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Taxation Statistics > Total tax rate > % of profit (2008) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1     Gambia, The: 292.4 %   2008 Time series
# 2     Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 288.7 %   2008 Time series
# 3     Burundi: 278.7 %   2008 Time series
# 4     Sierra Leone: 235.6 %   2008 Time series
# 5     Comoros: 217.9 %   2008 Time series
# 6     Central African Republic: 203.8 %   2008 Time series
# 7     Belarus: 117.5 %   2008 Time series
# 8     Argentina: 108.1 %   2008 Time series
# 9     Uzbekistan: 89.8 %   2008 Time series
# 10     Mauritania: 86.1 %   2008 Time series
# 11     Tajikistan: 85.5 %   2008 Time series
# 12     Eritrea: 84.5 %   2008 Time series
# 13     Bolivia: 80 %   2008 Time series
# 14     China: 79.9 %   2008 Time series
# 15     Colombia: 78.4 %   2008 Time series
# 16     Algeria: 74.2 %   2008 Time series
# 17     Italy: 73.3 %   2008 Time series
# 18     Benin: 73.2 %   2008 Time series
# 19     Palau: 73 %   2008 Time series
# 20     Brazil: 69.2 %   2008 Time series
# 21     India: 69 %   2008 Time series
# 22     Congo, Republic of the: 65.5 %   2008 Time series
# 23     France: 65.4 %   2008 Time series
# 24     Marshall Islands: 64.9 %   2008 Time series
# 25     Puerto Rico: 64.7 %   2008 Time series
# 26     Zimbabwe: 63.7 %   2008 Time series
# 27     Sri Lanka: 63.7 %   2008 Time series
# 28     Nicaragua: 63.2 %   2008 Time series
# 29     Kyrgyzstan: 61.4 %   2008 Time series
# 30     Chad: 61 %   2008 Time series
# 31     Spain: 60.2 %   2008 Time series
# 32     Equatorial Guinea: 59.5 %   2008 Time series
# 33     Tunisia: 59.1 %   2008 Time series
# 34     Belgium: 58.1 %   2008 Time series
# 35     Hungary: 57.5 %   2008 Time series
# 36     Ukraine: 57.2 %   2008 Time series
# 37     Venezuela: 56.6 %   2008 Time series
# 38     Japan: 55.4 %   2008 Time series
# 39     Costa Rica: 54.8 %   2008 Time series
# 40     Sweden: 54.5 %   2008 Time series
# 41     Austria: 54.5 %   2008 Time series
# 42     Cape Verde: 53.1 %   2008 Time series
# 43     Togo: 52.9 %   2008 Time series
# 44     Saint Kitts and Nevis: 52.7 %   2008 Time series
# 45     Mali: 52.2 %   2008 Time series
# 46     Mexico: 51.5 %   2008 Time series
# 47     Jamaica: 51.3 %   2008 Time series
# 48     Cameroon: 50.7 %   2008 Time series
# 49     Albania: 50.5 %   2008 Time series
# 50     Germany: 50.5 %   2008 Time series
# 51     Australia: 50.3 %   2008 Time series
# 52     Panama: 50.1 %   2008 Time series
# 53     Guinea: 49.9 %   2008 Time series
# 54     Kenya: 49.7 %   2008 Time series
# 55     Philippines: 49.4 %   2008 Time series
# 56     Estonia: 48.6 %   2008 Time series
# 57     Czech Republic: 48.6 %   2008 Time series
# 58     Honduras: 48.3 %   2008 Time series
# 59     Russia: 48.3 %   2008 Time series
# 60     Finland: 47.8 %   2008 Time series
# 61     Slovakia: 47.4 %   2008 Time series
# 62     Greece: 47.4 %   2008 Time series
# 63     São Tomé and Príncipe: 47.2 %   2008 Time series
# 64     Burkina Faso: 47.1 %   2008 Time series
# 65     Romania: 46.8 %   2008 Time series
# 66     Antigua and Barbuda: 46.8 %   2008 Time series
# 67     Seychelles: 46.6 %   2008 Time series
# 68     United States: 46.6 %   2008 Time series
# 69     Lithuania: 46.4 %   2008 Time series
# 70     Bahamas, The: 46.1 %   2008 Time series
# 71     Senegal: 46 %   2008 Time series
# 72     Guinea-Bissau: 45.9 %   2008 Time series
# 73     Turkey: 45.5 %   2008 Time series
# 74     Canada: 45.4 %   2008 Time series
# 75     Côte d'Ivoire: 45.4 %   2008 Time series
# 76     Grenada: 45.3 %   2008 Time series
# 77     Tanzania: 45.1 %   2008 Time series
# 78     Gabon: 44.7 %   2008 Time series
# 79     Morocco: 44.6 %   2008 Time series
# 80     Poland: 44.1 %   2008 Time series
# 81     Bosnia and Herzegovina: 44.1 %   2008 Time series
# 82     Liberia: 43.7 %   2008 Time series
# 83     Portugal: 43.6 %   2008 Time series
# 84     Syria: 43.5 %   2008 Time series
# 85     Uruguay: 43.2 %   2008 Time series
# 86     Madagascar: 42.8 %   2008 Time series
# 87     Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 42.6 %   2008 Time series
# 88     Niger: 42.3 %   2008 Time series
# 89     Moldova: 42.1 %   2008 Time series
# 90     Kazakhstan: 41.7 %   2008 Time series
# 91     Papua New Guinea: 41.7 %   2008 Time series
# 92     Norway: 41.6 %   2008 Time series
# 93     Fiji: 41.5 %   2008 Time series
# 94     Peru: 41.2 %   2008 Time series
# 95     Guatemala: 40.9 %   2008 Time series
# 96     Azerbaijan: 40.9 %   2008 Time series
# 97     Armenia: 40.7 %   2008 Time series
# 98     Bhutan: 40.6 %   2008 Time series
# 99     Haiti: 40.1 %   2008 Time series
# 100     Vietnam: 40.1 %   2008 Time series
# 101     Guyana: 39.4 %   2008 Time series
# 102     Netherlands: 39.1 %   2008 Time series
# 103     Djibouti: 38.7 %   2008 Time series
# 104     Georgia: 38.6 %   2008 Time series
# 105     Thailand: 37.8 %   2008 Time series
# 106     Latvia: 37.6 %   2008 Time series
# 107     Brunei: 37.4 %   2008 Time series
# 108     Indonesia: 37.3 %   2008 Time series
# 109     Dominica: 37 %   2008 Time series
# 110     Slovenia: 36.7 %   2008 Time series
# 111     Swaziland: 36.6 %   2008 Time series
# 112     Afghanistan: 36.4 %   2008 Time series
# 113     Solomon Islands: 36.3 %   2008 Time series
# 114     Bangladesh: 36.1 %   2008 Time series
# 115     Sudan: 36.1 %   2008 Time series
# 116     Lebanon: 36 %   2008 Time series
# 117     Dominican Republic: 35.7 %   2008 Time series
# 118     New Zealand: 35.6 %   2008 Time series
# 119     United Kingdom: 35.3 %   2008 Time series
# 120     Paraguay: 35 %   2008 Time series
# 121     Bulgaria: 34.9 %   2008 Time series
# 122     El Salvador: 34.9 %   2008 Time series
# 123     Ecuador: 34.9 %   2008 Time series
# 124     Malaysia: 34.5 %   2008 Time series
# 125     Uganda: 34.5 %   2008 Time series
# 126     Mozambique: 34.3 %   2008 Time series
# 127     South Africa: 34.2 %   2008 Time series
# 128     Nepal: 34.1 %   2008 Time series
# 129     Serbia and Montenegro: 34 %   2008 Time series
# 130     Saint Lucia: 34 %   2008 Time series
# 131     Israel: 33.9 %   2008 Time series
# 132     Laos: 33.7 %   2008 Time series
# 133     Rwanda: 33.7 %   2008 Time series
# 134     Belize: 33.2 %   2008 Time series
# 135     Trinidad and Tobago: 33.1 %   2008 Time series
# 136     Ghana: 32.7 %   2008 Time series
# 137     Mongolia: 32.6 %   2008 Time series
# 138     Croatia: 32.5 %   2008 Time series
# 139     Nigeria: 32.2 %   2008 Time series
# 140     Kiribati: 31.8 %   2008 Time series
# 141     Malawi: 31.4 %   2008 Time series
# 142     Jordan: 31.1 %   2008 Time series
# 143     Ethiopia: 31.1 %   2008 Time series
# 144     Denmark: 29.9 %   2008 Time series
# 145     Switzerland: 28.9 %   2008 Time series
# 146     Pakistan: 28.9 %   2008 Time series
# 147     Iraq: 28.4 %   2008 Time series
# 148     East Timor: 28.3 %   2008 Time series
# 149     Suriname: 27.9 %   2008 Time series
# 150     Singapore: 27.9 %   2008 Time series
# 151     Tonga: 27.5 %   2008 Time series
# 152     Iceland: 26.8 %   2008 Time series
# 153     Ireland: 26.3 %   2008 Time series
# 154     Chile: 25.6 %   2008 Time series
# 155     Cyprus: 22.6 %   2008 Time series
# 156     Cambodia: 22.6 %   2008 Time series
# 157     Mauritius: 22.2 %   2008 Time series
# 158     Oman: 21.6 %   2008 Time series
# 159     Luxembourg: 21 %   2008 Time series
# 160     Samoa: 18.9 %   2008 Time series
# 161     Macedonia, Republic of: 18.4 %   2008 Time series
# 162     Lesotho: 18 %   2008 Time series
# 163     Botswana: 17.1 %   2008 Time series
# 164     Zambia: 16.1 %   2008 Time series
# 165     Bahrain: 15 %   2008 Time series
# 166     Saudi Arabia: 14.5 %   2008 Time series
# 167     United Arab Emirates: 14.4 %   2008 Time series
# 168     Kuwait: 14.4 %   2008 Time series
# 169     Qatar: 11.3 %   2008 Time series
# 170     Namibia: 10.4 %   2008 Time series
# 171     Maldives: 9.3 %   2008 Time series
# 172     Vanuatu: 8.4 %   2008 Time series
Weighted average: 50.8 %  

Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union 45.31 %   


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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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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