FACTOID # 3: People in Germany, Belgium, Hungary and Sweden have to pay almost half their salaries in tax.
 
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Taxation Statistics > Contribution by poorest 30% (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount 
# 1   Denmark: 14.1% 
# 2   Netherlands: 11.7% 
# 3   Sweden: 11% 
# 4   Norway: 10.2% 
# 5   Germany: 10% 
# 6   Finland: 9.8% 
# 7   France: 8.7% 
# 8   Italy: 6.7% 
# 9   United States: 6.3% 
# 10   Canada: 6.2% 
# 11   United Kingdom: 6% 
# 12   Belgium: 3.9% 
# 13   Australia: 3.7% 
# 14   Ireland: 3.3% 
Weighted average: 8.0%  



DEFINITION: Proportion of taxes paid by the broad income group - poorest 30% (Data is for mid-1990s). Taxes include all direct income taxes, including employee social security contributions. Income groups were built on the basis of final disposable adjusted income.

SOURCE: Michael F. Forster, 'Trends and Driving Factors in Income Distribution and Poverty in the OECD Area', OECD Labour Market and Social Policy Occasional Paper 42

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