economic2024

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

Name: Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of total taxes)
Creator: World Bank World Development Indicators
Keywords: economic, %, taxes, income, profits, and, capital, gains, total

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•159 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

38.0%

Median: 37.3%

Countries Covered

159

with available data

Highest

United States of America

93.0%

Lowest

Vanuatu

0.6%

Top 5 Countries

1United States of America93.0%

2Timor-Leste81.8%

3Equatorial Guinea79.2%

4Canada78.5%

5Australia76.6%

By Region

Oceania71.3%(2 countries)

North America65.7%(4 countries)

Africa47.4%(7 countries)

Europe43.1%(32 countries)

Asia41.0%(20 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.6%)High (93.0%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 38.0%)

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

Methodology

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

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	United States of America	93.0%
2	Timor-Leste	81.8%
3	Equatorial Guinea	79.2%
4	Canada	78.5%
5	Australia	76.6%
6	Angola	70.1%
7	Papua New Guinea	67.0%
8	Islamic Republic of Iran	66.7%
9	New Zealand	66.0%
10	Ireland	64.6%
11	Malaysia	64.3%
12	Japan	62.9%
13	Democratic Republic of the Congo	59.8%
14	Norway	59.7%
15	Belgium	59.4%
16	Denmark	59.0%
17	Brazil	58.7%
18	South Africa	57.8%
19	Malta	57.6%
20	Micronesia, Federated States of	57.5%
21	Iraq	57.2%
22	Netherlands	55.8%
23	Italy	55.4%
24	Luxembourg	55.4%
25	South Korea	54.8%
26	Mexico	54.2%
27	France	53.8%
28	United Kingdom	52.6%
29	Nauru	52.2%
30	Malawi	51.3%
31	Indonesia	51.2%
32	Singapore	51.0%
33	San Marino	50.4%
34	Israel	50.0%
35	Austria	49.8%
36	Mozambique	49.0%
37	Bhutan	48.9%
38	Ghana	48.8%
39	Lithuania	48.3%
40	Iceland	47.2%
41	India	47.1%
42	Zambia	47.0%
43	Colombia	46.7%
44	Spain	46.7%
45	Georgia	45.9%
46	Switzerland	45.5%
47	Germany	45.2%
48	Finland	45.1%
49	Rwanda	44.9%
50	Cyprus	44.6%
51	Kenya	44.5%
52	Nicaragua	44.5%
53	Czech Republic	43.9%
54	Panama	43.7%
55	Armenia	43.2%
56	Egypt	42.4%
57	Portugal	42.3%
58	Slovakia	41.8%
59	Tunisia	40.8%
60	Botswana	40.7%
61	Mali	40.7%
62	Philippines	40.3%
63	El Salvador	40.2%
64	Marshall Islands	39.9%
65	Thailand	39.9%
66	Azerbaijan	39.4%
67	Estonia	39.4%
68	Peru	39.2%
69	Uganda	38.8%
70	Morocco	38.8%
71	Namibia	38.6%
72	Kazakhstan	38.6%
73	Gabon	38.1%
74	Slovenia	38.1%
75	Chile	38.0%
76	Jamaica	37.8%
77	Kiribati	37.8%
78	Trinidad and Tobago	37.8%
79	Zimbabwe	37.5%
80	Guatemala	37.3%
81	Greece	37.2%
82	People's Republic of China	37.2%
83	Uruguay	37.1%
84	Ukraine	37.1%
85	Andorra	37.1%
86	Cambodia	37.0%
87	Solomon Islands	36.3%
88	Eswatini	35.7%
89	Romania	35.2%
90	Dominican Republic	34.9%
91	Uzbekistan	34.2%
92	United Republic of Tanzania	33.6%
93	Sri Lanka	33.5%
94	Mongolia	32.7%
95	Hungary	32.7%
96	Fiji	32.6%
97	Costa Rica	32.5%
98	Nepal	32.5%
99	Myanmar	32.4%
100	Barbados	32.4%
101	Bangladesh	32.4%
102	Mauritius	32.2%
103	Senegal	31.9%
104	Türkiye	31.9%
105	Lesotho	30.9%
106	Cape Verde	30.7%
107	Bulgaria	30.7%
108	Saint Kitts and Nevis	30.5%
109	Honduras	29.6%
110	Ethiopia	29.6%
111	Niger	29.5%
112	Guinea-Bissau	29.5%
113	Ecuador	29.2%
114	The Republic of North Macedonia	28.8%
115	Cote d'Ivoire	28.8%
116	Serbia	28.8%
117	Jordan	28.5%
118	Belize	27.9%
119	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	27.8%
120	Paraguay	27.7%
121	Cameroon	27.2%
122	Republic of the Congo	27.2%
123	Burkina Faso	27.1%
124	Poland	26.7%
125	Madagascar	26.2%
126	Albania	25.9%
127	Saint Lucia	25.8%
128	Seychelles	24.7%
129	Kuwait	24.6%
130	Palau	24.0%
131	Togo	24.0%
132	Lao People's Democratic Republic	23.6%
133	Kyrgyzstan	23.2%
134	Sweden	22.0%
135	Afghanistan	22.0%
136	Burundi	21.6%
137	Latvia	20.8%
138	Moldova, Republic of	20.7%
139	Samoa	20.5%
140	Tonga	20.3%
141	Bosnia and Herzegovina	18.8%
142	Central African Republic	18.7%
143	Maldives	17.4%
144	Tajikistan	16.4%
145	Guinea	16.2%
146	Benin	15.6%
147	Bolivia	14.8%
148	Argentina	14.7%
149	Russian Federation	14.4%
150	Croatia	14.2%
151	Republic of The Gambia	13.7%
152	Somalia	13.5%
153	Macao	9.9%
154	Lebanon	9.5%
155	Saudi Arabia	8.3%
156	Belarus	7.3%
157	Sudan	7.2%
158	Bahrain	1.7%
159	Vanuatu	0.6%

Showing 159 of 159 countries

Topics

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Data Source

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

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