59 Colombia :
20.99 %
2005 ...
#60 Finland :
20.92 %
2005 ...
#61 Brazil :
20.8 %
1998 ...
#62 Côte d'Ivoire :
20.79 %
2005 ...
#63 Cameroon :
20.75 %
1999 ...
#64 Pakistan :
20.49 %
2005 ...
#65 Portugal :
20.47 %
2003 ...
#66 Lesotho :
20.25 %
2004 ...
#67 Czech Republic :
20.02 %
2005 ...
#68 Senegal :
19.78 %
2001 ...
#69 San Marino :
19.23 %
2004 ...
#70 Togo :
18.92 %
2005 ...
#71 Argentina :
18.89 %
2004 ...
#72 Hungary :
18.56 %
2005 ...
#73 Dominican Republic :
18.53 %
2004 ...
#74 Nicaragua :
18.5 %
2005 ...
#75 Cyprus :
18.28 %
2004 ...
#76 Burundi :
18.15 %
1999 ...
#77 Yemen :
17.8 %
1999 ...
#78 Botswana :
16.88 %
1996 ...
#79 Armenia :
16.33 %
2005 ...
#80 Burma :
16.32 %
2002 ...
#81 Switzerland :
16.26 %
2002 ...
#82 Belize :
16.22 %
1997 ...
#83 Burkina Faso :
16.17 %
2005 ...
#84 Mongolia :
16.14 %
2003 ...
#85 Kyrgyzstan :
16.09 %
2001 ...
#86 Germany :
15.9 %
2005 ...
#87 Sierra Leone :
15.85 %
2004 ...
#88 Ethiopia :
15.43 %
2002 ...
#89 Ukraine :
15.39 %
2005 ...
#90 Mauritius :
14.97 %
2005 ...
#91 Jamaica :
14.95 %
2005 ...
#92 Panama :
14.93 %
2001 ...
#93 Albania :
14.83 %
2004 ...
#94 Costa Rica :
14.78 %
2005 ...
#95 Slovenia :
14.64 %
2005 ...
#96 Sudan :
14.53 %
1999 ...
#97 Gambia, The :
14.35 %
1993 ...
#98 Estonia :
14.09 %
2004 ...
#99 Bhutan :
13.69 %
2004 ...
#100 Central African Republic :
13.55 %
2004 ...
#101 Bulgaria :
13.45 %
2005 ...
#102 Seychelles :
13.43 %
2005 ...
#103 Benin :
13.12 %
2005 ...
#104 Serbia and Montenegro :
13.07 %
2002 ...
#105 Iran :
13.06 %
2005 ...
#106 Sri Lanka :
12.74 %
2005 ...
#107 Bangladesh :
12.33 %
2004 ...
#108 Latvia :
12.08 %
2005 ...
#109 Poland :
11.97 %
2005 ...
#110 Uganda :
11.83 %
2003 ...
#111 Saint Kitts and Nevis :
11.46 %
2003 ...
#112 Rwanda :
11.35 %
1992 ...
#113 Uruguay :
10.69 %
2005 ...
#114 Lebanon :
10.68 %
2004 ...
#115 Nepal :
10.66 %
2005 ...
#116 Paraguay :
9.85 %
2005 ...
#117 Romania :
9.28 %
2002 ...
#118 Jordan :
9.26 %
2005 ...
#119 Slovakia :
9.12 %
2005 ...
#120 Bolivia :
8.72 %
2005 ...
#121 Sweden :
8.67 %
2005 ...
#122 Belarus :
8.28 %
2005 ...
#123 Croatia :
7.62 %
2005 ...
#124 Cambodia :
7.09 %
2005 ...
#125 Madagascar :
6.21 %
2004 ...
#126 Guinea :
6.09 %
1999 ...
#127 Russia :
5.73 %
2005 ...
#128 Macau :
4.42 %
2005 ...
#129 Congo, Republic of the :
4.04 %
2003 ...
#130 Bahrain :
3.71 %
2005 ...
#131 Tajikistan :
3.11 %
2004 ...
#132 Moldova :
2.43 %
2005 ...
#133 Bosnia and Herzegovina :
2.06 %
2005 ...
#134 Afghanistan :
1.77 %
2005 ...
#135 Georgia :
1.6 %
2004 ...
#136 Maldives :
1.46 %
2005 ...
#137 Kuwait :
0.6 %
2005 ...
Weighted average:
21.7 %
DEFINITION: Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains are levied on the actual or presumptive net income of individuals, on the profits of corporations and enterprises, and on capital gains, whether realized or not, on land, securities, and other assets. Intragovernmental payments are eliminated in consolidation.
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