economic2024

Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of revenue)

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2024. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.

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Key Insights

Global Average
24.1%
Median: 22.7%
Countries Covered
159
with available data
Highest
Australia
67.9%
Lowest
Vanuatu
0.2%
Top 5 Countries
1Australia67.9%
2Papua New Guinea59.4%
3New Zealand56.7%
4United States of America56.3%
5Canada53.9%
By Region
Oceania62.3%(2 countries)
North America46.4%(4 countries)
Africa32.7%(7 countries)
Europe25.4%(32 countries)
Asia23.9%(20 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.2%)High (67.9%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 24.1%)

Oceania (2)
North America (4)
Africa (7)
Europe (32)
Asia (20)
South America (7)
Other (87)

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

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2024. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave. Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1Australia67.9%
2Papua New Guinea59.4%
3New Zealand56.7%
4United States of America56.3%
5Canada53.9%
6Denmark51.4%
7South Africa50.8%
8Malaysia47.6%
9Ireland45.2%
10Malta41.7%
11Nicaragua41.3%
12Mexico41.3%
13United Kingdom40.6%
14Armenia39.6%
15Ghana39.5%
16Malawi39.2%
17Mozambique39.1%
18Singapore39.0%
19Democratic Republic of the Congo38.8%
20Georgia38.5%
21Indonesia37.4%
22Namibia36.8%
23Belgium35.9%
24Luxembourg35.6%
25Netherlands35.5%
26Mali35.4%
27Zambia35.1%
28Israel35.1%
29Japan35.0%
30India34.8%
31Philippines34.7%
32Italy34.7%
33Iceland34.6%
34Eswatini34.4%
35Brazil34.2%
36Guatemala33.9%
37Uganda33.7%
38Kenya33.3%
39Zimbabwe33.3%
40Jamaica33.2%
41Botswana32.4%
42Chile31.8%
43Morocco30.5%
44Cambodia30.5%
45Timor-Leste30.2%
46Barbados30.0%
47Thailand29.9%
48Sri Lanka29.6%
49Peru29.5%
50Dominican Republic29.3%
51Angola29.1%
52Panama29.1%
53France29.1%
54Lithuania29.0%
55United Republic of Tanzania29.0%
56Norway28.5%
57El Salvador28.4%
58Austria28.2%
59Fiji27.8%
60South Korea27.5%
61Kazakhstan27.1%
62Finland26.8%
63Cote d'Ivoire26.8%
64Nepal26.7%
65Tunisia26.7%
66Mauritius26.7%
67Cyprus26.1%
68Trinidad and Tobago26.1%
69Bangladesh25.8%
70Rwanda25.5%
71Switzerland25.1%
72Senegal24.7%
73Saint Vincent and the Grenadines24.7%
74Portugal24.5%
75Belize24.4%
76Colombia24.1%
77Egypt24.1%
78Gabon23.9%
79Niger23.8%
80Solomon Islands22.7%
81Cape Verde22.7%
82Saint Lucia22.7%
83Burkina Faso22.4%
84Estonia22.3%
85Spain22.0%
86Czech Republic21.9%
87San Marino21.8%
88Cameroon21.8%
89Greece21.5%
90Ethiopia21.5%
91Lesotho20.4%
92Slovakia20.4%
93Bhutan19.9%
94Madagascar19.8%
95Equatorial Guinea19.8%
96Honduras19.5%
97Andorra19.4%
98Islamic Republic of Iran19.3%
99Lao People's Democratic Republic19.3%
100Jordan19.3%
101Guinea-Bissau19.0%
102Hungary18.9%
103Uzbekistan18.8%
104Uruguay18.8%
105Bulgaria18.4%
106Slovenia18.3%
107Sweden18.2%
108Togo18.0%
109Türkiye17.7%
110Romania17.7%
111Serbia17.6%
112People's Republic of China17.5%
113The Republic of North Macedonia17.3%
114Azerbaijan17.1%
115Paraguay16.5%
116Germany16.5%
117Mongolia16.3%
118Ukraine16.2%
119Albania16.0%
120Burundi15.8%
121Seychelles15.8%
122Saint Kitts and Nevis15.5%
123Costa Rica15.3%
124Kyrgyzstan14.5%
125Samoa13.8%
126Poland13.4%
127Myanmar13.2%
128Maldives12.7%
129Moldova, Republic of12.4%
130Ecuador12.3%
131Guinea11.0%
132Micronesia, Federated States of10.9%
133Central African Republic10.7%
134Latvia10.3%
135Bosnia and Herzegovina9.9%
136Republic of The Gambia9.7%
137Marshall Islands9.7%
138Bolivia9.6%
139Benin9.6%
140Argentina9.1%
141Tonga8.9%
142Palau8.8%
143Nauru8.7%
144Republic of the Congo8.6%
145Macao8.6%
146Croatia7.9%
147Lebanon7.8%
148Tajikistan7.7%
149Kiribati7.4%
150Sudan5.9%
151Russian Federation4.6%
152Afghanistan4.5%
153Somalia4.0%
154Belarus3.0%
155Saudi Arabia2.5%
156Iraq2.0%
157Kuwait0.8%
158Bahrain0.3%
159Vanuatu0.2%
Showing 159 of 159 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2024).

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