Which has higher tax rate, France or Japan?

France, at 20.98 Rate against 20.08 Rate in Japan as of 2025.

How many years of comparable data are there for France and Japan?

24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.

Eurostat, published as Tax rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

France

20.98 Rate

in 2025

Japan

20.08 Rate

in 2023

France rank

10th

Japan rank

11th

France currently reports 20.98 Rate against 20.08 Rate in Japan, a difference of 0.9 Rate.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2000 it was France ahead.

France ranks 10th and Japan ranks 11th of 34 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, France averaged higher in 1 and Japan in 2.

Decade	France	Japan	Difference	Ahead
2000s	18.29 Rate	17.27 Rate	1.02 Rate	France
2010s	18.6 Rate	19.36 Rate	0.765 Rate	Japan
2020s	12.54 Rate	19.89 Rate	7.36 Rate	Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Which has higher tax rate, France or Japan?: France, at 20.98 Rate against 20.08 Rate in Japan as of 2025.
What is the difference in tax rate between France and Japan?: 0.9 Rate, with France ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for France and Japan?: 24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.
How do France and Japan rank globally for tax rate?: France ranks 10th and Japan ranks 11th of 34 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Eurostat, published as Tax rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.