Economy > Taxes > Taxes on the average worker > Taxes on the average worker: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: The taxes included in the measure are personal income taxes, employees’ social security contributions and employers’ social security contributions. For the few countries that have them, it also includes payroll taxes. The amount of these taxes paid in relation to the employment of one average worker is expressed as a percentage of their labour cost (gross wage plus employers’ social security contributions and payroll tax).

An average worker is defined as somebody who earns the average income of full-time workers of the country concerned in sectors C-K of the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC). The average worker is single, meaning that he or she does not receive any tax relief in respect of a spouse, unmarried partner or child.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Belgium	55.51%	2009
2	Hungary	54.43%	2009
3	Germany	52.23%	2009
4	France	49.15%	2009
5	Austria	48.54%	2009
6	Italy	45.87%	2009
7	Sweden	45.35%	2009
8	Netherlands	44.03%	2009
9	Finland	43.66%	2009
10	Czech Republic	42.87%	2009
11	Poland	42.81%	2009
12	Turkey	42.67%	2009
13	Greece	42.28%	2009
14	Denmark	41.32%	2009
15	Spain	38.87%	2009
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	38.85%	2009
16	Slovakia	38.52%	2009
	High income OECD countries average (profile)	37.67%	2009
17	Luxembourg	37.54%	2009
18	Norway	37.53%	2009
19	Portugal	37.41%	2009
20	United Kingdom	34.11%	2009
21	Canada	31.32%	2009
22	United States	29.98%	2009
23	Switzerland	29.6%	2009
24	Japan	29.26%	2009
25	Iceland	28.26%	2009
26	Australia	27.72%	2009
27	Ireland	22.28%	2009
28	New Zealand	21.54%	2009
29	South Korea	19.56%	2009
30	Mexico	15.29%	2009

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