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Average tax wedge — Single person, no children — 100% of average wage

Name: Average tax wedge — Single person, no children — 100% of average wage
Creator: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Keywords: trend-research-500, oecd, gender-children-social-inclusion, average, tax, wedge, single, person, children, 100, average

Compare average tax wedge — single person, no children — 100% of average wage across 38 countries or territories using one fixed 2025 OECD reference slice.

Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)•38 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

35.1Percentage of labour costs

Median: 37.9Percentage of labour costs

Countries Covered

38

with available data

Highest

Belgium

52.5Percentage of labour costs

Lowest

Colombia

0.0Percentage of labour costs

Top 5 Countries

1Belgium52.5Percentage of labour costs

2Germany49.3Percentage of labour costs

3France47.2Percentage of labour costs

4Austria47.1Percentage of labour costs

5Italy45.8Percentage of labour costs

By Region

Europe40.0Percentage of labour costs(26 countries)

Other34.0Percentage of labour costs(2 countries)

Asia28.0Percentage of labour costs(3 countries)

North America27.9Percentage of labour costs(3 countries)

Oceania24.4Percentage of labour costs(2 countries)

Key Findings

•38 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite Percentage of labour costs observation in the fixed 2025 slice.
•Belgium has the highest published value (52.4822 Percentage of labour costs).
•Colombia has the lowest published value (0 Percentage of labour costs).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0Percentage of labour costs)High (52.5Percentage of labour costs)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 35.1Percentage of labour costs)

Europe (26)

Other (2)

Asia (3)

North America (3)

Oceania (2)

South America (2)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Labour taxation comparative indicators: Average tax wedge — Single person, no children — 100% of average wage. Unit: Percentage of labour costs. Exact fixed dimensions are recorded in selectedDimensions.

MapTheory uses only finite ISO-mapped observations from the fixed 2025 OECD slice recorded below. Aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies, conflicting duplicate observations, and every other year or dimension slice are excluded; MapTheory never imputes or interpolates missing countries.

Methodology

Labour taxation comparative indicators: Average tax wedge — Single person, no children — 100% of average wage. Unit: Percentage of labour costs. Exact fixed dimensions are recorded in selectedDimensions.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Belgium	52.5Percentage of labour costs
2	Germany	49.3Percentage of labour costs
3	France	47.2Percentage of labour costs
4	Austria	47.1Percentage of labour costs
5	Italy	45.8Percentage of labour costs
6	Slovenia	45.3Percentage of labour costs
7	Slovakia	42.7Percentage of labour costs
8	Estonia	42.6Percentage of labour costs
9	Finland	42.5Percentage of labour costs
10	Spain	41.4Percentage of labour costs
11	Czech Republic	41.2Percentage of labour costs
12	Hungary	41.2Percentage of labour costs
13	Sweden	41.1Percentage of labour costs
14	Türkiye	40.3Percentage of labour costs
15	Luxembourg	40.2Percentage of labour costs
16	Latvia	40.1Percentage of labour costs
17	Lithuania	39.8Percentage of labour costs
18	Portugal	39.3Percentage of labour costs
19	Greece	39.3Percentage of labour costs
20	Norway	36.4Percentage of labour costs
21	Netherlands	35.9Percentage of labour costs
22	Denmark	35.8Percentage of labour costs
23	Poland	35.0Percentage of labour costs
24	Japan	33.1Percentage of labour costs
25	Ireland	32.6Percentage of labour costs
26	United Kingdom	32.4Percentage of labour costs
27	Canada	32.1Percentage of labour costs
28	Iceland	31.5Percentage of labour costs
29	United States of America	30.0Percentage of labour costs
30	Australia	27.9Percentage of labour costs
31	Costa Rica	27.7Percentage of labour costs
32	Israel	26.1Percentage of labour costs
33	South Korea	24.8Percentage of labour costs
34	Switzerland	23.0Percentage of labour costs
35	Mexico	21.7Percentage of labour costs
36	New Zealand	20.8Percentage of labour costs
37	Chile	7.5Percentage of labour costs
38	Colombia	0.0Percentage of labour costs

Showing 38 of 38 countries

Topics

#trend-research-500 #oecd #gender-children-social-inclusion #average #tax #wedge #single #person #children #100 #average

Data Source

This data comes from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (2025).

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