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Economy > Tax > Tax rates: Countries Compared

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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 Lesotho 65.26 2008
2 Norway 51.27 2008
3 Kuwait 47.39 2008
4 Algeria 47.19 2008
5 San Marino 45.47 2006
6 Qatar 45.45 2007
7 Botswana 45.29 1996
8 Cyprus 45.12 2008
9 Maldives 44.38 2008
=10 Netherlands 41.76 2008
=10 France 41.76 2008
12 Belgium 41.16 2008
13 Hungary 40.65 2008
14 Denmark 40.28 2008
15 Congo, Republic of the 39.94 2005
16 Greece 39.57 2008
17 Malta 39.23 2007
18 Portugal 39.16 2008
19 Bosnia and Herzegovina 39.13 2008
20 Finland 39.07 2008
21 Belarus 38.89 2008
22 Serbia and Montenegro 38.52 2008
23 United Kingdom 38.26 2008
24 Slovenia 38.12 2008
25 Italy 37.6 2008
26 Austria 37.41 2008
27 Luxembourg 37.31 2008
28 New Zealand 37.11 2007
29 Barbados 37.1 2007
30 Israel 36.78 2008
31 Seychelles 36.39 2008
32 Bulgaria 36.36 2008
33 Morocco 36.02 2008
34 Ukraine 35.82 2008
Eurozone average (profile) 35.8 2008
European Union average (profile) 35.43 2008
35 European Union 35.43 2008
36 Croatia 34.93 2008
37 Sweden 34.47 2008
Europe average (profile) 34.4 2006
38 Moldova 34.36 2008
NATO countries average (profile) 34.35 2008
39 Cape Verde 34.17 2008
High income OECD countries average (profile) 34.15 2008
40 Russia 33.54 2008
41 Jordan 32.85 2008
42 Iceland 32.31 2008
43 Bahrain 32.24 2005
44 Mongolia 32.05 2008
45 Poland 31.99 2008
46 Ireland 31.66 2008
47 Trinidad and Tobago 31.52 2007
48 Czech Republic 31.43 2008
49 Estonia 31.02 2008
50 Romania 30.91 2008
51 Ecuador 30.87 1994
52 South Africa 30.72 2008
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) 30.26 2008
53 Saint Kitts and Nevis 29.87 2006
54 Tunisia 29.8 2009
55 Zimbabwe 29.47 1997
56 Jamaica 29.15 2008
57 Namibia 29.13 2007
58 Slovakia 28.98 2008
59 Lithuania 28.81 2008
60 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 28.65 1993
61 Germany 28.31 2008
62 Venezuela 28.26 2005
63 Swaziland 28.22 2003
64 Oman 26.99 2001
65 Ghana 26.88 2008
66 Australia 26.43 2008
67 Latvia 25.97 2008
68 Uruguay 25.82 2008
69 Chile 25.77 2008
70 Georgia 25.7 2008
71 Panama 25.56 2001
72 Fiji 25.44 2006
73 Costa Rica 25.34 2008
74 Spain 24.61 2008
75 Syria 23.94 1999
Emerging markets average (profile) 23.8 2003
76 Brazil 23.78 2008
77 Colombia 23.57 2003
78 Bolivia 23.27 2007
79 Bhutan 22.73 2009
80 Turkey 22.55 2008
81 Honduras 22.48 2008
82 Papua New Guinea 22.47 2002
83 Armenia 22.37 2008
84 Malaysia 22.35 2003
85 Mauritius 21.77 2008
86 Belize 21.49 1997
87 Lebanon 21.08 2008
88 Japan 20.72 1993
89 Singapore 20.45 2008
90 Paraguay 20.2 2008
=91 Kyrgyzstan 20.13 2008
=91 Thailand 20.13 2008
93 El Salvador 19.88 2008
94 Peru 19.6 2008
95 Kenya 19.48 2008
96 The Gambia 19.44 1990
97 Cote d'Ivoire 18.85 2008
98 Vanuatu 18.8 1999
99 Benin 18.59 2008
100 The Bahamas 18.46 2007
101 Indonesia 18.37 2004
102 Argentina 18.14 2004
103 Canada 18.12 2008
104 Switzerland 17.96 2007
105 Dominican Republic 17.63 2007
106 Azerbaijan 17.57 1999
107 Nicaragua 17.52 2001
108 Zambia 17.4 2007
109 China 17 2007
110 Togo 16.99 2008
111 Senegal 16.84 2001
112 United States 15.91 2009
=113 Philippines 15.8 2008
=113 Burundi 15.8 1999
115 Mali 15.55 2008
116 Nepal 15.07 2009
117 Sri Lanka 14.86 2008
118 Mexico 14.74 2000
119 Pakistan 14.47 2007
120 India 14.31 2008
121 Ethiopia 14.29 2002
South Asia average (profile) 13.93 2008
122 Niger 13.64 2007
123 Tajikistan 13.45 2004
124 Burkina Faso 13.43 2008
125 Kazakhstan 13.35 2008
126 Uganda 13.25 2008
127 Laos 12.97 2007
128 Sierra Leone 12.06 2004
129 Guinea 12.05 1992
130 Guatemala 11.91 2008
131 Madagascar 11.89 2007
132 Bangladesh 10.96 2008
133 Rwanda 10.57 1992
134 United Arab Emirates 9.97 1999
135 Cambodia 9.8 2006
136 Cameroon 9.62 1994
137 Central African Republic 8.32 2004
138 Sudan 7.99 1999
139 Democratic Republic of the Congo 7.93 2002
140 Afghanistan 7.65 2008
141 Burma 6.47 2004

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Interesting observations about Economy > Tax > Tax rates

  • All of the top 2 countries by tax > tax rates are Christian.
  • Lesotho has had the highest tax > tax rates since 2003.
  • Burma has ranked last for tax > tax rates since 2001.
  • 2 of the top 3 countries by tax > tax rates are Former British Colonies'.
  • 2 of the top 4 countries by tax > tax rates are Muslim.
  • Norway has ranked #2 in tax > tax rates since 2005.
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