Which has higher tax rate, France or United States?

France, at 20.98 Rate against 19.85 Rate in United States as of 2025.

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

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

United States

19.85 Rate

in 2023

France rank

10th

United States rank

13th

France currently reports 20.98 Rate against 19.85 Rate in United States, a difference of 1.13 Rate.

That makes France's figure about 1.1 times United States's.

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

France ranks 10th and United States ranks 13th of 34 countries.

United States has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Decade	France	United States	Difference	Ahead
2000s	18.29 Rate	19.56 Rate	1.27 Rate	United States
2010s	18.6 Rate	19.95 Rate	1.35 Rate	United States
2020s	12.54 Rate	17.37 Rate	4.84 Rate	United States

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Which has higher tax rate, France or United States?: France, at 20.98 Rate against 19.85 Rate in United States as of 2025.
What is the difference in tax rate between France and United States?: 1.13 Rate, with France ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for France and United States?: 24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.
How do France and United States rank globally for tax rate?: France ranks 10th and United States ranks 13th 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.