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Taxation Statistics > Total tax wedge > Single worker (most recent) by country

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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.

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Patrick-in-Chicago
12th January 2011
Average and marginal tax rate rankings are interesting but at least very imperfect in what they really mean. Personally, I'm more interested in what I have left for discretionary spending after taxes and necessary services are paid.
For instance, if you calculate what the average American spends on Education and Healthcare per year (services that are largely paid by taxes in European countries), we end up having just a little less left than Europeans (but with Europeans having a higher education and healthcare productivity rate).
D
12th May 2010
I am certain New Zealand’s figure is wrong.
David
19th 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
22nd October 2005
what is the taxation for individuals in income tax?
Some1
11th 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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