Total Tax Wedge single worker (most recent) by country

Rank	Countries	Amount
# 1	Belgium:	55.6%
# 2	Hungary:	52.6%
# 3	Germany:	50.7%
# 4	Sweden:	48.6%
# 5	France:	48.3%
# 6	Italy:	46.2%
# 7	Finland:	45.9%
# 8	Austria:	44.7%
# 9	Denmark:	44.2%
# 10	Turkey:	43.2%
# 11	Czech Republic:	43%
# 12	Poland:	42.9%
# 13	Netherlands:	42.3%
# 14	Slovakia:	42%
# 15	Spain:	37.9%
# 16	Norway:	37%
# 17	Greece:	36%
# 18	Luxembourg:	33.9%
# 19	Portugal:	32.5%
# 20	Canada:	30.2%
# 21	United States:	30%
# 22	United Kingdom:	29.7%
# 23	Switzerland:	29.5%
# 24	Ireland:	25.8%
# 25	Iceland:	25.7%
# 26	Japan:	24.2%
# 27	Australia:	23.1%
# 28	New Zealand:	19.6%
# 29	Mexico:	15.6%
	Weighted average:	37.3%

DEFINITION: The percentage of gross earnings given up in tax, including any social security contributions. Calculated for a single worker without children, earning 100 % of the average wage. Data for 2001, and only for selected OECD countries.

SOURCE: OECD

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David 20th August 2009	Why do all these lists I have been seeing on the internet show a TRUE TOTAL of tzex paid in the U.S. Income tax is only a small part of taxes I pay. What about payroll tax (what your company has to pay to match your income tax, which could be given to me instead). Sales tax, property tax, state tax, local tax. THis is just another way for Goverment to hide the truths about what it really receives and what they want yout o believe it receives.
23-year-old grad student paying into a d 5th November 2005	Wow. I am SO moving to Australia, New Zealand or Iceland when I graduate. The US has absolutely awful social services for its level of taxation. I didn't go to the public schools because they were so bad, and now I'm paying 2X as much to go to a public university as I did to go to a private one for my undergrad. Plus, health care is enormously expensive and only old people get it for free. I guess all the tax money goes to support our military dominance. Goodie.
jeff garner 23rd October 2005	what is the taxation for individuals in income tax?
Some1 12th August 2005	Israel according to this chart is fourth most taxed (or taxing...) in the world in individual income tax levels, yet unmentioned: 49% http://www.worldwide-tax.com/israel/israel_tax.asp

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