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DEFINITION:
Personal Income tax as a percentage of total tax collected by the country. Data is for 2002.
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH |
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1 | Denmark | 53.2% | 2002 | |
2 | New Zealand | 42.3% | 2002 | |
3 | Iceland | 38.6% | 2002 | |
4 | Australia | 38.5% | 2002 | |
5 | United States | 37.7% | 2002 | |
6 | Canada | 35% | 2002 | |
7 | Switzerland | 34.4% | 2002 | |
8 | Belgium | 31.7% | 2002 | |
9 | Finland | 31.2% | 2002 | |
10 | Sweden | 30.4% | 2002 | |
11 | United Kingdom | 29.8% | 2002 | |
12 | Mexico | 28.9% | 2002 | |
13 | Portugal | 27.6% | 2002 | |
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 26.97% | 2002 | ||
High income OECD countries average (profile) | 26.56% | 2002 | ||
14 | Ireland | 26.2% | 2002 | |
15 | Italy | 25.5% | 2002 | |
16 | Germany | 25.1% | 2002 | |
17 | Norway | 24.8% | 2002 | |
18 | Poland | 22.9% | 2002 | |
19 | Austria | 22.8% | 2002 | |
20 | Hungary | 20.3% | 2002 | |
21 | Spain | 19.4% | 2002 | |
22 | Japan | 18.4% | 2002 | |
23 | Netherlands | 18.3% | 2002 | |
24 | Turkey | 17.6% | 2002 | |
25 | France | 17.3% | 2002 | |
26 | Luxembourg | 16.2% | 2002 | |
27 | Greece | 14% | 2002 | |
=28 | Czech Republic | 12.8% | 2002 | |
=28 | South Korea | 12.8% | 2002 | |
30 | Slovakia | 10.2% | 2002 |
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Interesting observations about Economy > Tax > Components of taxation > Personal income tax
- Denmark ranked first for tax > components of taxation > personal income tax amongst High income OECD countries in 2002.
- United States ranked first for tax > components of taxation > personal income tax amongst Group of 7 countries (G7) in 2002.
- 21 of the bottom 24 countries by tax > components of taxation > personal income tax are European.
- Belgium ranked first for tax > components of taxation > personal income tax amongst Eurozone in 2002.
- Australia ranked first for tax > components of taxation > personal income tax amongst Non-religious countries in 2002.
- 19 of the top 21 countries by tax > components of taxation > personal income tax are Christian.
- 18 of the bottom 23 countries by tax > components of taxation > personal income tax are European Union.
- Canada ranked third for tax > components of taxation > personal income tax amongst NATO countries in 2002.
- United Kingdom ranked second last for tax > components of taxation > personal income tax amongst English speaking countries in 2002.
- Switzerland ranked first for tax > components of taxation > personal income tax amongst Western Europe in 2002.