Income and profits taxes - Country rankings
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Income, profits, and capital gains taxes: percent of revenue, 2021:
The average for 2021 based on 27 countries was 31.22 percent. The highest value was in Ireland: 53.03 percent and the lowest value was in Croatia: 7.51 percent. The indicator is available from 1972 to 2022. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: percent; Source: The World Bank
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| Countries | Income and profits taxes, 2021 | Global rank | Available data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 53.03 | 1 | 1991 - 2022 |
| Belgium | 50.66 | 2 | 1995 - 2022 |
| Denmark | 48.91 | 3 | 1995 - 2022 |
| Italy | 46.92 | 4 | 1995 - 2022 |
| Netherlands | 46.06 | 5 | 1995 - 2022 |
| Luxembourg | 44.81 | 6 | 1995 - 2022 |
| Germany | 40.33 | 7 | 1991 - 2022 |
| Austria | 38.77 | 8 | 1995 - 2022 |
| Lithuania | 37.35 | 9 | 1995 - 2022 |
| Malta | 37.16 | 10 | 1995 - 2022 |
| France | 36.56 | 11 | 1995 - 2022 |
| Spain | 34.66 | 12 | 1995 - 2022 |
| Cyprus | 33.16 | 13 | 1995 - 2022 |
| Slovakia | 30.63 | 14 | 1995 - 2022 |
| Portugal | 28.99 | 15 | 1995 - 2022 |
| Finland | 25.73 | 16 | 1995 - 2022 |
| Estonia | 25.17 | 17 | 1995 - 2022 |
| Bulgaria | 24.3 | 18 | 1990 - 2022 |
| Greece | 23.64 | 19 | 1995 - 2022 |
| Romania | 22.78 | 20 | 1995 - 2022 |
| Poland | 21.06 | 21 | 1995 - 2022 |
| Slovenia | 20.2 | 22 | 1995 - 2022 |
| Sweden | 18.74 | 23 | 1991 - 2022 |
| Hungary | 18.04 | 24 | 1995 - 2022 |
| Czechia | 16.87 | 25 | 1995 - 2022 |
| Latvia | 10.78 | 26 | 1995 - 2022 |
| Croatia | 7.51 | 27 | 1995 - 2022 |
Definition: Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains are levied on the actual or presumptive net income of individuals, on the profits of corporations and enterprises, and on capital gains, whether realized or not, on land, securities, and other assets. Intragovernmental payments are eliminated in consolidation.
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46.06
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