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Tax on labor
Income tax plus social contributions as a share of total labor cost, single average earner. OECD countries only — the canonical harmonized tax-wedge series.
Darker = larger, by rank · 38 countries · OECD Taxing Wages · tap a country to pin it here
Countries
38 · OECD Taxing Wages- 1stBelgium52.5
- 2ndGermany49.3
- 3rdFrance47.2
- 4thAustria47.1
- 5thItaly45.8
- 6thSlovenia45.3
- 7thSlovakia42.7
- 8thEstonia42.6
- 9thFinland42.5
- 10thSpain41.4
- 11thCzechia41.2
- 12thHungary41.2
- 13thSweden41.1
- 14thTürkiye40.3
- 15thLuxembourg40.2
- 16thLatvia40.1
- 17thLithuania39.8
- 18thPortugal39.3
- 19thGreece39.3
- 20thNorway36.4
- 21stNetherlands35.9
- 22ndDenmark35.8
- 23rdPoland35
- 24thJapan33.1
- 25thIreland32.6
- 26thUnited Kingdom32.4
- 27thCanada32.1
- 28thIceland31.5
- 29thUnited States30
- 30thAustralia27.9
- 31stCosta Rica27.7
- 32ndIsrael26.1
- 33rdSouth Korea24.8
- 34thSwitzerland23
- 35thMexico21.7
- 36thNew Zealand20.8
- 37thChile7.5
- 38thColombia0
38 countries ranked.
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More on economy
- Human development indexUNDP composite of health, education and income (0–1).
- GDP per capitaOutput per person, price-adjusted: states via BEA regional price parities, countries via PPP.
- Median income (after tax)Median equivalised household disposable income per person, USD PPP — what the middle household actually has to spend after taxes and transfers.
- PopulationResident population.
- Land areaLand area in square kilometres.
- Cost of livingOverall price level relative to the US average (100).
Who leads the world
- Monacotops life expectancy86.5 years
- Singaporetops homicide rate0.1 per 100k
- Bulgariatops paid maternity leave59 weeks
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