FACTOID # 3: People in Germany, Belgium, Hungary and Sweden have to pay almost half their salaries in tax.
 
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Taxation Statistics > Total tax rate > % of profit (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Gambia, The: 291.4 %   2006 Time series
# 2   Burundi: 286.7 %   2006 Time series
# 3   Sierra Leone: 277 %   2006 Time series
# 4   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 235.4 %   2006 Time series
# 5   Central African Republic: 209.5 %   2006 Time series
# 6   Belarus: 186.1 %   2006 Time series
# 7   Uzbekistan: 122.3 %   2006 Time series
# 8   Argentina: 116.8 %   2006 Time series
# 9   Mauritania: 104.3 %   2006 Time series
# 10   Tajikistan: 87 %   2006 Time series
# 11   Eritrea: 86.3 %   2006 Time series
# 12   Costa Rica: 83 %   2006 Time series
# 13   Colombia: 82.8 %   2006 Time series
# 14   India: 81.1 %   2006 Time series
# 15   Bolivia: 80.3 %   2006 Time series
# 16   China: 77.1 %   2006 Time series
# 17   Algeria: 76.4 %   2006 Time series
# 18   Italy: 76 %   2006 Time series
# 19   Sri Lanka: 74.9 %   2006 Time series
# 20   Palau: 74.6 %   2006 Time series
# 21   Kenya: 74.2 %   2006 Time series
# 22   Brazil: 71.7 %   2006 Time series
# 23   Belgium: 70.1 %   2006 Time series
# 24   Benin: 68.5 %   2006 Time series
= 25   Chad: 68.2 %   2006 Time series
= 25   France: 68.2 %   2006 Time series
# 27   Dominican Republic: 67.9 %   2006 Time series
# 28   Kyrgyzstan: 67.4 %   2006 Time series
# 29   Marshall Islands: 66.6 %   2006 Time series
# 30   Nicaragua: 66.4 %   2006 Time series
# 31   Angola: 64.4 %   2006 Time series
# 32   Equatorial Guinea: 62.4 %   2006 Time series
# 33   Micronesia, Federated States of: 61.3 %   2006 Time series
# 34   Ukraine: 60.3 %   2006 Time series
# 35   Greece: 60.2 %   2006 Time series
# 36   Hungary: 59.3 %   2006 Time series
# 37   East Timor: 59.2 %   2006 Time series
# 38   Spain: 59.1 %   2006 Time series
# 39   Tunisia: 58.8 %   2006 Time series
# 40   Congo, Republic of the: 57.3 %   2006 Time series
# 41   Germany: 57.1 %   2006 Time series
# 42   Sweden: 57 %   2006 Time series
# 43   Tonga: 56.2 %   2006 Time series
# 44   Austria: 56.1 %   2006 Time series
# 45   Albania: 55.8 %   2006 Time series
# 46   Kuwait: 55.7 %   2006 Time series
# 47   São Tomé and Príncipe: 55.2 %   2006 Time series
# 48   Cape Verde: 54.4 %   2006 Time series
# 49   Russia: 54.2 %   2006 Time series
# 50   Botswana: 53.3 %   2006 Time series
# 51   Philippines: 53 %   2006 Time series
# 52   Japan: 52.8 %   2006 Time series
= 53   Morocco: 52.7 %   2006 Time series
= 53   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 52.7 %   2006 Time series
# 55   Panama: 52.4 %   2006 Time series
# 56   Jamaica: 52.3 %   2006 Time series
# 57   Australia: 52.2 %   2006 Time series
# 58   Venezuela: 51.9 %   2006 Time series
# 59   Honduras: 51.4 %   2006 Time series
# 60   Burkina Faso: 51.1 %   2006 Time series
= 61   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 50.4 %   2006 Time series
= 61   Egypt: 50.4 %   2006 Time series
# 63   Estonia: 50.2 %   2006 Time series
# 64   Mali: 50 %   2006 Time series
# 65   Guinea: 49.4 %   2006 Time series
# 66   Czech Republic: 49 %   2006 Time series
= 67   Romania: 48.9 %   2006 Time series
= 67   Slovakia: 48.9 %   2006 Time series
= 69   Moldova: 48.8 %   2006 Time series
= 69   Seychelles: 48.8 %   2006 Time series
# 71   Antigua and Barbuda: 48.5 %   2006 Time series
# 72   Lithuania: 48.4 %   2006 Time series
= 73   Togo: 48.3 %   2006 Time series
= 73   Gabon: 48.3 %   2006 Time series
# 75   Netherlands: 48.1 %   2006 Time series
# 76   Yemen: 48 %   2006 Time series
# 77   Finland: 47.9 %   2006 Time series
# 78   Senegal: 47.7 %   2006 Time series
= 79   Comoros: 47.5 %   2006 Time series
= 79   Guinea-Bissau: 47.5 %   2006 Time series
# 81   Portugal: 47 %   2006 Time series
# 82   Iran: 46.4 %   2006 Time series
# 83   Turkey: 46.3 %   2006 Time series
# 84   Cameroon: 46.2 %   2006 Time series
# 85   Norway: 46.1 %   2006 Time series
= 86   United States: 46 %   2006 Time series
= 86   Niger: 46 %   2006 Time series
# 88   Côte d'Ivoire: 45.7 %   2006 Time series
= 89   Tanzania: 45 %   2006 Time series
= 89   Kazakhstan: 45 %   2006 Time series
# 91   Azerbaijan: 44.9 %   2006 Time series
# 92   Papua New Guinea: 44.3 %   2006 Time series
# 93   Guyana: 44.2 %   2006 Time series
# 94   Macedonia, Republic of: 43.5 %   2006 Time series
# 95   Pakistan: 43.4 %   2006 Time series
= 96   Madagascar: 43.2 %   2006 Time series
= 96   Paraguay: 43.2 %   2006 Time series
= 98   Bhutan: 43 %   2006 Time series
= 98   Canada: 43 %   2006 Time series
# 100   Grenada: 42.8 %   2006 Time series
# 101   Latvia: 42.6 %   2006 Time series
# 102   Armenia: 42.5 %   2006 Time series
# 103   Djibouti: 41.7 %   2006 Time series
# 104   Vietnam: 41.6 %   2006 Time series
# 105   Rwanda: 41.1 %   2006 Time series
= 106   Guatemala: 40.9 %   2006 Time series
= 106   Puerto Rico: 40.9 %   2006 Time series
# 108   Peru: 40.8 %   2006 Time series
# 109   Bulgaria: 40.7 %   2006 Time series
# 110   Haiti: 40.5 %   2006 Time series
# 111   Bangladesh: 40.3 %   2006 Time series
# 112   Thailand: 40.2 %   2006 Time series
# 113   Fiji: 40.1 %   2006 Time series
# 114   Swaziland: 39.5 %   2006 Time series
# 115   Slovenia: 39.4 %   2006 Time series
# 116   Mozambique: 39.2 %   2006 Time series
# 117   Israel: 39.1 %   2006 Time series
# 118   Iraq: 38.7 %   2006 Time series
# 119   Poland: 38.4 %   2006 Time series
# 120   South Africa: 38.3 %   2006 Time series
# 121   Georgia: 37.8 %   2006 Time series
# 122   Lebanon: 37.3 %   2006 Time series
= 123   Trinidad and Tobago: 37.2 %   2006 Time series
= 123   Indonesia: 37.2 %   2006 Time series
= 125   Sudan: 37.1 %   2006 Time series
= 125   Croatia: 37.1 %   2006 Time series
= 125   Mexico: 37.1 %   2006 Time series
# 128   Zimbabwe: 37 %   2006 Time series
# 129   New Zealand: 36.5 %   2006 Time series
# 130   Afghanistan: 36.3 %   2006 Time series
# 131   Syria: 35.5 %   2006 Time series
# 132   United Kingdom: 35.4 %   2006 Time series
# 133   Malaysia: 35.2 %   2006 Time series
# 134   Ecuador: 34.9 %   2006 Time series
# 135   Dominica: 34.8 %   2006 Time series
# 136   Kiribati: 34.4 %   2006 Time series
= 137   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 33.6 %   2006 Time series
= 137   Solomon Islands: 33.6 %   2006 Time series
= 139   Nepal: 32.8 %   2006 Time series
= 139   Ethiopia: 32.8 %   2006 Time series
# 141   Malawi: 32.6 %   2006 Time series
# 142   Laos: 32.5 %   2006 Time series
# 143   Ghana: 32.3 %   2006 Time series
= 144   Mongolia: 32.2 %   2006 Time series
= 144   Uganda: 32.2 %   2006 Time series
# 146   Jordan: 31.9 %   2006 Time series
# 147   Belize: 31.7 %   2006 Time series
= 148   Denmark: 31.5 %   2006 Time series
= 148   Saint Lucia: 31.5 %   2006 Time series
# 150   Nigeria: 31.4 %   2006 Time series
# 151   Korea, South: 30.9 %   2006 Time series
= 152   Singapore: 28.8 %   2006 Time series
= 152   Hong Kong: 28.8 %   2006 Time series
# 154   Iceland: 27.9 %   2006 Time series
# 155   Suriname: 27.8 %   2006 Time series
# 156   Uruguay: 27.6 %   2006 Time series
# 157   El Salvador: 27.4 %   2006 Time series
# 158   Chile: 26.3 %   2006 Time series
# 159   Ireland: 25.8 %   2006 Time series
= 160   Lesotho: 25.6 %   2006 Time series
= 160   Namibia: 25.6 %   2006 Time series
# 162   Switzerland: 24.9 %   2006 Time series
# 163   Mauritius: 24.8 %   2006 Time series
# 164   Cambodia: 22.3 %   2006 Time series
# 165   Zambia: 22.2 %   2006 Time series
# 166   Samoa: 22.1 %   2006 Time series
# 167   Oman: 20.2 %   2006 Time series
# 168   United Arab Emirates: 15 %   2006 Time series
# 169   Saudi Arabia: 14.9 %   2006 Time series
# 170   Vanuatu: 14.4 %   2006 Time series
# 171   Maldives: 9.3 %   2006 Time series
Weighted average: 54.3 %   



DEFINITION: Total tax rate is the total amount of taxes payable by businesses (except for labor taxes) after accounting for deductions and exemptions as a percentage of profit.

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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