A very useful indicator of total tax burden in a particular country.
| Country | Heritage Foundation (2012)[1] |
OECD 2009 (some 2008).[2][3][4] |
Eurostat (2011 data)[5] |
|---|---|---|---|
 Afghanistan |
06.4 | ||
 Albania |
22.9 | ||
 Algeria |
07.7 | ||
 Angola |
05.7 | ||
 Argentina |
37.2 | (2011) | |
 Armenia |
14.1 | ||
 Australia |
25.8 | 27.1 (2008) | |
 Austria |
43.4 | 42.8 | 42.0 |
 Azerbaijan |
17.8 | ||
 Bahamas, The |
18.7 | ||
 Bahrain |
04.8 | ||
 Bangladesh |
08.5 | ||
 Barbados |
32.6 | ||
 Belarus |
24.2 | ||
 Belgium |
46.8 | 43.2 | 44.1 |
 Belize |
21.6 | ||
 Benin |
15.4 | ||
 Bhutan |
10.7 | ||
 Bolivia |
27.0 | ||
 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
41.2 | ||
 Botswana |
35.2 | ||
 Brazil |
34.4 | ||
 Bulgaria |
34.4 | 27.2 | |
 Burkina Faso |
11.5 | ||
 Burma |
04.9 | ||
 Burundi |
17.4 | ||
 Cambodia |
08.0 | ||
 Cameroon |
18.2 | ||
 Canada |
32.2 | 31.1 | |
 Cape Verde |
23.0 | ||
 Chad |
04.2 | ||
 Chile |
21.0 | 18.2 | |
 China |
17.0 | ||
 Colombia |
23.0 | ||
 Comoros |
12.0 | ||
 Congo, Republic of |
05.9 | ||
 Costa Rica |
21.0 | ||
 Côte d’Ivoire |
15.3 | ||
 Croatia |
26.6 | ||
 Cuba |
44.8 | ||
 Cyprus |
39.2 | 35.2 | |
 Czech Republic |
36.3 | 34.8 | 34.4 |
 Denmark |
49.0 | 48.2 | 47.7 |
 Djibouti |
20.0 | ||
 Dominica |
30.3 | ||
 Dominican Republic |
12.0 | ||
 Congo, Democratic Republic of |
13.2 | ||
 Ecuador |
13.2 | ||
 Egypt |
15.8 | ||
 El Salvador |
13.3 | ||
 Equatorial Guinea |
01.7 | ||
 Estonia |
32.3 | 32.2 | |
 Ethiopia |
11.6 | ||
| European Union (unweighted average) | 35.7 | ||
 Fiji |
21.8 | ||
 Finland |
43.6 | 43.1 | 43.4 |
 France |
44.6 | 41.9 | 43.9 |
 Gabon |
10.3 | ||
 Gambia |
18.9 | ||
 Georgia |
21.7 | ||
 Germany |
40.6 | 37.0 | 38.7 |
 Ghana |
20.8 | ||
 Greece |
30.0 | 29.4 | 32.4 |
 Guatemala |
11.9 | ||
 Guinea |
08.2 | ||
 Guinea-Bissau |
11.5 | ||
 Guyana |
31.9 | ||
 Haiti |
09.4 | ||
 Honduras |
15.6 | ||
 Hong Kong, China |
13.0 | ||
 Hungary |
39.1 | 39.1 | 37.0 |
 Iceland |
40.4 | 41.4 | 35.9 |
 India |
17.7 | ||
 Indonesia |
12.0 | ||
 Iran |
06.1 | ||
 Ireland |
30.8 | 27.8 | 28.9 |
 Israel |
36.8 | 31.4 | |
 Italy |
42.6 | 43.5 | 42.5 |
 Jamaica |
27.2 | ||
 Japan |
28.3 | 28.1 (2008) | |
 Jordan |
21.1 | ||
 Kazakhstan |
26.8 | ||
 Kenya |
18.4 | ||
 Kiribati[6] |
20.7 | ||
 Korea, South |
26.8 | 25.6 | |
 Kuwait |
01.5 | ||
 Kyrgyzstan |
21.4 | ||
 Laos |
10.8 | ||
 Latvia |
30.4 | 27.6 | |
 Lebanon |
14.4 | ||
 Lesotho |
42.9 | ||
 Liberia |
13.2 | ||
 Libya |
02.7 | ||
 Lithuania |
20.9 | 26.0 | |
 Luxembourg |
36.5 | 37.5 | 37.2 |
 Macau, China |
20.1 | ||
 Macedonia |
29.3 | ||
 Madagascar |
10.7 | ||
 Malawi |
20.7 | ||
 Malaysia |
15.5 | ||
 Maldives |
20.5 | ||
 Mali |
15.3 | ||
 Malta |
35.2 | 33.5 | |
 Mauritania |
15.4 | ||
 Mauritius |
19.0 | ||
 Mexico |
29.7 | 17.5 | |
 Federated States of Micronesia |
12.3 | ||
 Moldova |
33.8 | ||
 Mongolia |
33.8 | ||
 Montenegro |
28.0 | ||
 Morocco |
22.3 | ||
 Mozambique |
13.4 | ||
 Namibia |
28.8 | ||
 Nepal |
10.9 | ||
 Netherlands |
39.8 | 39.1 (2008) | 38.4 |
 New Zealand |
34.5 | 31.0 | |
 Nicaragua |
17.8 | ||
 Niger |
11.0 | ||
 Nigeria |
06.1 | ||
 Norway |
43.6 | 41.0 | 42.5 |
| OECD (unweighted average) | 34.8 (2008) | ||
 Oman |
02.0 | ||
 Pakistan |
10.2 | ||
 Panama |
10.6 | ||
 Papua New Guinea |
24.5 | ||
 Paraguay |
12.0 | ||
 Peru |
18 | ||
 Philippines |
14.4 | ||
 Poland |
33.8 | 34.3 (2008) | 32.4 |
 Portugal |
37.0 | 35.2 (2008) | 33.2 |
 Qatar |
02.2 | ||
 Republic of China |
12.4 | ||
 Romania |
28.1 | 28.2 | |
 Russia |
29.5 | ||
 Rwanda |
14.1 | ||
 Saint Lucia |
23.1 | ||
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
26.5 | ||
 Samoa |
25.5 | ||
 São Tomé and Príncipe |
17.4 | ||
 Saudi Arabia |
05.3 | ||
 Senegal |
19.2 | ||
 Serbia |
34.1 | ||
 Seychelles |
32.0 | ||
 Sierra Leone |
10.5 | ||
 Singapore |
14.2 | ||
 Slovakia |
29.5 | 29.3 | 28.5 |
 Slovenia |
39.3 | 37.9 | 37.2 |
 Solomon Islands |
24.7 | ||
 South Africa |
26.9 | ||
 Spain |
37.3 | 30.7 | 31.4 |
 Sri Lanka |
15.3 | ||
 Sudan |
06.3 | ||
 Suriname |
22.1 | ||
 Swaziland |
39.8 | ||
 Sweden |
45.8 | 46.4 | 44.3 |
 Switzerland |
29.4 | 30.3 | |
 Syria |
10.7 | ||
 Tajikistan |
16.5 | ||
 Tanzania |
12.0 | ||
 Thailand |
17.0 | ||
 Timor-Leste[7] |
see reference | ||
 Togo |
15.5 | ||
 Tonga |
27.0 | ||
 Trinidad and Tobago |
28.0 | ||
 Tunisia |
14.9 | ||
 Turkey |
32.5 | 24.6 | |
 Turkmenistan |
20.2 | ||
 Uganda |
12.6 | ||
 Ukraine |
28.1 | ||
 United Arab Emirates |
01.4 | ||
 United Kingdom |
39.0 | 34.3 | 36.1 |
 United States (all levels) |
26.9 | 24.0 | |
 Uruguay |
23.1 | ||
 Uzbekistan |
21.0 | ||
 Vanuatu |
17.8 | ||
 Venezuela |
25.0 | ||
 Vietnam |
13.8 | ||
 Yemen |
07.1 | ||
 Zambia |
16.1 | ||
 Zimbabwe |
49.3 |