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 (2006) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1     Gambia, The: 292.4 %   2006 Time series
# 2     Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 287.1 %   2006 Time series
# 3     Burundi: 278.7 %   2006 Time series
# 4     Sierra Leone: 272.4 %   2006 Time series
# 5     Comoros: 217.9 %   2006 Time series
# 6     Central African Republic: 203.8 %   2006 Time series
# 7     Belarus: 137.5 %   2006 Time series
# 8     Uzbekistan: 112.1 %   2006 Time series
# 9     Argentina: 108.1 %   2006 Time series
# 10     Mauritania: 94.9 %   2006 Time series
# 11     Eritrea: 82.5 %   2006 Time series
# 12     Colombia: 82.3 %   2006 Time series
# 13     Tajikistan: 82.1 %   2006 Time series
# 14     China: 80.7 %   2006 Time series
# 15     Bolivia: 80 %   2006 Time series
# 16     Algeria: 76.9 %   2006 Time series
# 17     Italy: 76.2 %   2006 Time series
# 18     Benin: 75.8 %   2006 Time series
# 19     Palau: 73 %   2006 Time series
# 20     India: 72.8 %   2006 Time series
# 21     Uruguay: 71.4 %   2006 Time series
# 22     Brazil: 68.8 %   2006 Time series
# 23     Kyrgyzstan: 67.2 %   2006 Time series
# 24     France: 65.8 %   2006 Time series
# 25     Congo, Republic of the: 65.4 %   2006 Time series
# 26     Marshall Islands: 64.9 %   2006 Time series
# 27     Chad: 63.7 %   2006 Time series
# 28     Nicaragua: 63.5 %   2006 Time series
# 29     Sri Lanka: 61.9 %   2006 Time series
# 30     Spain: 61.8 %   2006 Time series
# 31     Tunisia: 61 %   2006 Time series
# 32     Puerto Rico: 60.1 %   2006 Time series
# 33     Belgium: 60 %   2006 Time series
# 34     Equatorial Guinea: 59.5 %   2006 Time series
# 35     Albania: 57.3 %   2006 Time series
# 36     Ukraine: 57 %   2006 Time series
# 37     Hungary: 55.7 %   2006 Time series
# 38     Sweden: 54.9 %   2006 Time series
# 39     Costa Rica: 54.8 %   2006 Time series
# 40     Austria: 54.6 %   2006 Time series
# 41     Cape Verde: 53.1 %   2006 Time series
# 42     Mexico: 53.1 %   2006 Time series
# 43     Japan: 53.1 %   2006 Time series
# 44     Turkey: 53 %   2006 Time series
# 45     Togo: 52.8 %   2006 Time series
# 46     Saint Kitts and Nevis: 52.6 %   2006 Time series
# 47     Mali: 52.2 %   2006 Time series
# 48     Australia: 51.9 %   2006 Time series
# 49     Jamaica: 51.3 %   2006 Time series
# 50     Russia: 51.2 %   2006 Time series
# 51     Cameroon: 51.1 %   2006 Time series
# 52     Venezuela: 50.8 %   2006 Time series
# 53     Philippines: 50.2 %   2006 Time series
# 54     Kenya: 50.2 %   2006 Time series
# 55     Greece: 50.1 %   2006 Time series
# 56     Estonia: 49.9 %   2006 Time series
# 57     Guinea: 49.9 %   2006 Time series
# 58     Romania: 49.8 %   2006 Time series
# 59     Panama: 49.5 %   2006 Time series
# 60     Czech Republic: 49.1 %   2006 Time series
# 61     Germany: 48.9 %   2006 Time series
# 62     São Tomé and Príncipe: 48.7 %   2006 Time series
# 63     Lithuania: 48.6 %   2006 Time series
# 64     Honduras: 48.5 %   2006 Time series
# 65     Slovakia: 48.4 %   2006 Time series
# 66     Côte d'Ivoire: 48.4 %   2006 Time series
# 67     Seychelles: 48.4 %   2006 Time series
# 68     Antigua and Barbuda: 48.2 %   2006 Time series
# 69     Finland: 47.7 %   2006 Time series
# 70     Burkina Faso: 47.6 %   2006 Time series
# 71     United States: 47.6 %   2006 Time series
# 72     Madagascar: 46.5 %   2006 Time series
# 73     Canada: 46.5 %   2006 Time series
# 74     Syria: 46.5 %   2006 Time series
# 75     Moldova: 46.1 %   2006 Time series
# 76     Senegal: 46 %   2006 Time series
# 77     Guinea-Bissau: 45.9 %   2006 Time series
# 78     Netherlands: 45.4 %   2006 Time series
# 79     Grenada: 45.3 %   2006 Time series
# 80     Portugal: 45.2 %   2006 Time series
# 81     Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 45 %   2006 Time series
# 82     Gabon: 44.7 %   2006 Time series
# 83     Paraguay: 44.6 %   2006 Time series
# 84     Kazakhstan: 44.4 %   2006 Time series
# 85     Bosnia and Herzegovina: 44.1 %   2006 Time series
# 86     Tanzania: 43.8 %   2006 Time series
# 87     Liberia: 43.7 %   2006 Time series
# 88     Morocco: 43.4 %   2006 Time series
# 89     Bulgaria: 42.5 %   2006 Time series
# 90     Niger: 42.3 %   2006 Time series
# 91     Pakistan: 42.2 %   2006 Time series
# 92     Azerbaijan: 42.2 %   2006 Time series
# 93     Norway: 42 %   2006 Time series
# 94     Papua New Guinea: 41.7 %   2006 Time series
# 95     Fiji: 41.5 %   2006 Time series
# 96     Peru: 41.5 %   2006 Time series
# 97     Guatemala: 41.1 %   2006 Time series
# 98     Poland: 40.9 %   2006 Time series
# 99     Bhutan: 40.6 %   2006 Time series
# 100     Haiti: 40.1 %   2006 Time series
# 101     Slovenia: 40 %   2006 Time series
# 102     Vietnam: 40 %   2006 Time series
# 103     Israel: 39.1 %   2006 Time series
# 104     Guyana: 39 %   2006 Time series
# 105     Armenia: 38.7 %   2006 Time series
# 106     Djibouti: 38.7 %   2006 Time series
# 107     Georgia: 38.6 %   2006 Time series
# 108     Mongolia: 38.4 %   2006 Time series
# 109     Thailand: 37.7 %   2006 Time series
# 110     South Africa: 37.6 %   2006 Time series
# 111     Brunei: 37.4 %   2006 Time series
# 112     Indonesia: 37.3 %   2006 Time series
# 113     Trinidad and Tobago: 37.2 %   2006 Time series
# 114     Rwanda: 37.2 %   2006 Time series
# 115     Dominica: 37.1 %   2006 Time series
# 116     Swaziland: 36.6 %   2006 Time series
# 117     Dominican Republic: 36.5 %   2006 Time series
# 118     Afghanistan: 36.4 %   2006 Time series
# 119     Solomon Islands: 36.3 %   2006 Time series
# 120     Latvia: 36.2 %   2006 Time series
# 121     Ghana: 36.1 %   2006 Time series
# 122     Sudan: 36.1 %   2006 Time series
# 123     Malaysia: 36 %   2006 Time series
# 124     United Kingdom: 35.8 %   2006 Time series
# 125     Uganda: 35.8 %   2006 Time series
# 126     Serbia and Montenegro: 35.8 %   2006 Time series
# 127     Laos: 35.5 %   2006 Time series
# 128     Lebanon: 35.4 %   2006 Time series
# 129     Ecuador: 35.3 %   2006 Time series
# 130     Bangladesh: 35.3 %   2006 Time series
# 131     New Zealand: 35.1 %   2006 Time series
# 132     Belize: 34.8 %   2006 Time series
# 133     El Salvador: 34.8 %   2006 Time series
# 134     Mozambique: 34.3 %   2006 Time series
# 135     Saint Lucia: 34 %   2006 Time series
# 136     Zimbabwe: 33.6 %   2006 Time series
# 137     Denmark: 32.7 %   2006 Time series
# 138     Malawi: 32.6 %   2006 Time series
# 139     Nepal: 32.5 %   2006 Time series
# 140     Croatia: 32.5 %   2006 Time series
# 141     Nigeria: 32.2 %   2006 Time series
# 142     Kiribati: 31.8 %   2006 Time series
# 143     Jordan: 31.1 %   2006 Time series
# 144     Ethiopia: 31.1 %   2006 Time series
# 145     Switzerland: 28.8 %   2006 Time series
# 146     Iraq: 28.4 %   2006 Time series
# 147     East Timor: 28.3 %   2006 Time series
# 148     Suriname: 27.9 %   2006 Time series
# 149     Iceland: 27.5 %   2006 Time series
# 150     Ireland: 26.4 %   2006 Time series
# 151     Lesotho: 26.2 %   2006 Time series
# 152     Chile: 25.6 %   2006 Time series
# 153     Tonga: 25 %   2006 Time series
# 154     Singapore: 23.8 %   2006 Time series
# 155     Mauritius: 23.4 %   2006 Time series
# 156     Cambodia: 22.6 %   2006 Time series
# 157     Luxembourg: 21.7 %   2006 Time series
# 158     Macedonia, Republic of: 21.6 %   2006 Time series
# 159     Oman: 20.3 %   2006 Time series
# 160     Samoa: 20.2 %   2006 Time series
# 161     Botswana: 17.2 %   2006 Time series
# 162     Zambia: 16.5 %   2006 Time series
# 163     Saudi Arabia: 14.5 %   2006 Time series
# 164     Kuwait: 14.4 %   2006 Time series
# 165     United Arab Emirates: 14.4 %   2006 Time series
# 166     Namibia: 12.2 %   2006 Time series
# 167     Maldives: 9.3 %   2006 Time series
# 168     Vanuatu: 8.4 %   2006 Time series
Weighted average: 52.8 %  

Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union 47.53 %   


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 Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).

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"Total tax rate > % of profit (2006) by country", World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/tax_tot_tax_rat_of_pro-taxation-total-tax-rate-profit&date=2006

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ghurley
1st October 2010 		Could someone please explain how a country can have a total tax rate of more than 100%?
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